Short Pitch Dark Poems

Thunderclap here
Pitch dark clouds gather again
Sound of my fears....

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my green eyes open
pitch dark then the room lights up
a scintilla moon

KimRodrigues © 2017...

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Bang!
fireworks
explode in
the pitch dark sky
a kaleidoscope
of bright sparkles
fall to earth
with a
bang
...

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The Intruder (Footle)

Pitch-dark
Dogs bark

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A Footle Contest hosted
by James Edward Lee Sr.

© 10th March 2018...

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a pitch dark black sky
Jupiter Saturn close by 
constellations glow


Hi-Ku 2 contest
Brian strand
Written 16/12/2020

5-7-5 no punctuation marks...

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Light the shadows dark;
Night beneath my needs;
Glowing loring solace radiance;
Right before my pleads;
Scared pitch-dark;


11/20/21
Written by James Edward Lee Sr © 2021...

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A world without light
  devoid of sight
A world pitch dark
  teeming with fright

What resides in men’s minds
  unspeakably cruel, so unkind
A Lamplighter needed
  to remove all the blinds...

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Find furniture
In a pitch dark room
Do you use your shin bone?

A diamond gift
Female Viagra
Could they be the same thing?

Look now and see
Really ugly sheep
Where virgin wool comes from?...

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pitch dark small chamber
abnormal pulsating mass
loving human heart

blood regurgitating
heart grows weaker with each beat  

Sponsor: Suzette Crous
Contest: Tanka-The Pivot...

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You walked with me
when it was pitch-dark.
How do I find you in light ?

        *

These were the last roses,
for you. Henceforth 
no water will flow from the eyes.

        *

Only your face will swim 
on the nippy moon;
burning skylark.


Satish Verma...

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Trees lose their parched lips--
shriveled, cracked and bleeding.
Leaving behind gentle kisses on frozen ground.
Rich hues of autumn 
but I'm left me color blind.
On this pitch dark afternoon,
I feel my way across a dying city,
climb into bed, and sleep.

I dream of sunlight....

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expecting my home to dislodge
and rainwater to pillow my window panes
for it rains and rains and rains
insane days upon days

the dark disguise breeds imagination
for it pours pours pours
as the magician’s apprentice
dreams more and more

2/10/2018...

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At dusk, fragrance of sky’s mint breath

Clings on grass waiting near spring’s death

Pitch-dark roses moan

Crawling to touch nightfall’s last glow

A tint without flames of yellow

Like terminal stone








Contest: Susan Burch’s Tail Rhyme
24 apr 12...

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I'm out the dark alone and free.
The dark that feels light in my heart.
It's night and cold 
With stars that are old 
But in my heart it's a different world.
There's Sunshine, there's rainbows
It's where I'm beyond reach.
Out in the green.
The green that's pitch dark 
But light enough to be seen....

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The smell of lilacs
Bright Light, the pitch dark room lacks
See a dream, dancing

The sweetest dessert
And even sweeter memoirs
Birthdays and balloons 

All in secret box
With a favourite flower 
And a plane ticket

02.01.2016

For the Combination of Three Words - Poetry Contest
Sponsored by: Laura Loo...

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And when the earth
Is ill with shale
Each day will blister
From a pitch-dark shadow

All the drops that save us
Will be abused
So we the dogs
Can eviscerate all that is holy

We have stolen the
Voices from gravel
And grass and sand
As if they cannot suffer

Because we have
Not earned this place
We have not earned this place...

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I have emerged
From the pitch dark pit
That used to be my life and tale               
Cold freezing mud and slime
Thorn-scarred , bruised and broken
With nothing but the flame of hope
Burning bright in my heart
Fed by a faith that refused to die
The chains that once held me
Lie shattered somewhere in memory
Of a cocoon that birthed my beauty...

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Pitch Dark Rain: Apocalyptic

vanished polar ice
oceans’ currents all askew. . . .
skylines blaze scarlet

comes a scathing wind
scorching land left not immersed. . . .
waters turn crimson

moans escape parched tongues
prayers ascend to ashen skies. . . .
pitch-dark rain pounds down


For Royal Ninja's Crimson Poetry Contest...

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Laying in my bed
There is nothing in my head
The night is growing mysterious
Time is going crawling by
I can see the pitch black sky
It’s silent every where
But I can feel the cool of the night air
I’m listening to the annoying tick tock sound of this wall clock
This still night made me realize, how lonesome we are
Just left in the lurch…In the middle of the night...

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It’s okay Even when no one stay by your side
It’s okay Even when you have to fight alone
It’s okay Even when every breath seems hard
It’s okay Even when the surrounding is pitch dark

It’s okay Even when things are pretty tough
It’s okay Even  when you have to go through huge struggle
Just have trust, you will find a way
Everything will fall in place
If not, jiggle up a bit and try again ??...

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In longest night
of pitch-dark space
you disappear like an arrow.
No star brightens your face.
Rumor was cruising like a bat on streets 
to capture the gullible victim 
on winter solstice.
The snow was falling like
sorcery. 


A little anxiety to taste the
dried out grapes  
and listen to the hunger
mouthless.

You draw the lake 
on a canvas
and then jump into it
with visible nakedness.  



 Satish Verma...

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His moods
Change fast
But they
Don’t last
That long;
From low 
To high
A song
Or sigh
That comes
With deep
Sad flow
A touch 
Warm glow
So soft
Which speaks
Of love.
Then peaks
To sharp...
He thumps
The key
Stale, flat,
Heart stark
Weak beat...
Pitch dark.

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(25 lines, 2 one-syllable words per line)

#1. piano keys
Contest: United colours ~ Black and White 
Sponsor: Silent One
Placed 2nd...

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I live in a box
Not a fancy one at that
Just a box
My box is pitch dark
There is no light in here
I live in a cold box
Not a frosty box either
Just a cold box
I cannot find the walls of my box
Only see them there in the darkness
Just beyond my reach
My box is without window
My box is without door
And the lid is too high to reach
I live in a box
There is no escape
For my box is just . . .
My box is my life
My prison
Box...

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I wake up in the night
When my dreams play pretend
Not knowing if it’s now
Or the hell from way back then

Waking alone in that dungeon
As the clock chimed midnight
Left to wander the streets
With hopes to end my plight

I remember a pitch-dark basement
And searching for the stairs
With no light to guide me 
Away from the demon stares

Tears I did not shed
While wandering through that dim
Fear my only companion
And the blame I felt within...

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I had a dog way back when
With white teeth and tail a wag
He slept so fine in steepled den
Crunched on a chicken, like a rag

With eyes of brown, and fur of black
Patrolled the farm, a canine cop
The silly cats he would attack
And barking noise should never stop

One snowy day he disappeared
Walking a road he often trod
Did not return, as I feared
Where was my dog? I asked God

Then one night, I heard him bark
My friend returned in pitch dark...

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