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Melancholy Poems - Poems about Melancholy

Melancholy Poems - Examples of all types of poems about melancholy 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 melancholy.
Premium Member Sunset's Quest
... In tones of a blushing sunset, Folding, midway between graceful And twilight, hesitating On the verge of a wind’s song, Quivering with light, Familiar yet like a silent smile, Serene and a......Read the rest...
Categories: melancholy, appreciation, sunset,
Form: Free verse



The rain of shattered dreams drips, like the tears of fallen stars
...The rain of shattered dreams drips, like the tears of fallen stars, Each drop is a sigh of my soul, weeping in the depths of nature, In the eternal waltz of the raindrops, weaving with the day’s sa......Read the rest...
Categories: melancholy, fantasy,
Form: Free verse
Under the delicate veil of reality, unseen worlds weave webs of mystery
...Under the delicate veil of reality, unseen worlds weave webs of mystery, There, beneath the clear surface, lie extinguished universes, full of hidden stories. I floated like a child in a dream, fee......Read the rest...
Categories: melancholy, fantasy,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Gracious Grace
...Gotta Love Alliteration 5-21-24 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Gracious Grace Endless effervescence of grace, In riots of radiance, infected by innocence, Seeks out the heart......Read the rest...
Categories: melancholy, angst, love, peace,
Form: Alliteration
In the search for the meaning of life, we are born in the shadow of conscious death
...In the search for the meaning of life, we are born in the shadow of conscious death, An echo of the spirit, of our introspective and questioning gaze, Under the weight of the end, we weave religion......Read the rest...
Categories: melancholy, fantasy,
Form: Free verse



Hush, the world will never know the mystery hidden in silences
...Hush, the world will never know the mystery hidden in silences, Paper bird feathers, drifting like the specters of unspoken dreams, From my heart, scattering like stardust on angel wings, Grains o......Read the rest...
Categories: melancholy, fantasy,
Form: Free verse
Ideologies and laws are fences of the boundless world
...Ideologies and laws are fences of the boundless world, Invisible enclosures that frame our souls within cold walls, Paths drawn in the dust of time, silent steel labyrinths, For our fragile lives,......Read the rest...
Categories: melancholy, fantasy,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Gotta love - reversible poem
...Love’s journey, joy and tears, Guided by grace through all the years. Gotta love, in every guise, Each chapter cherished, beneath the skies. True love with God, tranquil and pure, Promises ete......Read the rest...
Categories: melancholy, love,
Form: Alliteration
Premium Member Raining in Summer
... Acts 14:17 (KJV) “Nevertheless he left not himself without witness, in that he did good, and gave us rain from heaven, and fruitful seasons, filling our hearts with food and gladness.” ......Read the rest...
Categories: melancholy, appreciation, rain, summer, wisdom,
Form: Free verse
Poetry and we have roots like an ancient tree
...Poetry and we have roots like an ancient tree, Deeply embedded in the mysterious soil of time, Each verse, a branch reaching towards unknown heavens, Seeking divine light, yearning to touch eterni......Read the rest...
Categories: melancholy, fantasy,
Form: Free verse
Consensus reality is like a desert mirage
...Consensus reality is like a desert mirage, An aurora of shadows and lights where dreams become tangible, Each desire intertwined with the invisible threads of common belief, Our world, a palace of......Read the rest...
Categories: melancholy, fantasy,
Form: Free verse
The MELANCHOLY PAGES OF NATURE !
...The MELANCHOLY PAGES OF NATURE ! - ECHOES OF A PAST, PRESENT AND FUTURE Among the goldens lines of history, Lied that tale of a mother, So green, So calm, So rich, so Pure, Admired by her b......Read the rest...
Categories: melancholy, appreciation,
Form: Free verse
Crying Shame
... It has just come to me, As I lay here thinking, How sorry it seems to be And what a crying shame That I am left behind, A fish washed up on shore, A lonely cub separated And abandoned by ......Read the rest...
Categories: melancholy, abuse, anxiety, conflict, depression,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Is Happiness a Virtue
... Is happiness a virtue Ask the melancholy who they defer to ......Read the rest...
Categories: melancholy, cheer up, confusion, happiness,
Form: Rhyme
If only you knew
...On the eve of that somber, stormy night, I began to see strings of spring swirling soundlessly along the thread-thin blade of this culinary cutlery. Why does gravity lay on thick in this silver st......Read the rest...
Categories: melancholy, anger, angst, dark, deep,
Form: Free verse

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