By Dante Romano Our house was silent, Home alone was my son, He has been so distant lately, We both miss his mum.   I let myself in, When I saw my son, Or what was left of him, On the floor lay a gun.     #darkpoetsclub #smallspacedeepimpact #50wordchallenge

By Pandora Horvath each gulp  piercing my gullet saliva–nonexistant   birthing poundage upon my sternum my vacant belly  shredding from acid  intrusive cravings strengthen welcoming this desolation state i recollect slumber–how pleasant anesthetized each night my scleras desiccating–bloodshot feeble and blanch my flesh becomes slowly withering away like the greenery outside               -spring please hurry      #darkpoetsclub #smallspacedeepimpact #50wordchallenge

By AVK The beetle-black thought you cannot say aloud, so you smile, sparkle, swallow it down, no space to be anything less than okay, palms upturned in surrender misread as a wave, it’s tattoos, wine and glitter, this worldly unmaking, wild, wilful woman caught in her Breaking.     #darkpoetsclub #smallspacedeepimpact #50wordchallenge

By West Ambrose there is no such thing                                     as a poisonous book, or   poisonous kiss…                                                 I was already dead   when I met you—               in the mausoleum of your     H         E       A       R      T       A       C       H        E     you blessed me,                 kept me,        fed me   from the golden wound             where there is always yet some liquor left.     #darkpoetsclub #smallspa

By Annie Dawid “They never bombed when it thundered.”     Her tales of Blitz resonate inside me now.  God, cradling us in dark arms – the comfort of severity –  speaks in rumbling tongues, cracks echo down marbled halls, soothing as no human can or would  or will  – covers me in sheets of rain. #darkpoetsclub #smallspacedeepimpact #50wordchallenge

By Brian Elrix Laboring to beats of inspiration. Accompanied by a jazz riff of poetic eccentricity. Floundering in a sea of endless rejection the horizon offering no rescue. Now you are one of the martyred enraptured by beauty. Denied an audience by academic prejudice and Ivory tower complicity.     #darkpoetsclub #smallspacedeepimpact #50wordchallenge

By Leanna Webbe Visits to hospitals. Delays. Revelations. Discomforting conversations. Sunsets. Knowing we can never go back. Hoping time will stretch out. Soft denial. "She's gone."   #darkpoetsclub #smallspacedeepimpact #50wordchallenge

By Maggie Elliott She weighed less than a bag of Tate and Lyle She should’ve stayed inside me another while They took her away, never having been held Praying for her, my heart swelled Same day they told me what I didn’t want to hear ‘Very sorry love, but she’s no longer here.’   #darkpoetsclub #smallspacedeepimpact #50wordchallenge

By J.D. Scève You lay as a warning of battle and consequence. Will we observe the gashes on your brittle calcium, Or hear the maggots engorging near the spine. Perhaps not. The atlas of receding flesh, And snapped joints. Humanity has made devastation his craft.   #darkpoetsclub #smallspacedeepimpact #50wordchallenge

By Mike Hynde Dark eyes Red blood Before the truth Before the flood On the edge of the edge A solar sun burns her last Claimed… The void now vast Cracks expand like running water In a spatial web Watching the watcher Our creator dictates In dwindling light An unborn child awaits….   #darkpoetsclub #smallspacedeepimpact #50wordchallenge

By Gordon McLaughlin Owl’s flight quiet, A darkness covering you, Nemesis. Terror enlarges your eyes, Yes, I am here. Carotid pulse against my blade, Whispered pleas… Crimson overflows its fleshy dike, Its warmth on my grasping hand, Eyes locked, I inhale your final breath, Like an exquisite perfume, As promised.   #darkpoetsclub #smallspacedeepimpact #50wordchallenge

By Rebecca Seymour The dress won't zip. Again, Crestfallen, the mirror stares back.   She must be smaller.   She grabs flesh. Pulls it forward. Pulls it away. She comes apart in her own hands, just a little. She lifts her hands to her mouth. A taste, tentative. Then more. Chews, swallows. Diminishing herself.   #darkpoetsclub #smallspacedeepimpact #50wordchallenge

By Dorit D'Scarlett He said: I’ll put a child in you. I said: I’ll decide. But now — Eggshell shards on the sheets. A pulse beneath my belly. Something knocks from inside. Not mine. Not his. But hatching.   #darkpoetsclub #smallspacedeepimpact #50wordchallenge

By Synodinos-George Paraschis From the murky waters I emerge, I weep with redemption. Euphoria takes me by surprise. The sirens whisper wounds, yet I scorn their call. I wander through the fragments of my pride. I leave hostile mouths speechless. A wild orchid blooms. Besides, I refuse to dive into another witch hunt.   #darkpoetsclub #smallspacedeepimpact #50wordchallenge

By Cat London Hair graceful God, shimmering! This mane worth more Than pelts I’ve seen her in Skin of angels, Smooth, cinnamon Scent begging the hunt I want her in Bed will clear my head tonight Helping prepare for her flight Oh, she’ll resist, This beauty-beast, But untamed creatures Taste like sweets.   #darkpoetsclub #smallspacedeepimpact #50wordchallenge

By Zenobia To open your phone and find  photos of them cheating, was to notice your own burning smooth tongue  from open mouth kissing sweet deceit, coated in the crystal ether of a lemon sun— Betrayal wore down your teeth, now truth screams into them  cold, shrill as the dental bur twists.   #darkpoetsclub #smallspacedeepimpact #50wordchallenge

By Athena Marie Every second is agony, A gnawing, relentless force in my mind. My head, a silent prison, To wake is to suffer. Harrowing thoughts, each breath brings torment. I am nothing - Happiness evades me. He deserves better, But I am broken. If this is life, Then hell will be a blessing.   #darkpoetsclub #smallspacedeepimpact #50wordchallenge

By John Metcalfe Savage burns From your tongue of fire. Chest torn, my flesh beneath your nails. This is how I thrive, stripped and bound to a bed of thorns, long hair screwed into a snarl, laughter dripping with my blood. Christ! How I love you! This torture, this rapture, this beautiful pain.   #darkpoetsclub #smallspacedeepimpact #50wordchallenge

By Kathleen Gray broken sleep, jumbled fragments of bad dreams   full moon harassed by ghostly clouds haunts the night   too late for regrets – she creeps back to bed they’ll come for him at six       #darkpoetsclub #smallspacedeepimpact #50wordchallenge

By NK.A.Hwaet Lightning cracks the roof—   Shoves the knife in walls. They bleed fuses. Your face? A fan   snapped shut—I see that fear. Snow and coal charred the sheets.   My scars? Testify. Open: I’ll stuff your throat with black—   forge you lion-strong— then snatch the night right back.     #darkpoetsclub #smallspacedeepimpact #50wordchallenge