Dark
Gothic and moody, unafraid of the night. These poems fearlessly embrace the dark and unknown.
14 poems
Admonitions to a Special Personby Anne Sexton, 1928 ~ 1974“To love another is something like prayer and can't be planned.”
Habitationby Margaret Atwood, b. 1939“With wonder at having survived this far, we are learning to make fire”
I want to die while you love meby Georgia Douglas Johnson, 1880 ~ 1966“Who would care to live til love has nothing more to ask, and nothing more to give.”
Love Songby Henry Dumas, 1934 ~ 1968“On hands and knees the ocean begs up the beach, then falls at your feet.”
Love, mere loveby Elizabeth Barrett Browning, 1806 ~ 1861“Let temple burn, or flax and an equal light leaps in the flames from cedar plank or weed. And love is fire.”
Nowby Robert Browning, 1812 ~ 1889“When ecstasies uptmost we clutch at the core”
On Loveby Kahlil Gibran, 1883 ~ 1931“Let love be a moving sea between the shores of your souls”- On marriageby Kahlil Gibran, 1883 ~ 1931“Be like a running brook that sings its melody to the night”
Salt Rose and Topazby Pablo Neruda, 1904 ~ 1973“I love you as certain dark things are to be loved, in secret, between the shadow and the soul”
Song of Wandering Aengusby W.B. Yeats, 1865 ~ 1939“We will pluck til times and times are done, the silver apples of the moon, the golden apples of the sun”
The Wedding Marchby Gerard Manley Hopkins, 1844 ~ 1889“I to him turn with tears, whose wonder-wedlock deals triumph and immortal years”
Touched by an angelby Maya Angelou, 1928 ~ 2014“Love costs all we are and will ever be, but it is only love that will set us free.”
White Writingby Carol Ann Duffy, b. 1955“No poems written to praise you. I write them white.”
Wishing Wellby Gregory Pardlo, b. 1968“I cough up daylight like I've just been dragged ashore”