By J.D. Scève Our love broke and scattered on the shoreline, The gulls peck and consume the remnants, How much longer till we cleave the...

By Richard Dean Death came in on millipede legs, silent Slithered beneath the covers Worked its way close, dripping poison Midnight...

By Soulofdivya Investors for my idea- Outnumber yours, I have a whole auditorium, Of my former foes. Making middleware of media- My body...

By Peter Harper Open your eyes. The rain trickles into the creases instantly blurring my stolen vision. The dampness confusingly comforts...

By Patricia Mercado What was it that you wanted from me? I had a dream that you shot me from across the dining table, that the bullet...

By Patricia Marcado There is a rope around your neck, there is a white rag eating your screams and my father’s flat green hunting knife...

By Catherine Davies She was not just a pretty face, but an exceptional foot. A superlative leg. The most seminal torso. Every body part...

A haiku by Diane Lowman If I saw myself Through only your eyes your lens I’d fall through the cracks #darkpoetsclub

By Judith C. Adamson Darkness is beauty In the poet’s soul It dances with light As she becomes whole She fears not the future Nor mourns...

By GP Hyde Through scudding clouds, the great black bird’s descent to earth comes softly, gently, through the bleakest night. It lands...

By Robert Kyle In a land of silence, I sit Waiting for nothing Watching the boiling clouds Sturdy stones Dissolving into the moor My...

By Leanne Webber Perpetually wandering, lightheaded, yet heavy footed and heavy hearted, on this slow-vibrating stage. In the absence of...

By Banafshe Sharokhi A mosaic of stained glass windows, an ensemble of light and ballet of colors splashed across the floor… A waltz of...

By Lillibit Ray Two doors automatically close, and lock behind me. I stand inside a narrow hallway, surrounded by so much white it blurs...

By Sam Toikka You are of me, So what I must, Is to consume you. Gaea, Is never wrong. She cannot be; For if she is, I have devoured, All...

By Jay Horan open portals open domains into the world of shadows from this paralysed world and hypnotised world this underworld of...

By CareLuv The suicide book is on my bookshelf hiding between Plath and Poe-- loosely bound and sinking pages heavy laden with grief put...

By Robert Kyle I never wanted that black blanket to wrap around me The snarling dog at the door That sits and watches me with sorrowful...

By Alex Padina In the darkness, I found you. So lost and frail and so not mine. In the indigo velvet of a starless night. Marble lips and...

By Ben Sanchez When your eyes meet hers, In a breath, Nostalgia courses through your vein, Craving for a familiarity that is forever...