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Welcome to our collection of poems about melancholy! The feeling of melancholy is a complex emotion that has long inspired poets to create some of the most beautiful and haunting verses. Our collection brings together a range of poems that explore the depths of this emotional state, from the pain of lost love to the ache of nostalgia. These poems capture the essence of melancholy through their evocative language and vivid imagery, inviting readers to embrace their own feelings of sadness and introspection. Whether you're seeking solace or simply appreciating the beauty of language, our collection offers a powerful exploration of the human condition. So come and immerse yourself in the rich and complex world of melancholy through the power of poetry.

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Love, The Dove — Airene Guha	I nurtured a dove Whom I named love For quite a while She was a selenophile Love gazed at the moon As it made her swoon Her gorgeous ruffles shone...	46 views Rate it
Rivers and Mountains — Rex Ingamells	Yarra and Murray, Murrumbidgee and Darling, Lachlan and Derwent, Swan River and Hawkesbury River . . . By your old or your new names; And all your...	39 views Rate it
Iris — Ammie-Marie Littke	My portraits of the past remind me of all I have lost. How cruel this world is once you have given everything, and have nothing left to comfort...	32 views Rate it
I do not even have a crush — Katie C.	To my brain my blood does not rush For I do not even have a crush I have no one to dream about all day No one to convince me to...	32 views Rate it
Death Track — Aniqa Muzaffar	Standing on the track With four daughters and one tot Waiting for the train...	31 views Rate it
Elegy for two orange trees — Talia Garza Hernandez	Although we experience the same emotions, not everyone express them by the same way. Each winter they brought juice, nostalgic I remind with...	20 views Rate it
Merge — Coker Rogers	Don’t know now for certain it’s not love that holds the curtain, it surrounds you. quicksands drain our time it’s through the grass it’s through the vine...	13 views Rate it
How Do I Love Thee? — Elizabeth Barrett Browning	How do I love thee? Let me count the ways. I love thee to the depth and breadth and height My soul can reach, when feeling out of sight For the ends of...	5,833 views Rate it
The House with Nobody in It — Joyce Kilmer	Whenever I walk to Suffern along the Erie track I go by a poor old farmhouse with its shingles broken and black. I suppose I've passed it a hundred times,...	1,880 views Rate it
The Alienist and the Patient — Karl Constantine FOLKES	The Complementary Function of Dreams: A Preface “The general function of dreams is to try to restore our psychological balance by producing dream...	1,306 views Rate it
Out of Darkness Into Light” — Karl Constantine FOLKES	“To My Daughter Kaleila-Maida, on the Occasion of Your Christening at Eastertide.” My Dearly Beloved Daughter, Kaleila-Maida Ngwekhin, I am pleased...	1,151 views Rate it
The Cremation Of Sam McGee — Robert William Service	There are strange things done in the midnight sun By the men who moil for gold; The Arctic trails have their secret tales That would make your...	804 views Rate it
Gibran’s ‘River’ Courses Our Lives — Karl Constantine FOLKES	The River Cannot Go Back: A Parable “The River Cannot Go Back,” declared once the mystic and poet, Lebanese-American Kahlil Gibran. author of “The...	590 views Rate it
We Give Life All Its Meaning — Karl Constantine FOLKES	Life without meaning. Is ever so demeaning. It is a nightmare. Without one’s comprehension. A dream without vision. Life full of meaning. Is a...	571 views Rate it
Ode: Intimations of Immortality — William Wordsworth	I...	563 views Rate it
On life — Brian Kobrenski	Love rushes in, like a breath of fresh air. Intoxicating, overwhelming, a feeling without...	559 views Rate it
December's bleak roar. — A J C	December's bleak roar. December is bleak, as the cold wind is howling. As I lay here, drowning in my tears, waiting for summer to appear, I looked and...	525 views Rate it
The clock is ticking away. — A J C	The clock is ticking away. Like clouds, they hold a lot of rain. Love holds a lot of pain. Your tomorrow's hold a lot of sorrows. And all your sorrows...	506 views Rate it
A Song for Sita — Anubrato Ghatak	Time it was when we banished were From the riches, the comfort and the ranks, When all I had was the grit in my bones And your brave heart, that made...	477 views Rate it
Football — Robert curran	-- The grinding painful struggle Of chasing a pigskin around a puddle Sliding around in the mud and trying To catch a football that has been sent flying...	454 views Rate it
The clouds get in my way. — A J C	The clouds get in my way. Now the time has come and gone. To say I love you can't be wrong. But I'm weak, and you are strong. I can hear the storms far...	409 views Rate it
José Martí: Un Hombre Sincero — Karl Constantine FOLKES	Without a word, the pompous muse He set aside and understood: From such a withered branch he chose; To hang thereby his doctoral hood. He knew when...	406 views Rate it
Genji’s Tragedy of Distraction — Karl Constantine FOLKES	The tale of Genji concerns the all that he lost; all his love interests, all his ten thousand lovers. All imaging his mother. The tale of DAO ...	382 views Rate it
The Thought That Lingers: Part Four — Karl Constantine FOLKES	The thought that lingers will not rest. Nor dare it ever sleep from constant dread; from constant fear of never ever waking up from its unknown...	361 views Rate it
Fear, a Prey to Survival — Karl Constantine FOLKES	Fear as messenger. Enemy of lust for life. How it defeats life. How it shows no decency. Respects no laws, conventions. Seeks your weakest spot. ...	358 views Rate it