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Melissa R. Mendelson is an established poet and writer, and she currently writes movie and tv show reviews for the filmmaking website, WildSound.
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BA:Mass Communications:Critical Analysis/Suffolk County Newspaper Reporter 2002-2004
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What world lies beyond the cure for all disease?
What world lies beyond the cure for all disease?
Worry remains outside along the curb, and love spins round and round, touching the absence that claims my heart.
Their dreams, vision envelop the silver screen and hold to the curtains of inspiration.
We try to hold on while others fall away, leaving majestic greens lying in the wake of dreams gone cold.
How can we live without the machines that give us life, purpose? What kind of world lies beyond the hands of circuitry?
Stone steps of justice sound through history, but the burden of judgment still remains resting against our shoulders.
Why must some suffer while others drift across their escape?
I see them standing against road, the ghosts never to be at peace, and they see me. And they know what I have done, but could I ever escape them?
The blueprint of dreams etches across the strings of talent, and angels sing, capturing us in song. And we stop to listen, savoring the taste of life, and we drift no more because their music calls our heart home.
The heat raises another notch higher, cool with intensity from television's hottest sensations.
Love flickers across the fires of my heart.
Does death open our eyes to those we loved and thought to have lost?
And I still remain here, locked behind the window to this world.
The journey of heroes lies deep in the heart of cinema, forever holding us in their arms of destiny.
Something was happening to her, but she couldn't tell him. What would he do to her, if he knew?
An unforgotten journey carries us once more through the looking case, bringing imagination to life in SyFy's spin on Alice in Wonderland.
Their lives, their stories took us by storm, forever blazing a trail into the heart of cinema.
He had a future, so how did he wind up here? Why was he the one left behind?
Locked gates threaten the dreams that beg to break free.
Their light pulled us into their heart and soul, and we fell in love with them. But they leave us too soon, but never would we ever forget them.
Anticipation lingers across the envelope, and talent shines across the gold.
All I wanted was something of her, but I got more than I asked for.
No more will my heart sleep in a pool of white glass.
Imagination lights the stage for past and future movies, but it is the heart and soul of cinema that stays with us forever.
My future remains hidden behind the fabric of my life.
That little girl was long gone, but did I want to be the one still holding my gaze?
My thirst is quenched by the sound of music that calls my heart home.
No more am I the ghost lost to this world.
For my father.
If given the chance to rewrite the future, would you do it?
My life of conflict is a vast ocean that would have held me under, if not for the music that filled my soul.
The road of my life is a complicated story that waits to be written.
Do words of warning fall endless over the edge of darkness?
If not for the kindness of strangers would we drown under the weight of this world.
What if we awoke one day, afraid to talk?
Has the chaos of Black Friday engulfed the essence of Thanksgiving?
We hunger for those characters to pull us in and take us deep inside their world.
A poem for our soldiers and veterans.
The cruelty of mankind is to be blind to innocence.
I walk these dark streets, watching the world slowly slip over the edge.
I made a mistake, but would he ever let me go?
What would become of us without a taste of fear, without a reminder of what it is like to truly be alive?
A riveting movie that pulls you down into the struggle of one fighting to live.
The end of the world came today, and today, I tell you good-bye.
Dark moments in time are left beside the door to a new life.
Ghosts follow me down these long, dark corridors of my life, but no longer will they break me.
Strange company opens the door to a life left behind.
As Reality TV conquers the local networks, does it fall to the cable channels to keep television alive?
As Abby's family starts over, she finds herself tormented by what lies behind the glass window.
Residential roads are becoming notorious for the blindside bandits, who have now crossed into the traffic lanes.
We've all had those jobs, where you wonder, "How the hell did I get here," and only after escaping do you wish to forget the worst jobs of your life.
He says I love you, but what does love really mean?
We love a good scare, but sometimes we find ourselves at the center of it.
We are the ghosts that walk through the remains of our world only to return to do it all over again.
The darkest moments of history nearly destroyed the world, but we survived. But if the darkest moment is yet to come, can we stop the future?
Time is the keeper of destiny, and opportunity is the shooting star that we wish to find.
There was a reason why I did not attend my high school reunion, but time still caught up with me.
The heart of television is pumping with new blood, new chemistry and new stories to tell.
Vampires live in legends, but our thirst to be eternal exists beyond fiction.
Time is the mirror that separates past and future.
The hard, cold streets are the echo of my life, and still I try to survive.
Movies have the power to make us laugh and to make us cry, but a few can also open the door to night terrors that wait to begin.
The past is knocking on the door, but do I want to remember who I left behind?
Stars shimmered, and spotlights ignited. And anticipation took a seat with fingers crossed.
The doors to television pour open, and we nominate the ones dressed in gold.
Never feed the vultures that circle around you.
With every step out into the world, I seem to retreat back behind these walls.
Our thirst to pull back the curtain of time will open Pandora's Box.
