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Best Darkness Poems

Below are the all-time best Darkness poems written by Poets on PoetrySoup. These top poems in list format are the best examples of darkness poems written by PoetrySoup members


Premium Member Indian Ink
INDIAN INK

Indian Accent, form the whispers inside
Chanting from long ago
Echoes come and go
Losing time in a soft eternal glow

A beautiful and delicate autumn mountain scene
Dry...

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Categories: darkness, abuse, autumn, death, deep,
Form: Dramatic Verse



Premium Member Wind From the Sea
Inspired by Andrew Wyeth Watercolor Painting -- Wind From the Sea, 1947




Standing in the old house
A strange mixture of feelings erupt within me
My roommates Depression,...

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Categories: darkness, conflict, depression, forgiveness, hope,
Form: I do not know?
Premium Member The Rose
This is not a poem about a rose
Nor a poem about diligence and beauty
Today, I sit and stare at the walls
Walls    that...

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Categories: darkness, absence, allusion, death, depression,
Form: Dramatic Monologue
Premium Member Alice Sweet Alice
~Alice Sweet Alice~

        *Like Sisters*
   Everyday -- Holding Hands 
Sunday Dress -- Pink Ribbons
  ...

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Categories: darkness, abuse, addiction, anger, art,
Form: Dramatic Verse
Premium Member Poets
When all around is darkness
Who provides the sun
When everyone is serious
Who is poking fun
When pollution clouds the bright blue sky
Who brings clarity
Who tries to bring...

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Categories: darkness, appreciation, encouraging, friendship,
Form: Rhyme



Premium Member With Love For You
Sun flow progressed from east to west,
   with rays of light, the day is blessed.
        ...

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Categories: darkness, love, nature, romantic,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Poet In Recluse
I relinquish my pen before the storm
of her tears falling upon my bare arm
her gentle whispering breathed in my ear
Muse of mine, adieu to your...

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© Lin Lane  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: darkness, emotions, solitude,
Form: Rubaiyat
Premium Member A Near Death Experience of a Sweetheart
    "A Near-Death Experience of A Sweetheart"



Floating through a corridor between two different Worlds
among white fluffy clouds and shimmering stars awhile wind...

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Categories: darkness, death, death, god, death,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Touch Me
"In Touch With Myself"

I can't seem to find her
The reminder of yesterday
I shut my eyes for a few seconds
Only there, can I reach to bear...

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Categories: darkness, absence, confusion, imagination, mirror,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Your Judas Like Tan
""Child's Play""

You go down like rain,
A wishing star in disguise, 
You scream bloody murder 
-the perfect two-face disgrace
Your lips forever stain and reside with Benedict...

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Categories: darkness, betrayal, change, conflict, daughter,
Form: Dramatic Monologue
Premium Member Its a Part of Me
Our lives are not immune to the impact of time,
nor is our mind between the tensions of love and hate.
That's why I curse this wanderlust...

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© Silent One  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: darkness, emotions, introspection, life,
Form: Prose Poetry
Premium Member Midnight Poet
Whisper's of October  

Whispers in this soup bowl
20 minutes after its muse explodes,
Daylight remains nothing more than a dream 
Warding off the howling sound...

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Categories: darkness, addiction, character, devotion, identity,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Love One Another
“Peace I leave with you
           my peace I give you
     ...

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Categories: darkness, death, depression, hate, hope,
Form: I do not know?
Premium Member With Open Arms
Come to me my child
Rest your head in my lap
My hand strokes your wild curls
Feeling the dampness on your neck
Lamplight caresses your flushed cheeks
Shadows waltzing...

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Categories: darkness, appreciation, emotions, fantasy, imagination,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Love In the Silence of the Soul
As a young boy
Sitting in a pew
The winter darkness pressing down
Candlelight waves from hidden drafts
Shadows danced on the walls

I heard the words destined to me
“Be...

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Categories: darkness, death, love, sorrow,
Form: Narrative

Book: Shattered Sighs