My passion for poetry began the moment I first read 'A Poison Tree' by William Blake. His work stirred me and inspired me greatly, and so I began writing my own.

My very favourite poet is WB Yeats - I could read his work quite happily all day! I also love John Keats, Terry Wolverton, Olga Broumas, George Gordon, Lord Byron, the breathtaking song lyrics and poetry of Dani Filth, and the beautifully dark and romantic song lyrics by Ville Valo.

Poetry often wakes me up, with words and rhymes racing through my head, in the early morning hours! Here below are a few of my poems I thought I'd share with you.

Jennifer :)

~ Soulmates ~

By Jennifer Singleton

I know your eyes,

I have seen them before,

A memory as old as time;

Perhaps I kissed your lashes once,

Painted their colour into my mind.

Perhaps I had lain once, in your arms,

And you kissed away the cold;

With fingers entwined, your breath as mine,

The heavens bound our souls.

Or perhaps it was our final glance,

As war took you from my gates;

Perhaps you promised you would return,

And for you, my soul still waits.

I know your eyes, I always have;

They are the lifeblood in my soul.

I love you now, as I loved you then,

Many lifetimes ago.

~ Raven Dark ~

By Jennifer Singleton

In my darkest of hearts,

In the cold, grey light,

In the winter's frost,

Forever, I cry.

My mourning heart!

Torn with tears,

Bleeding with grief,

I'll suffer for years.

Come back, my love!

O flame in my heart!

Come love me again,

In this raven dark.

Where are you, my darling,

In this aching despair?

O whisper my name,

And I'll follow you there!

In my darkest of hearts,

In the cold, grey light,

In all ways, I loved you

In sorrow, I die.

~ Nevermore ~

By Jennifer Singleton

A tangle of roses adorns your tomb,

Blood red thorns and midnight blooms.

The scent of moonlight, the glittering stars,

The angel of stone with her open arms,

The tendrils of nevermore ripping my heart!

My company now, in this endless dark.

My broken heart, bejewelled in frost,

As pale as ghosts, as forlorn, as lost.

When you held my hand, I never knew,

That my smile, my world, would die with you.

Now I haunt the halls of our empty home,

And I talk to you when I'm alone ...

Beneath the weeping waves

I lay.

The twilight moon makes the water shimmer,

Like it is made of gems and jewels,

And all the while, I lay and shiver,

In my newly grave,

In this silent, snaking river,

Beneath the weeping waves,

Hating you, my lovely,

With all my broken heart.

Beneath the weeping waves

I lay.

The empty space, inside my chest,

Is now filled with my own breath,

But I won't exhale, not now, not yet;

Not for you!  So I shall, instead

Lay here in my newly grave,

Beneath the weeping waves,

Hating you, my lovely,

With all my broken heart.

Beneath the weeping waves

I lay.

I see you, my love! Above, in your boat.

Waiting ... waiting ... watching me!

Your fingers nervously needle your coat,

And the fine embroidery of your sleeves.

Your face appearing, at the bow.

How I fell in love with that frown;

How it looks so monstrous now,

As I watch you from my newly grave,

Beneath the weeping waves,

Hating you, my lovely,

With all my broken heart.

My hair billows around me,

Dancing with the river.

I can see myself looking back at me,

In the moonlight mirror.

My own eyes telling me,

To exhale now.

I will try my very best,

To hold my last breath,

And live a moment more,

Before my coming death,

Just to hate you, my lovely,

With all my broken heart.

Beneath the weeping waves

I lay.

The tears I've wept now turn to scars,

As I stare up at the sky above,

I've wished upon all those stars,

A thousand times, my love;

I've wished for your happiness,

I've wished for your heart,

I've wished that we weren't the secret,

You kept always in the dark.

Oh how my heart is breaking!

As I lay here, shaking,

In my newly grave,

Beneath the weeping waves,

Crying, dying,

With all my broken heart.

I close my eyes,

And I,

Exhale ...

~ In Your Arms ~

By Jennifer Singleton

The grey morning sings, and I

Fall into your arms.

Your fingers touch my cheek, and I

Lean into your palm.

I’m in love with you, and my

Soul is bound with yours.

My heaven’s in your arms, where I

Will be forever more.

~ Stay ~

By Jennifer Singleton

The pain inside,

Bleeds through my eyes,

Through my heart,

Through my scars,

Entangled softly in my sighs,

Weeping in the dark.

Spilling sadness on the floor,

And all the dreams I fought hard for;

This is when,

All dreaming ends;

I can't love you any more.

You sought to see how far I bend,

Before I start to break;

Now gentle, your embrace.

You couldn't know,

That I was so

Easily broken, you say.

Please stay, my love, and sing,

This pain inside away.

~ All Of Me ~

By Jennifer Singleton

In the wind, beneath the moon,

An eternity, mourning you.

How my heart just cries!

Enchained to the moment,

Of when I realised,

That the one I loved with all of me,

Has broken me inside.

My head used to rest, against your chest,

I'd rise and fall to your every breath;

Now, my palms pressed in the dirt,

In hope of your heartbeat,

Within this frozen earth,

For your vampire kisses,

Upon my oil-stained lashes,

Take away this hurt!

All your secrets the ghosts have wept,

As they soothed in the warmth of my living flesh,

Made my heart grow cold!

And the bitterest of winters,

Set in my saddened soul!

Oh, how I loved you with all of me.

Oh, how you'll never know.

~ Raining ~

By Jennifer Singleton

From our window, I see

The forgotten garden beneath

Wild with weeds and twisted trees

Where pages fall like autumn leaves

Poems torn in the storm

Pieces of a song

Letters held so dear

Now dance into the dawn

Words that meant everything

When everything was gone

How the rain just sighs

Weeping from the skies

Keeping our garden fed

These tears from twilight eyes

Rain tangled in the wind

Of dark, despairing wishes

Staining sorrow on my skin

I fall with our lost kisses

To the forgotten garden beneath

Our window

~The Moon, She Keeps My Love~

By Jennifer Singleton

Into the twilight sky

Amidst the mourning stars

The lonely moon sleeps

And weeps

Her light into my heart

My only love she keeps

And my only light, is she

The darkness she well knows

That grows

Within the soul of me

And bleeding from her light

Dissolving in the sea

My undying dreams of you

And do

You still dream of me?

Does gloom still roll like thunder

Where your heart beat used to be?

For in this gloom, I wonder

If you're as sad as me

The moon, she keeps my love

For she will always be

The same soft light on you

That too

Shines down upon me