Are you a dark poet?

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   MrMidNightposted 14 years ago

   Do you think what you write is considered as dark poetry?

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      WryLiltposted 14 years agoin reply to this

      Yes. From when I was a child I always wrote "death" themed poetry. I remember my dad commenting on it, lol.

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         MrMidNightposted 14 years agoin reply to this

         Sounds interesting WryLilt , i might have to check you out...

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      china manposted 14 years agoin reply to this

      Definately not !

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      bsscorpio8posted 14 years agoin reply to this

      Only when the lights are off.

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      tanzersroseposted 14 years agoin reply to this

      i hope so

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      Michael Leiferposted 14 years agoin reply to this

      There's no question

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      PhinalJusticeposted 14 years agoin reply to this

      In a sense yes, my recollections are, then again I say darkish lol, for many again show the endurance of dark, but ultimately they are written to inspire those to seek brighter days.

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      Wulf Dreamwalkerposted 13 years agoin reply to this

      The definition of dark poetry is all in a persons perspective some see death poetry as dark others seesad poems as dark .I personally write mostly uplifting poems but still have several I call dark

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      Ms.Ruizposted 13 years agoin reply to this

      somewhat. I just write based on my emotions. Some can be Good/ written mostly bad

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      saleheensblogposted 13 years agoin reply to this

      yes I am

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       SylvieReisdonposted 13 years agoin reply to this

       Yes, i've written about death more than once.

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       ?e!posted 13 years agoin reply to this

       well if you think most of these are dark poems...
       
       http://www.poems-and-quotes.com/author.html?id=142074
       
       then I am

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       InspiredHippyposted 13 years agoin reply to this

       Hmmm...Many of my poems are very dark with pain...real intense pain that takes my breath away even today when I read them.  Then there is the light side of me that writes about love and friendship.  Pain motivates me more to write so I have many more dark poems...
       Peace and God Bless...
       Becky Jo

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   ralwusposted 14 years ago

   mmmm, maybe at times I am. why?

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      MrMidNightposted 14 years agoin reply to this

      I just wanna to post this question see who else had a poetic darkside...

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         PhinalJusticeposted 14 years agoin reply to this

         When poetry is raw, unrehearsed, written and then revisited, you can almost see their inner battle, and everyone has an inner battle. Oh the war I've scribbled on pages, dark side indeed, excellent question.

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   saddlerider1posted 14 years ago

   I write both dependent on my mood and temperment at the time.

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   ralwusposted 14 years ago

   you certainly do, and well.

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      saddlerider1posted 14 years agoin reply to this

      Thank you my friend, you do as well. Depends how much Red wine I've been sipping and you with your Scotch old son.

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         MrMidNightposted 14 years agoin reply to this

         Thats what sometimes defines poetry of all trades, in my perspective anyway, "EMOTION"................

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   Cagsilposted 14 years ago

   I don't consider myself a poet.

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      MrMidNightposted 14 years agoin reply to this

      Yeah Riiiiitttttttteeeee..........

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   H.C Porterposted 14 years ago

   I suppose some of it may be considered somewhat dark- I write the truth of emotions felt throughout my life- and I have had some very dark moments, so...

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      MrMidNightposted 14 years agoin reply to this

      Well thats admirable H.C Porter, maybe i'll stop by to give you my perspective on what you write.

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   DoorMattnomoreposted 14 years ago

   define "dark".......

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   figmentposted 14 years ago

   most definitely

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      MrMidNightposted 14 years agoin reply to this

      Definitely INDEEEDDDDD!!!!!!!
      Hahahahahahaha!!!!!!!!!

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   Rafiniposted 14 years ago

   dark...as in dramatic?  or dark...as in death theme?  or dark...as in sad?  or dark...as in emotional?  or dark...as in horrific imagery?
   
   
   Not sure, but it isn't butterflies and roses.

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      MrDSpadeposted 14 years agoin reply to this

      I say I can be a little dark......... 

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      MrMidNightposted 14 years agoin reply to this

      Yes what Rafini said basically defines what I meant when i posted this.....
      
      MrDSpade, hahaha, yeah i do find what you write to be dark and sometimes humurous....

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    Joy56posted 14 years ago

    would not know how to be dark, any suggestions,

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       MrMidNightposted 14 years agoin reply to this

       Yeah you could read some of my poetry to get your own dark perspective..........

