Dark Note Poems

With a lump in my throat, I thought "Is this it"
I never thought I would go down with the ship
 
As I floated in the...

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About Langston Hughes’ Suicide Note

My intention is not to offer an exegesis
We can all remember the kiss of Judas
Which of course was a death sentence
The...

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I'm truly sorry, please understand,
But life's burden has grown too grand.
In shadows deep, I've lost my way,
Seeking solace in the night's dark way.

My heart aches...

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Inspire I write wisdom in the fire, to decline 
the bitter taste of a dark intelligence that I 
admire.
My heart is a sentence of jealousy...

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When it comes, you will know it; there will be no doubt.
Flee to the mountains; don't gather a thing.
Alas, for the one who is pregnant...

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One windy afternoon as I was walking, 
a gentle wind suddenly caressed my face,
like telling me that everything would be alright. 
And as I closed...

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"the wind is blowing and the air is full with my note . . ."

         ...

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In a storybook long long ago
The pages filled with her and her tears
Boy meets a girl in San Diego
At a lowly  crossroad of theirs...

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My heart like a desert dims dry,
Streams of tears fill my eyes.
For my pains and sufferings still I cry...
What use is endurance but why.

My life...

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7/21/22

Can't always be a fair bout
Got to air it out
Very little I've cared about
There's no need for prayers or doubts

You say I am, yet to...

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S U I C I D E N O T E

This rhythm is a tide
of blood oozing in sickly
veins to rainless bones;
stanza by stanza- clots
drip...

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I pluck a note,
One more. A chord.
A melody floats,
My heart, torn.
The music turns
Twists, bends
Down a dark path
That never ends
Into a trace,
my mind enthralled,
By being poured...

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Note 
One lonely day, 
My thoughts wide  and far, 
You went  out  of your way 
To put  a few stars 
To...

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It started with a phone call on that cold October night. The deputy from Dibbly, Billy Joe - was on the line.
Told me he was...

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11/23/20


I know how to take one, but I'm not a joke
I once was, but I am no longer broke
I didn't but sometimes I smoke
I was...

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