Winter Gothic Poems

In the silence of snow
The great towers of silver
Dully reach skyward, glow

Languish on the darkening 
Horizon like winter storms 
Silent spires rise into a sky,...

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ice shapes a prison
	translucent gothic spirals ~
		prickly passageway

Inspired by but not entered in* the Ice, Snow or Frost Haiku Poetry Contest sponsored by Tania Kitchin

*I...

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A Season for war
We rage in twilight…

At the edge of our reason.
Winter surges at the realm,
Summer comes to slay,
Spring tries to heal,
Fall loves the decay.

Black...

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A silent figure stands on the edge of a cliff,
the wind is sharp, winter is in its heart.

Its thoughts are lost 
in the sterile Point...

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The nights grow long and the frost 
tinges the summer air, crisp n fresh. 

The coming autumn fire, the burn of wood
cedar & pine spices...

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The ground is hard 
from last night's snow
all creation has frozen, 
slick ice from a day of infernal sun

Twilight has bled away to pitch-black onyx...

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Winters night
Here we sit on a cold winters night
The fire burns bright 
we watched as the flames dance 
create illusions of life
Secret dreams and Demons...

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...a bitter time

WINTER OF MISERY
It clings to all...
Freezing our bones.
Chilling our passion...
Land's are lost in this winters Blizzard...
A cold season of bitter fruits.
A life that...

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Shame and years of tears have hardened like
asylum bread and now the children want
to know of your intricacies Mrs. Billingsfesh.

Along the hallways of this home...

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Of pale melancholy
And the infinite fall 
Of broken machinery 
Cast upon vast shores 
Decimation reservation

The prodigal son returns 
Jagged reigns of jaded egos 
Amber suns...

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Splash of neon light.
Neon glass shatters.
A pale face looms out of the gloom.
It shimmers into the night
Smash of an engine's steel, 
A flash of sharp...

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I
Old blood…
Old money…
Old power...
Rule the city shadowed in pale mist
Of a winter storm.
I watch as the city emerges like 
a phantom from a white cloud.
I...

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the skelton of the watch
a vigil for the passing dead
things left unfed 
wraiths wander on 
watching wanting waiting 
guiding the blind in to the light
the...

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Dark November comes 
a wind blows steadily along 
hours are spent in silent rooms 
watching shadows crawl 
scamper across rotting floors 
time is frozen nothing...

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Open your door to cold rays
the sun flickering infinite days 
rain down in relentless waves 
washing our alien skin in lands 
far from the eyes...

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