Melancholy Poems - Poems about Melancholy

Under the leaden sky, the rain drips its melancholy in the rhythm of cold tears, On my stained oak coffin, the tattered shirt absorbs the crimson hues, Where the earth churns in the silence of my ears, Worms...Read the rest...

Sparks dwindled too soon, Leaving behind dark ashes, And silence that burns....Read the rest...

Oh! How I despise dawn’s blushing optimism and dried hydrangea blooms sepia skinned and papery thin. Humdrum hands beat doldrums drum. Why won’t the summer solstice light this darkness? A gnawing hollow where my heart should be. Where cinder clouds...Read the rest...

How can you say that your dreams, Weaved into an atrocious scarf, Is not the one you fathomed, But at least keeps you warm? Why do you feel so lonely, Never could feel that emotion before, When dusk falls, streetlights shimmer, ...Read the rest...

Apricity golden, burnished smiling,...Read the rest...

November, month of bohemian melancholy, when leaves fall like rose petals On empty boulevards, and the wind carries the scent of nostalgia, Some memories settle like a veil on the keys of a forgotten piano, Others linger, vibrating...Read the rest...

(“A Moment of Grace aka The Empty Mirror”, 2024, original encaustic) A Hollow Place Sometimes it seems that who I am Is nothing more than the dripping sediments At the edges of a hollow cave All the stalactites and stalagmites Of...Read the rest...

she resigned herself to feeling morose macabre and melancholy determined to be miserable, was our cousin, Miss Harriet Holly. Focusing on wretched negativity, and all things bad. Tossing good things out of her schemata said my friend Tad. Determined...Read the rest...

Desolate, windswept trees are shivery, when red and purple leaves are falling. Ungathered cherries hang in reverie! Desolate, windswept trees are shivery, engaged in multihued, cool creativity. Goodbye violet birds skyrocket, calling! Desolate, windswept trees are shivery, when red and purple leaves...Read the rest...

The amber leaves descend in swirling grace, Beneath the skies that fade from blue to gray, They dance upon the wind, a soft embrace, As autumn steals the warmth of summer’s day. The trees stand tall, though skies may...Read the rest...

Grab for all the gusto you can Because TV and beer are all I need, man! Weltanschauung? Yes, it is one Not a real complex decision So, let us for a moment, and as we are able Look at what...Read the rest...

pine cones drop like tears from a weeping willow's bough autumn's gentle grief burnt orange cake spread on the bottom of our shoes amber hues take hold gales of wind gust strong over beds of crimson rust uncovering seeds...Read the rest...

Melancholy symphony Last night presented to me Look to the future is what was said Leave the past behind as it is dead Enjoy the elements the earth gives us Even the rain and sun that we got in August September...Read the rest...

If you don't feel sorry for yourself then who is there to feel your pain? trying to be in someone else's shoes never really feels quite the same the affect and sentiment in truth fits you only like your name so...Read the rest...

My cat eats food. Not all at once like he would prefer. Late at night, he scurries back for more. Standing by a lake. It’s frozen. Snow is frozen too, but softer. Is it a lake anymore? If it isn’t alive with...Read the rest...