Sad Imagery Poems

There was a chill in the air that night, as the taste of spun cotton candy and stale popcorn floated through the breeze. Lifeless clouds...

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Spring cleaning comes and I seek to expunge from every counter and corner
All clutter and dried rose that serves no purpose
Knickknacks and little trinkets all...

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flames
erupt
blocking light
bathed in ashes
death
...

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          looking 
         worse for wear
  ...

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for : Choose a line 2
Sponsor : Joseph May
prompt: “The darkened sky stole my tears”
submission date :  27/5/25
Placed : 4th : multiple 

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 SEA WANTS ME

Waves are here for the winners
spirals floating in turquoise 
dance ululating undulating 
blue bright sight
a point with paddle board
to soar sanguine Seas
I...

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A child's joy was taken at gunpoint
in a long, dark tunnel on a winter night~
as clouds drifted, whispering subconscious fears,
stirred by music played by demons,
loosed...

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My head has always been made of glass,
and inside it lives a faint idea of who I am.
She used to be a silhouette,
but even then...

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“What is Grief?” asked my soul.
I didn’t know the answer to this riddle,
So, I went on a quest.
Some said it’s like “ink drenching the paper.”
Some...

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      unsettling waves
 
      farewell... to his monument

       ...

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Mark Allen was ten years old, and his favorite things were trains;
Like teal moments after the storm, when colorful beauty remains.

Mark had a shiny, toy...

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the silent seismic soul 
rippling thoughts cascade, old
hollowed echoes of love
barren landscape 
under a silver sky, high
tears flown
like lunar light
carved across
scarred surface of bone
shimmering in...

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As the Autumn falls
The jays sing
A melody -a tale the old wives would sing 
While the sun fills the sky dripping
With gold as honey to...

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Abandon...
The wind whispers through hollow streets,
a voice of sorrow, a breath of loss,
ghosts of footsteps long since crossed.

Abandon...
Walls crumble, forgotten and worn,
echoing laughter that once...

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Trigger Warning: This poem deals with themes of self-harm. Please read with care.
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my skin felt like a blank canvas 
every time they faded.
i felt empty
my...

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