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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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Depression — john mcclenathan	Ever feel empty inside Layin up all day thinkin bout life Thoughts makin you cry It hurts deep down So you think about suicide Every moment you try...	81 views Rate it
Serenity — MJM Wagner	Fern and moss and lichens green, Gilded in a sun bright beam, Fairy gold and emeralds gleam, Along the wooded way. Twilight under brilliant blue, ...	81 views Rate it
I Am Water — Kaytee	The dark Goddesses conspire in your favor. I breathed my prayer into the cedar I burned in ceremony. The wind took the pungent smoke and invocation...	81 views Rate it
I Found Love — Naomi Fowke	I found love Hanging on a tree Strung up For all humanity I found love A human whipping post Of Flayed flesh Ripped from bone And as muscles ...	78 views Rate it
Sorry For His Next Me — Sorry For His Next Me	Her youth is a given. His intentions, and efforts to woo her will be exacerbating, and driven. She will be free of care. That breezy nature...	73 views Rate it
Those Evil Few — John W. May	With wealth, the likes of Helen's Troy, There are these few that think they're coy— They seem so modest, but I warn, Their modesty is but a ploy. ...	71 views Rate it
The Friendless and Lonely Scarecrow — Joseph Elliott Vaughan	Made of straw with no living soul, Empty of pleasure, of love and of hope; The scarecrow endures the heat and the cold Without a friend or hand to...	70 views Rate it
A Mother's Pain — Teresa Smith	I'm the mother of an addict, and I don't know what to do. It's been more than a decade, so it isn't something new. The pain, the fear, the...	70 views Rate it
Searching For Some Minnows — B.Mathislange	I've fallen out of trees, I've fallen out of windows Fell backwards down a waterfall searching for some minnows I've fallen off of rooftops, fell feet...	68 views Rate it
She is gone — Mina Ekladious	How can your body breathe without a soul, Keeping your heart beats when it's hurt, When you are losing your love and it's beyond your control, The one...	66 views Rate it
In The Dimming Light — Claire Ipson	Often I wonder If the last sunset I see Will be...	66 views Rate it
Pillow Pals — Debra Tharpe	Of all the things from coast to coast My pillows what I love most. It holds my head with all its dreams And listens to tomorrow's schemes. When...	66 views Rate it
Bennie Got His Bone — Robin Loving	Bennie was found in an alley alone Trying to guard an old chewed up bone He growled at the world, as it closed in on him He fought with the rope... but...	66 views Rate it
Therapy Sessions — Alfred Gremsly	-Therapy Sessions As a child, you cannot control what your parents do. You cannot walk away from their drugs and mental abuse. You don't...	64 views Rate it
LOVE LOST — Linda L Yoest	A summer’s end ago I lay smiling at the sun in a field of green waist-high wild grass, as you held me in your arms. Then running, falling as we...	64 views Rate it
Battlefield — Gina Madeya	On a landscape littered with bad decisions exists a minefield of pain and regret. There, you exploded into my heart and inflicted a wound I can’t...	64 views Rate it
Unknown to You — Huey Ennis	I'd sooner have your soft hands gracefully tear my skin from itself like putty, than feel you touch me again. I would rather you destroy my sight in a...	64 views Rate it
Perpetual Saturday — David Zeoli	The news rolled through like a vacuum As the rug yanked out from under me Emptied my bones in a white washed tomb When time stopped on Saturday ...	63 views Rate it
The World through the Eyes of the Melancholic Ones — Max Wiseman	For a man whose bare skin has been kissed By the softest touch of the breeze; For a man whose eyes have found sustenance Upon those finite, distant...	60 views Rate it
It's just chess — Pratham Mehta	Striding, with his head high, the refined man approached his throne. Not as comfortable as a monarch should suppose. Velvet or not, he barely seemed to...	59 views Rate it
Heaven's Might — Cameron Hardenburg	The blackened earth like a blanket lay, Upon a body lowered from birth, And atop its grave the ravens play, The scent of death, a vulture's mirth. ...	59 views Rate it
My stolen soul — Kelly Donald	Don’t worry about the darkness in my soul, It’s what ignites me like an embered coal. Don’t worry about the darkness I am never alone, I live...	58 views Rate it
once and future glory — Victoria Tan	It can be said, That the ruins of their palaces and our cities do not unmake a civilization, Yet phoenix it, so these mortal minds may make what they...	58 views Rate it
Emerson Park — John W. May	There’s snow there now where once she lay Alone that Autumn eve, And though that day seems far away, I still lamenting grieve...	57 views Rate it
— Robert B. Repenning	The dark of night pressed in on my soul, chilling me to the bone. Seized by fear, I was overcome and in rage I barked, “I am not!” “You were one of his...	57 views Rate it

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