Dark Couplet Poems

I was a competent, happy housewife, but that was before my husband died,
Leaving me to rear myriad children solo, as the lone star twinkles with...

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Underneath the Southern Cross, the comet makes its way,
A trail of greenish fire, igniting night from day.

It came from distant realms, from icy, darkened space,
Returning...

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Silent stars speak through rays of light
Listen to them every night
Perched up in heaven out they stare
Life may well exist everywhere

Silent statues who pray from...

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The vampire exited the saloon doors 
covered in blood her gaze enamors;

Cowboys on horses stop mid motion 
to see what was causing the commotion;

Mysterious woman...

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I have seen that house a hundred times,
The one upon which the old vine climbs.
So poignant and so melancholy,
That place had once been the omphali.
Now...

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comprehend oh fellow souls, this truth stark ~
each breath exhaled is a leap in the dark

likewise in-breath graced is a gift from God ~
use it...

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In shadows deep where whispers dwell,
Where death's embrace casts its spell,
Among and out, of night's dark shroud,
The journey starts, both long and loud.

Through veils of...

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                ~ Eclipse ~
 
   Light goes away,...

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I was a red-violet, sunny morning person, usually up at the crack of dawn,
When orange light poured from the east, upon revival, dewy green lawns.

With...

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"Spring drew on...and a greenness grew over those brown beds, which, freshening daily, suggested the thought that Hope traversed them at night, and left each...

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Quote: "There are people in the world so hungry, that God cannot appear to them except in the form of bread.” – Mahatma Gandhi

In wars,...

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“Colours are precious jewels of sky and earth, no one could put a value on their worth.”
* * *
Firstly tell me why you are always...

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Behold sequestered by the sea,
not whale, nor seal, nor small sand-flea.

This is the face of old grand Ewe,
whom from the cliffs, has come to view.

Though...

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I saw God rob the poor box
take a beggar out to eat

two burgers and a coffee
a loaves and fishes feast.

I saw God in the alley
drape...

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I was a stylish, assertive travel agent, arranging getaways for busy people;
Like sudden getaways of jewel, shooting stars, on ebony nights of upheaval.

I planned calm,...

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