Melancholy Poems

Popular Melancholy Poems
Autumn
by Lady Stardust

As autumn whispers through the trees
A chill wraps me up in my memories
Muffled cries, shadows cast
Echoes f a close past.

The fallen leaves dance in twirling hues
Filling my heart with bittersweet blues
Each shuffling sound, a haunting call
A reminder of the rise and fall.


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The Specter of the Rose
by Jinsky Antawail

I open my eyes, a dream wearing thin
Your perfumed breath settled into my skin
I follow your path, to your voice I’m sworn
a grasping hand that’s been struck by your thorn

You plucked me away in twinkling night air
hands swiftly unweaving love undeclared
no root could hold on, no voice would remain
so I myself turn, and drift now away


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A Multitude of Woes
by Carl Halling

Yes, there was a time
I was obsessed by melancholy,
I saw deep sadness,
The quality that so tormented
My former favoured idols,
Poets, painters,
Musicians, actors,
Creators of every kind,
As glamorous and romantic,
But it’s not,

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Until the Music Spots
by Brendon Hall

Strolling in the evergreen park so slow
Head sinking to the speckled concrete
The cracks mirroring a broken sentiment
Press play and a sweet song blares
Then the black veil lifts ever so slightly

The feeling unsustainable yet welcomed
Vibrations echoing deep through each fiber of being
Melancholy holds no sway in this domain
The beat builds as runners pass by in cardiac bliss

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by Shreyansh Jain

Sometimes I sleep, wishing there won’t be a morning,
That the drapes on my window stay shut,
Just like my heart stays shut now.

I close my eyes, seeing nothing but dark,
Begging the dark to sing me a lullaby,
To soothe and comfort me,
For I might not open my eyes again,
For the dark might have to become my home.


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Recent Melancholy Poems
The Specter of the Rose
by Jinsky Antawail

I open my eyes, a dream wearing thin
Your perfumed breath settled into my skin
I follow your path, to your voice I’m sworn
a grasping hand that’s been struck by your thorn

You plucked me away in twinkling night air
hands swiftly unweaving love undeclared
no root could hold on, no voice would remain
so I myself turn, and drift now away


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Autumn
by Lady Stardust

As autumn whispers through the trees
A chill wraps me up in my memories
Muffled cries, shadows cast
Echoes f a close past.

The fallen leaves dance in twirling hues
Filling my heart with bittersweet blues
Each shuffling sound, a haunting call
A reminder of the rise and fall.


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Unchanged
by K Louis

I listen to the same playlist
I did ten years ago
some songs have come
and gone
some may have been added
just like the people.
I have my twisted tea
in a lawn chair
and the palm trees wave
at me in the near distance

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Wings of Dread
by Saswat Dash

As i sit here rotten,
I look at a happy, playful couple of pretty butterflies,
Oh pitiful me! Hiddenly crying, holding onto my winter mitten,
It is a simple piece of fabric to one; but now I know how time flies,

Both of us look back upon thee,
A manner of glee which used to be,
A glee of a pact filled with lies.

Oh alas, me! Look. It is just a dirty pair of moths; a burden to fly.

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Love: Not for Everyone
by Muhammad Umair

Love has the power to fill you up again!
When you are in a desert, it brings rain;
Its sensuous sensation of silk like,
Pour away the grief---the feelings hike.

It brings light in the depth of darkness,
A sweet smile and there goes the sadness;
When it befalls, it holds you rather tight;
Misery, melancholy, mourning slowly dissipate.


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Popular Poets about Melancholy From Members
  • Brendon Hall
    Brendon Hall (3 poems about Melancholy)
    December 27, 1992 - Connecticut
  • Amrin Fatema
    Amrin Fatema (1 poems about Melancholy)
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  • Nancy Nile
    Nancy Nile (1 poem about Melancholy)
    May 27th 2002 - Australia
  • Shilla Marshmellow
    Shilla Marshmellow (1 poem about Melancholy)
    August 8, 2003, Tokyo
  • j d
    j d (1 poems about Melancholy)
    April 2000, New York
  • Shreyansh Jain
    Shreyansh Jain (1 poem about Melancholy)
    July 16, 2005 - India
  • eloise drake
    eloise drake (1 poem about Melancholy)
  • Mr Moustache
    Mr Moustache (1 poem about Melancholy)
    April 20, 1996 - The Moon
  • Muhammad Umair
    Muhammad Umair (1 poems about Melancholy)
    September 23, 1994 - Islamabad
  • Saswat Dash
    Saswat Dash (1 poem about Melancholy)
    December 21, 2001 - Gaziabad