Dark List Poems

After The Wedding


after the I do’s
after the photographs
after the guests have gone
after the rice is swept up
after the toasts
after the dances
after the wedding dress is...

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A few things you should know about the things I love
like the magic of watching asteroids above
the fact that I was born on Easter Day
the...

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Believing in you is
Being just you, the simplicity of you
Embracing each twist and turn
Stepping outside the confines of your mind 
Revealing truths and bringing clarity...

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Sadly enough 
I'm running out of time
I remind myself 
it is love that I can't find
And this knowledge 
That I bear 
Means nothing if I...

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Look in my closet and what will you see?

First is the shoe holder hung on the side of its door.
It holds shoes sometimes not matched...

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Maybe I don’t belong here, 
maybe I once did;
maybe I do,
maybe none of this is the truth;

Maybe it’s a shot in the dark, 
maybe it’s...

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Winter is when life put on hold.
  Winter is when not hot but cold.

Winter is snow falling on hills.
  Winter is reservoir refills.

Winter...

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"The softness of the summer day like an ermine paw."- Anais Nin

Soft is a tissue or a cotton ball.
     Soft was...

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All
True
Goths
Covet
Lace
Vampires
Lightning
Spiders
Coffins
And
Poetry



*I wrote this poem on January 8, 2024, as part of a ’30 days of poetry’ January challenge. This was day 8 and the prompt...

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Dear Oxford English Dictionary editors,
     Please consider the following words for inclusion in your next edition: 

Amazone - the addictive, ensnaring...

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Thirty minutes til pickup - leaving home before crack of dawn
A slew of police cars and orange cones blocking the exit
Reading mailboxes with old eyes...

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How I Miss You

By calling you on weekend
By reading your favorite novel
By eating your admirable dessert
By watching your left behind tv series
By trying to sleep...

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Comets

Little comets
Large comets
Fabulous comets
Green blue
Violet and red
Comets
They have amount
Of dust and ice
Cold dark and hot
Sun makes them more
More beautiful in skies
How mesmerizing and 
Enchanting comets...

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1.	As you search the aisles at Walmart for something to say to your boyfriend’s mother?

a.	You look for kind words in the book section
b.	You search through...

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*Image of Eventful 2023 by NBHA.

Parodical Resolutions 2023

Conceding the current aspects of conformity, I have constructed a perspective of 2023 resolutions in a parody.
I will...

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