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       Dim Flaxenwickposted 14 years agoin reply to this

       For Joy,
                  Anyone with a huge smile and purple hair should not attempt to be ´dark´in any way. It would ruin  your image x

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    Sab Ohposted 14 years ago

    I think it was Emily Dickinson who said "all poetry is about death."

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    blondepoetposted 14 years ago

    No I am a blonde one

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    CMCastroposted 14 years ago

    I do write about the truth and the truth is that not everything to write about paints a pretty picture. My best emotional "hangovers" come out poetically and so I heal the best when I write. I always conclude my poetry with how my battle is won spiritually.

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    BeccaHubbardWoodsposted 14 years ago

    A lot of my poetry is extremely dark. Well, I've been told that anyway.

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    Pearldiverposted 14 years ago

    Nope..... I'm a White Boy Mate!

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    UniqueBeautyposted 14 years ago

    I think my poetry (none of it is on hubpages yet) is a form of dark poetry. I have written about a variety of issues, divorce, depression, suicide, cutting, perfection.... anything to understand the conflicts of those who suffer with these issues. I just become inspired to write, and I let it pour out. Although most of my poetry starts out pretty bleak, by the end of the poem there is always a ray, a crack or peep of light finding its way in. I believe in the phrase of leaving something (someone) better than when you found it (them).
    
    Peace*

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    Lisa HWposted 14 years ago

    Whenever I write poetry (not on HubPages ever), it's pretty much cornball, and I like it that way.  I don't feel like "having the life sucked out of me" by reading dark poetry.

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       Sab Ohposted 14 years agoin reply to this

       Why "not on HP ever"?

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    Journey *posted 14 years ago

    Some of my poems have sadness in the emotion but I don't think they are dark.

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    2uesdayposted 14 years ago

    I do not think so even when I write about bereavement, I think I it is about the sadness of loss rather than about dark hopeless despair. Some of my poems are about looking for the things that brighten life. So no,  if I wrote dark poetry it would be unintentional and in that case I would not share it.

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    ahorsebackposted 14 years ago

    I am finding it hard to understand this question , What if it is dark? Whats the problem with that , Music , poetry , even photography can be about "dark stuff", anyone who isn't or hasen't written about these phases of life , probably isn't a very interesting read.

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    SilentReedposted 14 years ago

    I have some "dark" poems which I wrote  when I was in an "inspired depress mood" I think blue poems would be the better discription :-)

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    Inner Harmonyposted 14 years ago

    Great question.
    
    Yes, I write dark poems. It is a way to purge the soul. I occassionally throw in a happy poem now and then
    
    Would love to read some of your poetry.
    
    Cindy

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    LunesisMidnightposted 14 years ago

    Some of my stuff may be considered dark but others may be considered love...it all depends on what im listening to at the time...and my mood lols

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    Underworld-Craftposted 14 years ago

    Dark is consequential yet subjective and varies from one individual to another. I would consider myself as such SOMETIMES!

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    ohmygoodnessraeposted 14 years ago

    Some of my stuff could be considered dark, but I'm not sure about my poetry. None of it is entirely happy, though.

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    tanamariaposted 14 years ago

    Most of my stuff is from my teen-years. I don't know if I consider it "dark", but it definitely took me some time to develop my own style. I'm not a happy-go-lucky writer, that's for sure. I just write from life, and what I'm feeling.
    
    -t

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    Apostle Jackposted 14 years ago

    MY WHOLE life is considered a dark message.This is define in my hub:When I Take Pin in Hand.A poem of perspective visions.

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    Richard Craigposted 14 years ago

    I think I have some dark poetry but I have some light stuff as well.  It's good to have a balance.

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    epigrammanposted 14 years ago

    I only write dark poetry if I get to wear my sunglasses ........and if anyone writes darker more creepy poetry than me then I'll let them borrow my sunglasses ......

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    AmaTaintedposted 14 years ago

    i do believe everyone has a dark moment, its a part of experiencing life. i generally keep my darker poems to myself but i have found, if one wishes their readers to understand them, they have to show themselves as truthful as possible. so to answer the quesstion, yes...