The touch of death reached through the glass.
Does the length of time make it easier to forget?
We slip quietly into bed at the end of the night, safe and sound, but we so easily forget that evil never sleeps.
Trust has to be earned, but how can you when some people play the high school game?
A once quiet, country town with no place to hang out becomes haven to the life of crime.
A thousand footsteps storm these city streets, but do we walk with our eyes always closed?
Last year found me walking close to a crevice, one filled with temp jobs and a long period of unemployment.
All they want is to find home with you, but some still wait. And if returned to the shelter, they may never return from there.
Why must life tear me apart, if I do believe?
Death can come and take me away for I won't play Life's game.
The moon slips beneath dark clouds, and fear walks down the street. And our lives lie across the line, captured across the reels of film.
Tears fall over the loss of a close friend, and life begins again with a hellraiser.
My life is mine to live, and my dream of love is mine to find.
Summer finally arrived but only to fade into the days of school that lie ahead.
George Carlin once said that life is a series of dogs, and if that is true, then mine rests in the valley of poodles.
So many movies have led to disappointment, but some surpassed our hopes and wonder. And others have walked a fine line in-between.
No more will I live hidden behind these plastic walls.
Trials and denials of my life hindered my dreams, but I still live to write.
Death calls across the dream, but is anyone listening?
The race to the finish line is far from approach, but are we so eager to reach the end of the world?
Life and death weigh heavily across the lines of conversation.
So many lives are lost along the road, but is the price of life really worth our need for speed?
A brief collection of cat stories from home.
Our lives are ours to control, but when someone comes to take it away, where do we stand in staying alive?
For years, I have been held captive by the imagination of illustrated heroes that now thrives across the silver screen.
A long walk down the road of my life.
If not for her, what life would I be living now?
The heavy rains of Drama are falling hard, flooding our minds and hearts with a river of emotion.
How do I define freedom but in the waves of the ocean that will forever flow free.
We walk hand in hand along the roads of our life.
Death is reflection of time and how things never are or will be the same.
The cure to the pains of life is a bout of laughter, and like the Joker says, "Let's put a smile on your face."
Cinema is an art, but the bold, daring, and crazy is definition.
There will always be an intricate web of good vs evil, hero against villain, and with every story woven, we will be entranced and held prisoner, waiting to see who will win.
The thrill of driving leads us down different roads, but you never know who is driving behind you.
An up and coming Comedian brings down the house at Gotham Comedy Club.
Even in dreams do we dance with death.
On the road to becoming a writer, there will be critics along the way, and for better or worse, their advice is one to take to heart.
Wings of freedom touch this world through men and women, who still carry on.
The world stood still for a very long time. Random events circulated life. Small exchanges established connections, and time took its time walking down a long mile.
All the pain and sadness from the touch of death makes heaven cry.
I've looked for love in all the wrong places, so do I dare look again?
Are the old days of great television shows finally over, and what will we become without them?
Social sites such as Myspace and Facebook have brought Hollywood to you, but did they pave the road to stardom?
The freedom of my soul lies within the pen.
When school buses stop to pick up children, drivers are expected to stop.
Even when we run out of time, we can still outrun the devil.
Within the walls of my grandparents' home, I find...sanctuary.
Our journey of father and daughter was a long walk, but we are finally here.
We have spent almost 19 years together, but am I ready now to let her go?
Does the perfect man only exist in ink and on the screen, or does he lie deep in the actors that we fall for?
History defines the world, but what world would we have, if history were different?
Slipping into a dark, twisted alternate reality, we find ourselves caught in a world held in the hands of nuclear war and find those that call themselves heroes.
The days of television are growing longer, and we are left hungry for worlds beyond and dangers unimagined, with no hope of a story's end.
A piece of writing from long ago.
The sands of the hourglass are the stories of my life.
The memories of my youth, the bullies who brought torment and misery have become the stories of my life.
Every place has history, but do those before us truly leave?
Our lives are journeys along long, winding roads, and we know that we are not alone.
Behind concrete walls, we find security and peace, but on the roads of the world, we find nothing but survival.
The road is a dangerous place no matter how careful you try to be, and you always have to be prepared for that day when you meet a road rage driver.
The doors to my heart wish to open, but there are reasons why I still live alone.
These days have become a hard struggle to survive in, but what if we could help make these days a little bit easier?
Our exchange of words are often yelled back and forth rather than just gently spoken.
It would've been like any other day until someone from long ago says, "Hey, I remember you," and so it begins.
As a child, I was captivated by the Sci-Fi and Horror stories on television, inspiring me later to write my very own.
Man will always dream even in his darkest hour.
My heart thirsts for the rain of love.
A million words flood this world with every day, but none are saved for conversations with men.
Why must love live only on the 14th of February?
We are the sum of our experiences.
What if it took only one phone call to change your life forever?
Encased in glass, my heart waits for love to come home.
