By Joseph Edward Johnson Pouring blood ran into the temple foundation, The heathens had forfeited their salvation. They cried aloud...

By Ailish NicPhaidin She stood tall and strong and willowy She matched the grace of Leonardo The clarity of Picasso The lyrics of...

By Barbara Harris Leonhard A house that grows taller may collapse or be reborn, its brick spine realigned, & new colors applied to the...

By Rhiannon Higgins My heart shivers Like a little dog in Its bone cage Be it the lack of meds Or the incense I huff Like cigarettes...

By Martin Jones We were fishing off dānus brēhwā, too humble to call a bridge, casting for perch and pickerel and talking such nonsense...

By Jade Walker The land has created me To end all of mankind The trees sing through me They tell me it is time For revenge to be stricken...

By Jerrad Peters My heart breaks every day Is it too much What did Trent Reznor say “The only thing that’s real” But I remember...

By M.E.G. Icy claws prise my soul from its body, scooped hollow dirty spoon on the draining board, an empty shell left to wander daily...

By D. D. The beautiful roses Are dead, once picked up, Bearing from the root. The rest are remorse Delayed. Lovely petals, Withering in...

By Jenny Pyke People do their best to avoid darkness, but the light can be far worse. The dark objects to judging cracks that give...

By Wayne C. Hannis On the skeleton of our need, why the horror of the leaving? The folding up of the white narcissus, darker blue, the...

By Didi Shannon Burcklay When the pain reopens old wounds, they start to bleed again and again. When the people around you make you feel...

By Javanne Bain-Forde I am not ashamed to admit that I am in my twenties I am not ashamed to admit that I have wanted to rest well...

By Stacey Astill Like daffodils trusting, tender I raise my head to bathe in the light. Worm free of grave dirt and winter. Think,...

By Colin James The gag order was clear enough concise even, not at all periphrasistic. Instructions in bold lettering, remove any...

By Andromeda Rose My trauma makes me argue with men as if I am fighting a war for all the women who have no voices to fight with /when I...

By Rachel Spell hold the monster in your arms, feel his spikes against your skin, it hurts but you can’t let him go. love soothes the...

By Gary Gregory Burrowing worm of depression devours Light like collapsing sun Under its own weight the darkening hours Encounter a man...

By Alyssa Gerry And I looked- beheld this Being, mounted on a pale frame, that declared itself Death. The Terror quivering in the air...

By David Grimm #darkpoetsclub