Sorrow Raven Poems

Something dreadful do I see, reflected in her eyes.
Could be death she's seen in a horrid dream, or
perhaps the relapse of a wretched addiction
that's left...

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Lay down and close your eyes
Remember all the burning in your mind
The flames reaching higher, hotter
Than the sun shining in a straight line.
Narrow goes the...

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Divinities of stone 
Humanity of bone
Legions march in time 
to glossy cracked clocks. 
Black Boots step to the metronome. 
Before them dark skies become…
Into it...

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Hello, Oblivion am I welcomed to thy realm?
            down into the darkness 
 ...

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Alone candle flame
Burning into the night
Burning deep in the heart
The endless dark
Waves of ink crash upon 
This island of illuminated shores
Bleak hours of lost sorrow
Love...

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Like The Raven Said'''
Late at night
sitting with sleep deprived thought....
Spinning around
as I turn endlessly over and over in my mind,
I hear in the distance
the hour...

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Do not judge bird with black coloured wing,
“ugly looking thief that cannot sing!” 
“snatches from others so it can feed!”
A bird linked to death, darkness...

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From Wisdom Born, Decades Fighting Fate's Cursed Hand

In youth, a young lad roars for much needed applause
in old age, wisely remains silent with just cause,
seeing...

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“Raptor of death! Wherefore seek'st thou me?” Poe's
     Raven craves me during the hours of night,
     an...

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As the ravens fed Prophet Elijah by the brook
you brought gentle words to nourish our souls.

Like the paintings of Monet, Van Gogh and Degas
Your creative...

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Darkness Where Now Poe And Raven Reside,
(Part Five) - Of Six Total

Among the hideous, Poe's great love stood
Annabel, her beauty shining so well
Wretched souls glaring,...

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The Raven King

The raven-king flew down corridors, golden halls
malice and human words in its most grievous calls
heartaches, greater than any Shakespearean play
not man's weakness, his...

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They all sleep
Or weep
In hospital beds
Or in prison dregs

Pain and sorrow
Missed tomorrows
Yesterday's wishes gone
Tomorrows become undone

I miss them all
Who will be first?
To that last road...

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In a swirling mist inside my mind

Five tombs containing comatose swans

labeled Kindness, Caring, Courage, Love and Joy

Sweet nectar of my soul

Five weathered tombstones lie side...

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The midnight moon was full of woe
 As ravens soared within its glow
 Echoes of the reaper's song
 Drift on dark clouds all night long

...

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