The road of my life leaves pages of my history behind while leading the way toward an unknown destiny.
The journey of my life is a long, winding road heading toward an unknown destination.
Dreams of mine have left an impression forever left behind, stirring my soul and being the inspiration of writing.
We all dream to fall deep into the arms of love's embrace, and the touch of the love that we dream echoes deep throughout tv and the silver screen.
No fear to show all that lies deep within and with mighty wings to take flight, the CW's hottest show is the Supernatural.
It only takes a single element to tie the bonds that could not be broken.
Our past will remain in black and white for our time now is being painted by history.
My review of some of the hottest and coldest television shows on today.
If you awoke tomorrow to find that you never existed, what would become of you?
A song I wrote in dedication to the spirit of Halloween.
Keep to the darkness and forever remain the vampire.
Life is a game of Chess, and Death is the one you play against.
The greatest story told is of love, but you never hear the tales of heart break.
We dream of success and of finding a way to connect to the world, but do we fall under the influence of publishing's kryptonite?
In fear and with imagination, we become so much more, and so does the world.
All I dreamt of was the stage and how it would feel, if I ever got there.
There is no heaven for the denied television show, but there is life after their death.
We believe Reality is what it seems, but when we suspend that belief, what could we do to Reality?
There was nothing but a sleepy, little town that soon grew up to become a small city.
There is nothing I love more than the heat except for those hot days when I suffer from heat stroke.
We find ourselves in a world of uncertainty, wondering if there are any heroes left, and then we see their reflection in those on the television screen.
Two tv shows heat up television with their return while the absence of other hot tv shows lingers in the air.
In my treks to the local video store, I have discovered many thought-provoking, action-driven, passionate movies that have won their place in my collection.
Over the edge, I fall down into the arms of freedom, leaving the real world far behind me.
Fear is the essence of nightmares, but when the nightmares repeat, how vulnerable do we become to the darkness of those dreams?
He knew that they were there, they were watching, but still they were too afraid to believe.
Where have all the good men gone? Who has taken them away, and how many have fallen into the hands of the vixens?
The days of my childhood were spent in surviving the days at school, waiting to escape from a world that still did not know me.
The battle between the Internet and television has begun, and the evolution of Reality TV lies within the cyber world.
Of all the memories that I carry, none remind me of the beautiful days of being a child.
When a beautiful morning turns into tragedy, who will come to the rescue of the survivors and help piece their world back together?
Iron Man blasts through the box office, taking us on a journey of one man's destiny into becoming a hero.
Gossip is the sap running through the vines of rumors, but the dark side of the vine is a place that most won't go near. And stories from the bowl lie deep within the dark side of the vine.
How I wish for his lips to find mine and fill me up with the sweetest kiss, but only in my dreams does his kiss exist.
History is born through war and through those that fight, those remembered forever as heroes.
Our lives are different stories that will always be shared with each other.
A decade of living in and out of retail has left behind memories to forever stay with me, ghosts that still whisper moments of time within my ear.
From the pages of my self-published collection of poetry, Tears of Sand comes a soft lullaby, a prayer for peace.
We all have a dream to be known, and now we have a ticket to the world.
In a chaotic TV season, two men have swept us up into their conflicted, immortal lives in hopes of becoming human once again.
Our quest to make our lives easier has paved the road for the machines to come, and now our future belongs to them.
This is your life. You dream of living as you want to live, but you find yourself still standing in the same spot you've been in.
Class is in session, and the lesson is history. But the pages of now are blank. History is still writing its course, and its focus is the race to the White House.
Inspired by the TV show, Without A Trace, What if we are the disappeared, ghosts against the walls of life trying to reach back to the world to make ourselves known?
My life is a long, closed book, but lately, I feel like throwing it open and tearing the pages out.
Somebody once said that my heroes died today, and I think I am going to crash. But what our heroes would want is for us to keep living and to never forget that they were here.
Even in our darkest hour, we will still see a light.
The hands of violence have written many pages of history, and today, it is still writing what continues on in our world.
What will our world look like seven years from now?
A piece of writing based on an old dream of a ghost that could still not let go.
Who am I to be if I cannot shed my skin?
With the madness of the world, we wish to be rescued from heroes that live in the comic books and exist on television, and as we wait, we wonder who will we look up to, who will be our hero.
It's been a long struggle climbing my way up this rocky terrain, and now I stand before a wall of white. What lies behind it? What approaches in the new year?
Another year dwindles like a burning candle, but do we keep to the flame or release it into smoke?
Another year comes to an end with a war still raging on, and we continue to wait for our soldiers to return home.
Why do we need love? Why must we have it especially during the holidays? What is the fear to be alone? Is it because that we are human and that we need love?
A book review on The Life and Death of Fame. What would we do if we could become famous, and would we be prepared to pay the price at the end?
All the words, all the emotions that I cannot express flow free through the ink I spill across the page.
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