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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.
The Weight Of Our Thoughts
...THE WEIGHT OF OUR THOUGHTS Mind, the supreme gift to humankind is, Plentiful thoughts criss-crossing whiz; Enchanted spirits gliding high, Success triumph when almost nigh! Gratified the mi......Read the rest...
Categories: melancholy, philosophy, wisdom,
Form: Free verse



Premium Member There Is A Time For Everything - 1312
...“Persistence In Memory” - Salvador Dali “There is a time for everything” – Ecclesiastes Dreamscapes. Dali, are you attacking reality? You invoke curiosity. The natural form of a tree, Growin......Read the rest...
Categories: melancholy, time,
Form: Free verse
Under the mantle of the cosmic night, where stars whisper their eternal prayers
...Under the mantle of the cosmic night, where stars whisper their eternal prayers, In everyone's life, at some moment, the inner fire goes out, A hidden flame, enveloped by the unforeseen winds of fa......Read the rest...
Categories: melancholy, fantasy,
Form: Free verse
Under the veil of night, where the flames dance like ancient spirits
...Under the veil of night, where the flames dance like ancient spirits, And the clouds float like ethereal dreams across the mysterious sky, Gaze deep into the fire, enveloped by secret shadows, And......Read the rest...
Categories: melancholy, fantasy,
Form: Free verse
Under the mantle of the night, where the stars murmur ancient secrets
...Under the mantle of the night, where the stars murmur ancient secrets, Destiny dances like an aurora borealis, hidden in your heart, A fragile feeling, like the wing of an angel, For only you hold......Read the rest...
Categories: melancholy, fantasy,
Form: Free verse



Under the curtain of night, where stars murmur ancient enigmas
...Under the curtain of night, where stars murmur ancient enigmas, Dwell the true metaphysicians, hidden among excess and hedonism, Through the extension of senses, through the martyrdom of their desi......Read the rest...
Categories: melancholy, fantasy,
Form: Free verse
Under the enchanted curtain of the night, where the stars whisper ancient secrets
...Under the enchanted curtain of the night, where the stars whisper ancient secrets, I no longer desire everything, just an ethereal caress, A stellar thrill and a minor love to soothe my dreams, Fr......Read the rest...
Categories: melancholy, fantasy,
Form: Free verse
Suspended In A Sunbeam
... Quote by: Melancholy Of Innocence LOVE is the spark within the speck illuminated & suspended in a sunbeam. A ray of sunbeam falls across her face as she plays piano a warm sunligh......Read the rest...
Categories: melancholy, beauty, music,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Poet's Note
... Giving voice to my dream, my hope, my belief, Meant silencing doubts who clung like murky mist, Listening to the light, which banished my grief. Joy stirred my soul with hope I j......Read the rest...
Categories: melancholy, muse, poems, poetess, poetry,
Form: Terza Rima
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
Premium Member Supine, Looking At The Sky
...Melancholy thoughts surround me, as I gaze into the galaxy. Tonight the moon casts deepest shadows over me. The universe encompasses so much of your energy, As I gaze into the galaxy, mel......Read the rest...
Categories: melancholy, stars,
Form: Quatrain
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

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