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R.J. Lindley,

March 19th, 1978

( When A Dark Dream Cometh )

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The Raven King The raven-king flew down corridors, golden halls malice and human words in its most grievous calls heartaches, greater than any Shakespearean play not man's weakness, his devilishly wicked ways. Glaring glitter that blinds in life, forever stays. Sorrows and deep regret race in tag team relays. Golden halls filled with trophies and bloodshot dead eyes echoes ring out muffled laughter, sombering cries ancient books, spells- odors of witches brew all well stored for the ill-fated, unlucky few. Glaring glitter that blinds in life, forever stays. Sorrows and deep regret race in tag team relays. Feasts set for tyrants, dead-kings that murdered at will bloodlaced wine to swallow with unrepentent swill, blackness baked within dark pastries and swollen pies windows opened to view ashen colored skies. Glaring glitter that blinds in life, forever stays. Sorrows and deep regret race in tag team relays. Each banquet, Poe introduces his newest tale to please the raven-king and his words never fail within his sorrows, whispers of Annabelle Lee melding with his chain's soft rattles, words- "she is free". Glaring glitter that blinds in life, forever stays. Sorrows and deep regret race in tag team relays. R.J. Lindley, March 19th, 1978 ( When A Dark Dream Cometh )

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Jennifer Proxenos

Date: 10/15/2018 12:46:00 PM

Hi Robert, A wicked bird is the raven, associated with harm, murder,witchcraft and mystery. The scariest thing of all is that the raven is so revengeful, and hands down information from generation to generation. You are a born poet Robert, and your diversity in your writing poems is astounding! Best regards, Jennifer

Robert Lindley
Date: 10/15/2018 3:03:00 PM

Thank you my friend. So nice of you to visit some of my dark poetry. All life is diversity, thus so should not poetry reflect life? Aye, past masters swore it should, swore it must. Are we to follow their lead? Aye, as best as we can, methinks.. So glad you enjoyed this old piece my friend..

Silent One

Date: 8/26/2018 11:35:00 AM

The imagery in this is so dark and although your wrote it so long ago, it shows early signs of your talent which is still here today...

Robert Lindley
Date: 8/26/2018 5:29:00 PM

Thank you my very good friend. Sadly, I have always written dark poetry just about as much as I have composed the other.

Lawrence Sharp

Date: 8/26/2018 1:02:00 AM

As always, very dark, very dramatic and very beautifully worded.

Robert Lindley
Date: 8/26/2018 4:25:00 AM

Thank you my good friend. I wish my dark poetry frame of mind would go away. I have no problem with dark poetry-in fact, I think it is a very necessary part in poetry to present. I just wish the gloom that eats away at my soul- would flee away.* For its strong chains and agonizing miseries inflict a massive toll* One that bleeds heavily and turns deepest of true joys into darkest of sad grey*...

Agnes Krampe

Date: 8/24/2018 4:28:00 PM

Wow, the image of a chained Poe at the end was a surprise. I enjoyed your poem, Robert -great imagery, and the refrain is haunting.

Robert Lindley
Date: 8/25/2018 8:40:00 AM

Thank you my good friend. I edited this one a bit before posting it here. Completely rewrote two other verses that referenced Poe. Tossed a coin on whether to keep the old or post with those two verses edited. The edited verses won..

Constance La France

Date: 8/24/2018 12:51:00 PM

Robert, beautifully dark and quite wonderful, your pen was magic here ! "Sorrows and deep regret race in tag team relays" that is a line so true for me.

Robert Lindley
Date: 8/25/2018 8:37:00 AM

Thank you my good friend. This was written long ago, during a very dark time in my young life.

Sand Blown

Date: 8/24/2018 12:02:00 PM

poe was/is a gem

Robert Lindley
Date: 8/25/2018 8:35:00 AM

Thank you my friend..