Dark Romanticism Poems

Sweetling,
the ground is steady here
come, stand beside me
let the world shift and tremble;
still, we remain.
      We are unshaken.

My Dream,
the space...

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The moon, a glow of golden sorrow,

Cast its faint light upon her ethereal form,

A vision of perfection, beckoning and forlorn;

The pearly chariot, motionless, as if...

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Your eyes a dark archipelago
Mysterious then exotic drifting across   
  my shore;
I perceive their warmth inviting
While those lips blow a tangy flavour-
Irresistible,...

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These are poems for my friend and fellow poet Kevin Roberts...

Nightfall
by Michael R. Burch

for Kevin Nicholas Roberts

Only the long dolor of dusk delights me now,
...

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She was my best friend a forever companion
We were so close and compassionate in dealings
Travelling, laughing creating beautiful memories 
Promising each other forever without apartheid
Love...

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Is there enough adjectives I can use,
  to sew these sensitive sensations to you,
when my dandelion heart is 
  dense with combustible phrases,
and...

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My days are dreary as if I am left in a torturous desert
yearning for an oasis,
my nights sleepless... the brightest stars forgot to shine for...

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.
    i wake to thuh morn'n
 make sum hot dark coffee

       i look in the mirror
...

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     Dark space but red blood 

I am on my knees 
Starts at night 
Sleep in dreams 
Soul pay punishment but...

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What a roller coaster it has been
The ups and downs and the in-betweens
We laugh, we cry , we shout and scream
We walk, we run, we...

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Reclined under the shade of a snag tree,
A babbler piqued my curiosity.
Staggered by the companionship, initially.
Then pleased.

I discerned a lamenting warble...
The massif offered commiserations to...

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In the midst of a wet night,
Discovered myself upon a viaduct.
Straggled or vagrant, uncertain.
Not petrified by the dark, rumbling sky,
Amazed to find the place familiar.

I...

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I want to hold your hand when we walk
I want to need to stop just so we can talk
I want to lose all my sleep...

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Cloud is getting dark .
It's going to rain ,
that reminds the pain .
I want to kiss the rain !
I want to kiss the rain !
I...

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Night is cold and dark.
This night reminds me a villain ark.
So many demons and gods fight till the end.
No one will win , you have...

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