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    ddsurfscaposted 14 years ago

    yes---
    
    Suicidal Tendencies
    Murder at Full Moon
    A Lunatics Insanities
    A Song Without a Tune
    
    A Very Dark and Savage Place
    Full of Rage and Hate
    Where Nothing Really Changes
    Except perhaps the Date
    And Normal is so very Strange
    South of Heaven's Gate
    
    Born but so unsure
    Why we Arrived
    Death is the Given Cure
    Unless we all Survive.

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    Maximum Aposted 14 years ago

    Sometimes when I think about negative stuff or the horrors of reality...

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    degrassixsceneposted 14 years ago

    if something sad happens yes.But other times  i write about love.When it comes to my dark times its really intense sometimes i wonder where the darkness comes from

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    PhoenixPoetposted 14 years ago

    Yes.  I generally am either writing dark poetry or intimate love poetry.

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    UNLOVED ROHITposted 14 years ago

    Well I can't write when all the lights are off its possible for me to write poem only at light so i don't think I am a dark poet hehhe

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    poetvixposted 14 years ago

    Honestly, it really depends on my mood as I like to delve into fantasy at times... but, yes I can be wrapped in an ebony cloud in a heartbeat.
    Death
    ~
    the eternal journey
    the path yet renewed
    the ease of strife
    gleaming in the night
    calling me home
    to begin anew
    spun out from the wheel of time
    to find the purpose mine
    to fight again
    to start and begin
    that which is never done
    dark or light
    eternal night
    calling me home
    kiss me one last time.
    Vix

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       Michael Leiferposted 14 years agoin reply to this

       Try my hub about the breaking of teeth, sounds similar.

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    voice in seasonposted 14 years ago

    I think a lot of my poetry comes from painful expiriences and a few of my poems have vague references to death, so if that makes me a dark poet then I am.

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    PhoenixPoetposted 14 years ago

    I also think that if you write at night it can automatically become dark.  I think the only reason I have any relationship/love/intimate poetry is because it helps get me women AND every band needs a love ballad or two no matter what they play!

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    philip carey 61posted 14 years ago

    Some dark poems are beautiful. Poe comes to mind immediately, But there are many others. As for me, no--definitely not dark. I would say some my poems are somber, though.

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    Dim Flaxenwickposted 14 years ago

    If you mean ´dark´the way I think you do. Then yes, I right ´dark when my mood is that way.
    I try to not let it get the better of me though.

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    BRIAN SLATERposted 14 years ago

    I have never heard the term dark poetry, but after reading this thread it is pretty evident that dark means death. I can imagine soldiers writing poems like that but light poems are what I want to hear.

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    ssbrookhaven65posted 13 years ago

    I am a dark poet. Yes, my work is dark, surreal, beautiful, sad, and disturbing. Dark poetry is anything that touches with the taboo of the human spirit. Death is only one dimension to an array of endless dimensions. Dark poetry doesn't even have to be scary. Some is quite beautiful. Consider Edgar Allen Poe's " Annabel Lee". It is one of my favorites.

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    CMCastroposted 13 years ago

    The opposite to dark is light and in order to understand and to create an image of the light is to understand and create an image of the dark. So, as much as I am a "Light " poet, I am, too, a "Dark" Poet.

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    EYEAM4ANARCHYposted 13 years ago

    Most of the poetry I have written is pretty dark.

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    epigrammanposted 13 years ago

    ..only when the sun is shining and I just ran over my neighbor's prized roses with my lawnmower when he was gone on a one way trip!

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    Denise Handlonposted 13 years ago

    No, not usually.  It varies with the topic and mood.

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    schoolgirlforrealposted 13 years ago

    no, I don't write about vampires..

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    Jaggedfrostposted 13 years ago

    How does one judge the darkness
    unless one assumes
    one is bathed in light
    tis unnerving to find
    the mind gets mixed up
    from time to time
    and they in darkness
    can think it light while
    rejecting all correction
    and casting the rest in blight.

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    torimariposted 13 years ago

    I love all things dark since as young as I could recall. Come on - horror hubs, dark art...etc., but never really wrote dark poetry. I find a lot of it these days, no matter what age you are, seems to be the musings of an emo teen.

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    Shelly Bryantposted 13 years ago

    Yes, everyone says my poetry is dark.

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       Wulf Dreamwalkerposted 13 years agoin reply to this

       The definition of dark poetry is all in a persons perspective some see death poetry as dark others see sad poems as dark .I personally write mostly uplifting poems but still have several I consider dark i9n nature

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