Wedding Loneliness Poems

A Revised Edition      
From The Works of the Late Edgar Allan Poe, vol. II, 1850

In the icy air where the...

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She is an image of grim loneliness,
Her gloomy withdrawn countenance
struck me in the middle of a joyful gathering…
A shroud of melancholy surrounded her
face like a...

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There is a tear in an old wedding dress
Hidden away in a box in the attack,
Covered in cobwebs,
And collecting dust.
The dress is carefully lifted from...

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She wants freedom to touch her
She wants symbols to wear
Sailors at dawn
Bear no response
As if they’re not there

She repairs to the ceiling 
As the walls...

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Rules

In life, it is a give and take. 
However, for some it is just take and take. 
For others, it is only fulfilling to know
that...

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Bent fingers trace embroidered leaves
on satin and long lacy sleeves.
Blush roses, twenty-six she counts--
A French word she can't now pronounce.

She blows dust from old envelopes
tied...

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Loving family members gather around the
bed of a dying soul, awaiting transformation
 
Fiftieth wedding anniversary, twists and turns
A marriage ceremony in a quaint town
A college...

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Written May 9, 2020


All this white has got me
Feeling so blue
I’m missing my baby
I’m missing you

I guess she don’t believe me
Said she’d like to see...

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In searching of peace
soul of writings sought hermitic milieu

O loneliness of mind shrine
know that you’re curse!

O loveless love of wedding heart
know that you’re curse!

On the...

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Still Daylight
In the Dark

The days are gathering…
dust, 
and so am I. 
Not intentionally, 
but metaphorically. 

I longed to have more time. 
I dreamed I could...

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Mental Health
aka Crazy

The very topic is inclusive of the word, 
that haunts our every step from birth;
until our last breath. 

Fear has no power except...

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Strong Voices, Fixed Opinions. 

"Bashing",
the political warfare, 
of the uncommon man. 
The rights of all those in power, 
ungodly "saints"...
that walk on higher ground, 
to...

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I sit here listening to our wedding song
Pictures dancing in my head 
And i cant help but sing along
To the memories that never got to...

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Ground Control

Let go. 
I can do this. 
I have been here in my dreams. 
I have prayed…
I have all that I need. 

I sit in...

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The Great Wall

In this land, far from home, 
I can not “call out” your Name. 
They… will put me in a dark place, 
and leave...

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