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written for the " cemetery" contest sponsored by Constance La France.

"Parting is such sweet sorrow that I shall say goodnight till it be morrow. " ~ Shakespeare As fragments of the stars abandoned the sage of night, my kohl heart bleeds beside your trembling tombstone, while soul aches to seize the fading scents within the iris of auroras, leaving dreams and I, lost like the speed of shooting sparks, twirling above ghosts in the cemetery of wild corpse roses, whistling moonless requiems to ravens blind to the truth etched in lithium...

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Andrea Dietrich

Date: 6/23/2025 3:21:00 PM

hey are you around right now . Let me soupmail you

Kelly Deschler

Date: 6/18/2025 5:43:00 PM

Hauntingly beautiful... and the hourglass shape of your poem is very, very fitting ... Loved the dark atmosphere you've created here... So well done, Ink Empress :)

Valsa George

Date: 6/8/2025 9:51:00 PM

A true elegy on the 'wild corpse roses' strewn in any cemetery. Here we cannot smell the fragrance of roses or behold its beauty, but experience just the stark sorrow of absence and loneliness. Here there are no songs of melody, but requiems of parting heard by no cheering audience, but by ravens. "wild corpse roses, whistling moonless requiems to ravens blind to the truth etched in lithium..." Powerful and emotive poetry. Congratulations on your first place win, dear sweet friend.

Andrea Dietrich

Date: 6/2/2025 11:27:00 PM

Back with congrats. I need to get to bed but just want to catch up on comments

Anne-Lise Andresen

Date: 6/1/2025 4:55:00 AM

- I feel humility...imprints of sorrow in this deep beautiful poem, Ink - Best wishes in the contest :) - hugs

Ink Empress
Date: 6/2/2025 12:42:00 AM

Thank you dear anne lise i appreciate your support always

Maria Williams

Date: 6/1/2025 2:59:00 AM

Dear Inky, your poem is breathtakingly dark and lyrical—a poetic dirge painted in celestial hues. The imagery is rich with sorrow and beauty, especially 'kohl heart bleeds' and 'cemetery of wild corpse roses.' There's a delicate, almost fractured rhythm that mirrors the theme of loss and longing. The final line is chilling in the best way—'ravens blind to the truth etched in lithium' lingers long after reading. A fave for me...Hugs

Ink Empress
Date: 6/2/2025 1:20:00 AM

Thank you so much beautiful maria, i appreciate your kindness and fave and the detailed comment. You are truly such a sweet and generous soul! Sending you light always

Anne Winter

Date: 5/31/2025 10:35:00 PM

Dear I E, how beautiful your writing is.....wow! Such splendid writing and vivid imagery! Your poetic voice just leaves me breathless! I'm in awe, dearest I E. Sending you love, Anne

Ink Empress
Date: 6/2/2025 1:28:00 AM

Your aura emanates sincere gold! Thank you beautiful soul! I appreciate you always

Yann Rolland

Date: 5/31/2025 6:48:00 AM

wonderful and creative poetry, almost a chilly atmosphere, but poignant, bravo poet

Ink Empress
Date: 6/2/2025 1:29:00 AM

Thank you so much truly always, your warm kindness is always appreciated by me and many others.

Victor Buhagiar

Date: 5/31/2025 2:06:00 AM

Breath-taking. Raw if sad imagery yet vivid Sorrow, and haunting beauty creates an atmosphere that lingers—like an echo of a forgotten dream.

Ink Empress
Date: 6/2/2025 1:31:00 AM

Thank you dear victor! Im always grateful for your kind and generous support. Sending you light always

Reya Suri

Date: 5/30/2025 9:12:00 PM

This is poignant and profound. The title stood out to me, too. First of all, this has a unique form which I admire deeply! Your words and imagery are very on point. The analogies and allegories within this poem are unstoppable; keep writing, dear poet <3

Ink Empress
Date: 6/2/2025 1:51:00 AM

So good to see you poetic soul, you always make my soul warm with such beautiful and uplifting comments, sending you light always

Justin Bordner

Date: 5/30/2025 8:25:00 PM

There's a love note on your pale pink lips that sounds of first frost bloom, and speaks of delicate sorrow daring the hope of tomorrow...Your poetic sensitivity is beautiful Poetess. I also like very much this poem's picture...J.A.B.

Ink Empress
Date: 6/2/2025 1:51:00 AM

Thank you, Justin

Robert James Liguori

Date: 5/30/2025 4:12:00 PM

I haven’t seen a nonet before. I really liked this poem. I reread it several times.

Ink Empress
Date: 6/2/2025 1:52:00 AM

Nonets are popular on soup also, thank you dear Robert, appreciate you rereading them. Sending you light

David Crandall

Date: 5/29/2025 3:54:00 PM

atmospheric and beautiful!

Ink Empress
Date: 6/2/2025 1:58:00 AM

Thank you dear david, good to see you in comments, hope you are doing well. Sending you light always

Hilda Greenhough

Date: 5/29/2025 3:46:00 PM

Your nonet spirals in a way seeming to resemble a ghost. I like the somber words and metaphors that make me shiver on a hot day.

Ink Empress
Date: 6/2/2025 2:01:00 AM

Thank you dear hilda, i appreciate your poetic presence truly! Sending you light always

Andrea Dietrich

Date: 5/29/2025 12:41:00 PM

Gorgeous double nonet, my sweet friend. So creative.

Ink Empress
Date: 6/2/2025 2:07:00 AM

Thank you so much appreciate your kind comments always .

Paige Hind

Date: 5/29/2025 12:17:00 PM

Wow- this is darkly given, and beautiful

Ink Empress
Date: 6/2/2025 2:09:00 AM

Thank you sweet soul

Daniel Henry Rodgers

Date: 5/29/2025 6:12:00 AM

Dearest Empress, Wow, a scintillating lament. As I was reading I felt like a shard adrift in nocturnal melancholy. I sensed the pang of farewell, the untamed blossoms and shadowed elegies, the manner in which remembrance and sorrow entwine. Empress, your voice is so ethereal, mellifluous, and intrepid, embodying the exquisite pain of loss and though reveries wane, affection endures within the iris of auroras. Grateful for the passage through your twilight sanctuary. I guess I am a little more morbid but I call this a FAV. Spring Blessings, My Dear Empress, Daniel

Ink Empress
Date: 6/2/2025 2:15:00 AM

Your enthusiastic review, and your poetic presence is truly soul warming and uplifting dear daniel! Thank you so much for the fave and profound comment! Sending you light always

Tom Woody

Date: 5/29/2025 5:30:00 AM

You've made a visit to the cemetery extra spooky and the photo is a goth chick on steroids. Still, there's a sadness to it

Ink Empress
Date: 6/2/2025 2:16:00 AM

Thank you

Kim Rodrigues

Date: 5/29/2025 5:12:00 AM

Excellent and haunting!

Ink Empress
Date: 6/2/2025 2:16:00 AM

Thank you

Lioness Onpaper

Date: 5/29/2025 5:08:00 AM

my kohl heart bleeds beside your trembling tombstone, oooo dayum!!!! Love that! twirling above ghosts in the cemetery of wild corpse roses, mmmm stunning imagery … the eerieness is gorgeous in this piece papi..

Ink Empress
Date: 6/2/2025 2:16:00 AM

Thanks papi

The Aura Rhymes

Date: 5/29/2025 5:06:00 AM

You could write for every mood ! And that’s what makes you special poet

Ink Empress
Date: 6/2/2025 2:16:00 AM

You are special

Tom Woody
Date: 5/29/2025 5:28:00 AM

Awesome profile photo