Short Darkling Poems

Artists dabble in shades and hues
  Authors express their sundry views

Troubled souls take to darkling woods
  The baker smiles ~ 'twas sweet and good...

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in the far corner
of a local pub
in a narrow passageway
between once-stately brownstones
in an abandoned shack
midst a darkling woods
there breathe
secrets of
quiet folk...

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Autumn Chant

Grey autumn oaks chant sad airs
In the east of darkling day;
Dirge winds blow through barren boughs
Tuneless symphonies.

10-2-20
Writing Challenge - Dodoitsu
Constance La France...

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O' Fairness, fairness
Of thou I do beseech,
trifles of affection
bring hither to my reach
Not a kiss thou shall hold
to bring that darkling hour,
which blinds the eye
to passions quest
and lays our love to sour....

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Pity the poor orphan
  born to wealth obscene
Given over to a nanny
  until she is a teen

Her every last wish granted
  all except that special one
to spend an hour with mom and dad
  under God's darkling sun...

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I sat the light 
yet it is dark 
night has fallen not 
my eyes be open 
blind I be, darkness by, 
the sun settle not 
o am I frock by despair 
not a shine lend to me... vision, 
and my way... 
       tether darkling...

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The rain pours on the outskirts
Edge of a clearing
That resides inside forest
It shows a darkling
Two people reside
With umbrellas they walk there
A place where they cried

Russell Sivey

Form Seguidilla...

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The panorama's immensity
   Twilight's intensity
Profoundly felt, heart-pounding shivers
   On the shores of desert rivers

Of sweeps of sand, stretching endless
   On darkling surface friendless
Canteen emptied, my last companion
   Buried deep in this lost canyon...

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Ow, my darkling
My lope for you is endive
There will never be anonymous
To take your peace

Your voice sinks to me
in lovely harmless
Yoghurt heart beats with mine
in unisom

Togother we wall in steep
drown life$s cobbled pathetic
Handle in hand
forever, foreman...

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The darkling  sky 
Gives me a reason why 
Why I look out to stare 
Stare at what's worth not 
Nothing but thoughts
Thoughts of fur and flesh
Flesh that shields
Shielded emotions I convey 
Conveyed slow dark thoughts 
Just to stare outta my window 
To find the darkling  sky 
Ohhhh what a while......

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Down memory lane, 
I waited in vain 

For your sweet smile 
To come even for  a while.

But all that came  then,
Was the whispering wind from heaven,

Blowing in a slow processing of light,
With echoes of  your name in the darkling night.

Buzzing breeze breathing webs of cloud,
Shows wakeful sorrows clad in mournful shroud....

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Darkling shadows 
on my bedroom wall
reach out in ominous warning
they snatch at fears within my head
parading them around my bed
like drunken dance partners

Phantom forms that hypnotize
compelling me to shut my eyes
sheets held tightly in my grip 
a prayer of pleading on my lip
that they will not dance their way
into my dreams...

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Forget that I am shallow,
Or that I crave tears,
And that I am full of malice
Like a deceitful notion,
I am here to destroy.

Forget that I am terrible,
Or that you ought to fear my thoughts,
And array my silent hunt
That my hardness is soon upon you.

Forget that I am darkness,
And that I am everywhere

So sleep well in the night....

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Winter star,

   so frozen where you are;

   in some glazed galaxy,

   how far is your lofty eminence?

Shine you will,

   in your celestial world,

   perhaps your rays more ancient

   than Earth's first darkling crib;

Where once none had been.....

No earthly eye to behold thy majesty;

   shearing darkness 'til what final wall?...

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The priest ran
Scared to raise
An ignorant army

On a darkling plain
Loading guns 
With dummy

Faith.The froth
Rose arrogantly
In the test

Tube.They heard 
Eyes shut and saw
Ears plugged


Contorted faces
Expecting the explosion 
Any moment.

Slowly
Very slowly the froth
Spilled over

Leaving behind - would
The 'faithful' believe ?- a near
Essence of religion....

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The priest ran
Scared to raise
An ignorant army

On a darkling plain
Loading guns 
With dummy

Faith.The froth
Rose arrogantly
In the test

Tube.They heard 
Eyes shut and saw
Ears plugged


Contorted faces
Expecting the explosion 
Any moment.

Slowly
Very slowly the froth
Spilled over

Leaving behind - would
The 'faithful' believe ?- a near
Essence of religion....

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Oh darksome prince,
how I bowed at your feet
you asked me for bourbon 
and nothing to eat
  I followed you close
as a pitiful pet
you gave me a pill 
thatwould make me forget
  But I must remember
with switches and whips
to punish myself
for the taste
of your lips
  your lips and your arms
oh darkling devine
imprison my soul
'til the last drop of time....

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Under waning moon and festooned sky
With darkness to illuminate the night
It is already morning
Though beneath blackened heavens
One couldn't hope to know
It will soon reverse its darkling effect.

This is faith beyond the wraith
This is hope surpassing spectres 
Yesterday's sun is no
Assurance of today's 
But faith sticks out its hand
Until warmed by mornings kiss....

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MOONSTRUCK


Her   bright  face  perfect   here  floating
Always  thru  the  window darkling
Face   to  face like true friend would 
My   troubles  by her understood
Around  me  constantly, unchanging.  


Sometimes  lost  in  daylight  loud
Or soft  light  dimmed with  viewless  cloud
Companion  with  me  as  I      move
Never   did   her  love    remove                   
Strength   in  my  dark,   never  bowed....

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Femme Fatale

Poetry, dear, you femme fatale,
Your darkling eyes stoke fantasies
And ruby lips blow memories—
Oh! temptress, you’re enticing me
With beauty ‘neath that sheer peignoir,
Attracting me with luscious lines,
Invoking soft caress of words
While guilt and weakness you evoke
When we create, my joy so deep:
Will you my mistress always be?



October 24, 2016
What Does Poetry Mean To You Contest
Alexis Y....

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Darkling romance with the river I love
swim in a trance
with the stars in my glove
reflecting the visions of your 
gentle shores
when you wash me away
you know I love you more
More in the mirror
that shows me your name
wet on my mouth
meant to drive me insane
trembling moment
before life began
more than a woman
more than a man
more than the price I would
pay for my eyes
kiss me with moonbeams
a current of sighs....

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ET SIC ...!
     
      Word ... absinthe,
      just feel the thrill when i,
      drink...
      Chill ... just 
      be quiet when i feel
      the thrill ...
      Hemlock ... I only drink
      darkling...
      In the visible transparent,
      I refuse...
      Love ... I always crave
      above  all...
      Before death ... before
      lucky...
      Love, I claim together with
      life ... life with love
      that's all ...!...

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