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Darkness Poems - Poems about Darkness

Darkness Poems - Examples of all types of poems about darkness to share and read. This list of new poems is composed of the works of modern poets of PoetrySoup. Read short, long, best, and famous examples for darkness.
Premium Member White Dove
... In a cage of wrought iron, a white dove resides, A symbol of love—of purity, where innocence abides. It sings its song, a melody of longing and despair, But its cries for attention are lost in......Read the rest...
Categories: darkness, courage, dark, desire, freedom,
Form: Rhyme



Premium Member Reaching Out
...When I'm in doubt You'll see me reaching out It's not for clout It's words that I tout I'm afraid of the debtor But I try to do better I want to be a record setter Like a real go getter W......Read the rest...
Categories: darkness, conflict, confusion, how i
Form: Free verse
Under the pensive skies, where stars weave dreams
...Under the pensive skies, where stars weave dreams, In the depth of daily existence that seems constrained, Do not lament the poverty of the day, do not condemn it; Tell yourself that you are not p......Read the rest...
Categories: darkness, fantasy,
Form: Free verse
Under leaden skies where shadows gather
...Under leaden skies where shadows gather, We look back at the great tragedy of the ages, Since the Enlightenment, we admire the shattered dreams, Where optimists, as architects of false hopes, Hav......Read the rest...
Categories: darkness, fantasy,
Form: Free verse
Sigh After Play
..."over the waters blue the night winds sigh, the breakers roar ..." ~ Samuel Taylor Coleridge Night winds sigh Sigh over the seas Sigh in sync Sync with the moon Syn......Read the rest...
Categories: darkness, night, ocean, water,
Form: Blitz



FAIR FUTILITY
...It's gilded in bright colours Like a peacock butterfly; It sparkles in splendour Like a diamond in the sun; When it rests, it rests In confined dank darkness, In a bowel of nightmare W......Read the rest...
Categories: darkness, death, extended metaphor, grave,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Why I Became A Poet
...As a young boy my dreams and voice were shattered, I was beaten with words like raging stones thrown in anger, Threatened with violence until my life no longer mattered, Spoken word became less as......Read the rest...
Categories: darkness, abuse, anger, pain, poetry,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Zen mode
...as events in life precipitate manifesting in as is ordained universal consciousness looks on recording our spontaneous response measuring the quantum of love we evoke thereby growing in ......Read the rest...
Categories: darkness, spiritual,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Lunar Lantern
...~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ A beacon of hope, shining so bright, bringing comfort to those who need it during the night. Its warm, glowing rays a symbol of peace, chasing away worries and ......Read the rest...
Categories: darkness, moon,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Voyage of the Soul
...In the timeless tumult of time’s tempestuous tide, I find myself adrift, with neither rudder, nor guide. Each crest and trough, a murmured decree of fate, In this ceaseless sea, I strive to naviga......Read the rest...
Categories: darkness, anxiety, courage, dark, depression,
Form: Rhyme
Aurorabelle DeVil
...In the shadows, where the night is dark and deep, Aurorabelle DeVil weaves her wicked spell, with a heart that's cold as sleep, and a wicked little grin that tells the tale. The moon above, the only ......Read the rest...
Categories: darkness, imagination,
Form: Lyric
Dealing with Death
...The darkness, I will not dwell, and the pain shall ebb. Withered in its wake, indelible of mind. Intervals by chance, a surety in life. Grief, the toll of it's permanence.......Read the rest...
Categories: darkness, death, perspective,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Reach
...Reach, the heavens blue sky fall beneath thou journey unforeseen story The soul thriving everyday survivor breathe we pertain the endurance to live Soul of mankind reality I exist only beat......Read the rest...
Categories: darkness, body, character, creation, endurance,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member BLANKETY-BLANK VERSE
...Alas it is a chore to write Blank Verse Unable to peruse my rhyme filled purse In search for words not better but not worse A sad lament of poetry’s last curse To stab the darkness with an ill-......Read the rest...
Categories: darkness, humor, irony, muse, words,
Form: Verse
Premium Member Curtains
...Setting: The Nanny and her youngest charge chat near the window. Maria has taken down the expensive curtains. Maria (M) Gretl (G) Dialogue: M: Hee hee, seeing the hills from here, alive wit......Read the rest...
Categories: darkness, happiness,
Form: Verse

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