The night sweeps in with darkest dreams
in hazy images of places unseen
by a memory which cannot recall
much of anything at all.
What thoughts did Poe on writing find
through twisted years and phantom skies
where birds flew once then disappeared
and clocks that tick for a deafened ear.
We frame the dark in lighter hues,
set ghostly candles in musty rooms
whose flickering adds to the coming night
where a moon will shine on the endless fight
of here and there now gone from view
drifting into shadows as they do,
the whispers linger on humid air
as the moment finds in a new despair
to save the soul through words and hope
whilst empty lies the hangman rope
we tear it down and burn the threads
a funeral pyre for a dream that’s dead.
Feeling a bit gothic (in a good way if there is one) for some reason, ghostly image found on internet and upon seeing it, this poem appeared….
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Snakes freak me out a bit, but the ones we have here, I let live (southern black racers) because if we have those, we won’t have the nasties (rattlers and moccasins)…I watch him climb the lattice and move through the jasmine….I’m fine as long as I know where he is 🙂 because I won’t be there near him 🙂
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Telltale Heart and The Raven are ones I liked in high school! My Dad used to read us Sir Arthur Conan Doyle! The one with the snake coming down a rope was eerie. Others for me to think!!
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I have always loved Poe, got hooked in grade school and never looked back 🙂
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Fascinating and a little fearsome, Kim. I like how you incorporated so much of Poe’s stories. 🕰
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❤
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more will come at some point 🙂
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Brilliant Kim.. and loved your Gothic.. 🙂
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ha, thanks Rose 🙂 will certainly try 🙂
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Excellent and very Gothic! Yes, do more please. 🙂
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perhaps I should work on more in the future 🙂 thanks so very much ❤
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This is really cool! You do good in Goth! Big hugs!!
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Nothing wrong with a bit of moody Gothic
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the light comes so easily most days, but when the darkness rises….man, what a tale to spin….leaving you wondering what the heck is going on in the mind….the endless battle to squash the dark, but sometimes it makes a fun read ❤
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A pleasure, Kim. 💕
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I think dark is easier to write in some ways, perhaps because it arouses the forbidden in the imagination. 😀
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thanks D, had fun writing it, came together a bit too easily…perhaps I should read more dark matter, view more images and let loose a book…mini King or something 🙂 haha! peace and love, K
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Beautiful and flowing, Kim. The unobtrusive rhyme and haunting imagery is perfect.
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it came to mind after reading your post on “darkness” see, you do good at influencing through words ❤
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Very Gothic ~ I love it. Brilliant opening line ‘The night sweeps in with darkest dreams….’ Bloody good show. ❤
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Wow!
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thanks Mags, ❤
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Ooh, it’s definitely gothic AND positive.
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The pic is definitely eye-catching. You are most welcome.
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thanks Tre, I’m in a good mood but felt a wave of Halloween cloak me for a bit-I’m not usually one for rhyming poems but this one just sort of fell out of somewhere in the vast cavern of my brain 🙂 the pic was too cool not to write to 🙂
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its (sighs, autocorrect*)
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I love the rhyme scheme here and the photo. I like what you’ve done with the poem as it’s accompanying partner.
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