Dark Poetry Poems

Beneath the churning skies and wrathful sea, 
A lone man wails into swirling agony.
Each crashing wave, a relentless assault,
Mirroring the chaos of his inner tumult.

Beneath...

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Quote By Poet: "Don't Let Books or Poems Become A Thing Of The Past."

A bookstore I can not pass up,
I need a new book I...

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Quote By Poet "The faces of pretty flowers will brighten anyone's day."

Here in a lovely garden we sit,
growing very close-knit.
Our faces of pretty color,
are bigger...

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2/4/23


No ifs ands or maybes
Daily
I'm seeing hatred
People still extremely racist
Meanwhile food and materials being wasted

I understand the messages these mummies meant
Continually money spent
Making matters worse,...

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2/13/23


A fu**** up past
Always past fu**** up

It's just me and a cup damn
Still can't put down the damn cup

I am truly sad
How i've been living...

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Brain-fuzz falls like dandruff,
clearly the clarity of a strain-free smile
is back to work.
Summer is breaking its glass sky.
I'm unwinding a Slinky soul,
after a dark thought
dropped...

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Villanelle
by Michael R. Burch

Is poetry mere turning of a phrase?
Has prose become its height and depth and sum?
What happened to the songs of yesterdays?

Does prose...

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Life with it's ups and down's
I love you day and night
Family and friends make
Every moment extra special...

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"Those who cannot remember the past
are condemned to repeat it"
George Santayana.

The American Revolutionary War was
The 13 colonies' war for independence.
Their beliefs and resolve were so
greatly...

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By Poet  "I do not know where the time goes. It just goes running away."

Yesterday when
Everyone was kind
Smiles were on all
The faces both young and...

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Within Me

Trapped within, a tempest roars,
Where demons dance and anguish pours,
In the haunted halls of my soul's estate,
Dwells a darkness deep, where love and hate...

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Poetry is a drug, mixed in the alchemy of the night,
An elixir of never-ending dreams, the bitter drink of wandering souls,
Poured into the empty goblets...

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I love hearing stories,
stories from my grandparents.
They love to tell stories,
stories from many years ago.
Grandma tells about bread,
when black showed up they would cut if off.
Then...

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She is confused, a teacher says
Why? Because her hair is dyed three colors?
She wears goth clothes and her make up is dark
Have you spoken to...

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The wisdom of life is what we yearn
Yet, ill prepared from our lessons to learn

Lacking beliefs and actions, just empty words said out loud
Without authentic...

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