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    Dark Hope
    Dark Hope
    Dark Hope
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    Dark Hope

    By Caroline Sweeney

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    Dark Hope is an easy-to-read poetry book about relationships, the darker side of which can be very seductive and/or powerful to experience. The poems have been inspired by my own relationships with the world, with the people around me and with myself. I look at these relationships from a Gothic viewpoint, merging light and dark imagery together. I hope that my poems will help others to find the strength they need in difficult times, if only through the knowledge that they are not alone. They are written in a style that makes them accessible to everyone, from all walks of life.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherA H Stockwell
    Release dateJan 28, 2015
    ISBN9780722344378
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      Dark Hope - Caroline Sweeney

      Title page

      Dark Hope

      Caroline Sweeney

      ARTHUR H. STOCKWELL LTD

      Torrs Park, Ilfracombe, Devon, EX34 8BA

      Established 1898

      www.ahstockwell.co.uk

      Publisher information

      2015 digital version by Andrews UK Limited

      www.andrewsuk.com

      Copyright © 2014, 2015 Caroline Sweeney

      First published in Great Britain, 2014

      All rights reserved.

      No part of this publication may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopy, recording, or any information storage and retrieval system, without permission in writing from the copyright holder.

      Dedication

      To the people who saved my life - my family and the Early Intervention Team.

      Foreword

      This work is my juxtaposition, my happy grimoire, taking you through my experience. Importantly, people will understand that Gothic culture is not just about vampires, werewolves, gore and death; it is about mortality itself, who we are individually and our place in society. A reflective, invasive study of ourselves. We respect ourselves and society with a philosophical view that not everyone agrees with. We, mostly, are interested in paganism, herbology and Wicca, but not directly involved in them completely.

      In the midst of life we are in death.

      Burial of the Dead, Anthem, Book of Common Prayer

      We suffer, but gain experience and bury our unhappiness, our pain. It can leave us in silence, but we need somehow to find a medium in which to express ourselves.

      This work is about my relationship with the world, the people around me and myself. I hope it marks the end of a journey for me - a painful part of my life. I hope others find the strength they need in difficult times or feel they are not alone through reading my words.

      Poetry is for finding words to express how you feel - for lovemaking, life celebration, death or a wonderful dedication. Explore.

      Ignis Fatuus

      Spoiled clocks and artifices

      Sinewy speckles of nuance in white-water eyes

      In these rooms of shaded memories

      We are felt in rebounded waves

      Stripped drapes discarded, defiled

      Torn clothes and cushions meted out on sodden sails.

      Lifted from scrutiny

      Raised from vanity

      Taken by faith

      Held by trust.

      Spoiled clocks and artifices

      Scuppered nightmares of rebellion in translucent eyes

      In this room of captured actions

      We were heard in rebounded waves

      Stirring cushions, discarded, besotted

      Drawn curtains of modesty at the owner’s behest.

      Given a name of the devoted

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