Dark Retreat Poems

I am not forgotten in the forests of so little light
I am lost in dark mists, troubled with fright
Embedded in life and love, the joyless...

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Soon I shall retreat to the mountains up north
To my home in those West Virginia hills,
Where songs of the mountaineers call me forth
I can hear...

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Stately fir trees
Sturdy brick houses
Smile, as suns rays warm their surfaces
   Their faces so much brighter
   Their greens and red lighter

Too...

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A PASSIONATE RETREAT

My mind was merely pondering
waves caressing rock.
Moonlight came dancing
through caves that pirates sought.

Everything is magic
to lovers after dark
who hover in the shadows afraid
someone...

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RETREAT TO HEED OUR HONEST DEEDS

Two old oak trees weathered by winds and rain
with fallen leaves, branches and toughened bark
to shield a core of grandeur,...

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Having fun with the words,
  the party lasted till dawn

The sun now a blanket
  covered verses to warm

Having fun with the words
 ...

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Winter’s Retreat
Snuggling in our cozy home
Watching snowflakes fly
Crystals making shapes on trees
Stars blink in the sky

Fireplace is drumming
Light is throwing sparks
Candlesticks are lighting
Roadways in the...

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Dangerous Retreat


Intrepid movement, quickened feet,
unentered kitchen, intolerable heat...
Corner cut classes, your basic cheat,
uneducated mind brain kit incomplete...

Vicious entrapment from lies and deceit,
dark red blood soaked...

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here we are again
side by side in the dark
the air suffocating, silence piercing our ears
just two empty souls.

there is so little left to say that...

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So Fleet, The Monster's Retreat


It manifested a dark form surprising
great fear in my heart thus rising
Resting against the mirror stand
ghastly in color, with deformed hand
Something...

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A fellow gets restless,  walking along the shore,
The mystery is of his making, pondering questions 
that the formless, transient ocean,
all the weathering winds, 
the...

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teens overnighting
in the social hall
yet feel
apart, alone
panicked

a dark, quiet room
curl up 
in the corner
arms holding knees to chest
head down
trying to feel
anything

nothing there
empty, a shell
huge hole
where...

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Buillt-in alarm sounds
Approaching storm gathering
"Caw, caw", fill dark skies...

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