The Crows have landed! Enjoy all the dark romantic poems in our fifth #CrowCalls volume today 🥀 thecrowshoppe.com

Always an honor! 🖤

Hard to forget something Roaring in your veins So here I am Back O dear poetry A part of my soul I do owe you an apology In silencing you I became as cruel as the system #poetry

An attuned descent into #savagery Doesn't reflect on their visages If they are being true to their kind #crowcalls

we speak in riddle and cypher we speak in plain verse do you think we've given them cause to gossip yet if another other than us thought to connect our words when i weave in substance and subtext i'm trying to touch (at the very least) your soul #CrowCalls Quill & Crow Publishing House

was i a fool to believe my verse was call and yours response was it always someone else your protagonist your muse did i #anchor my hope to a notion that never was #BrknShards

Soft echoes of tender flesh Drowned by sighs of serenity And touch of eternity Dipping in the pool Contained in your eyes And forgetting the minutes The gates get locked But I'm content in the confinement That is you #poetry

In 2009 I had a temporal lobe seizure in front all my army buddies in Vicenza, Italy. It was a rare case of being trapped in between consciousness and unconsciousness at the same time. The experience was bizarre from the outside, and cataclysmic from the…lnkd.in/gdnYDuSg

Those #gnarled mouths Call me closer My heart is weak Courtesy of ghastly lovers I touch them I kiss them They promise to never leave me alone While the Light kept scorning, The Dark made me its own Gave me back my lost backbone #crowcalls Quill & Crow Publishing House

*Jaded Legacy* It's time To inherit thicker skins, The wise men whispered And left Alas! We simply owned A legacy of #jaded bones Twitching under the Blade of snakish stones #crowcalls Quill & Crow Publishing House

Just in time for midsummer, dive into the dark and mysterious side of Shakespeare’s world. Featuring hauntingly beautiful stories that twist the Bard’s tales, this collection is sure to leave you spellbound 🔪🥀 thecrowshoppe.com

i don't like it here on the periphery i truly never meant to stray from view i adored all i wrote when moved by you so maybe again you could cast your gaze somewhere near where i linger still i miss that look you know the one I just love the thought of catching your #eye #vss365

Close your eyes As I shatter your heart Into fragments so sharp While cooing a melody so sweet; Sweeter than the venom Your mistress left On my #gloomy bed, When she persuaded Her head that My wrath couldn't see #crowcalls Quill & Crow Publishing House

July’s #CrowCalls have arrived! Brought to you by our very own Dark Poet Society Member @ladyxesphio, centered around the theme for July’s issue of The Crow’s Quill, dropping tomorrow 🪶 Free to read at: quillandcrowpublishinghouse.com

I don't think I can make a louder comeback in the poetry world. Find my poem "Rekindled Sin" within the hauntingly enticing pages of "The Crow's Quill" by Quill & Crow Publishing House

My mother was crying in my room one night, so to cheer her up, I came up from behind and said, "Booo!" She ran out screaming! I guess it was funnier when I was alive...

This. Is. Awesome. 😤🙌

August's theme of The Crow's Quill is my personal favorite. Also, as you are devouring the gothic tales, don't forget to check out my poem "A Woman Anew" in this issue. 🖤

August’s Issue is now available in print! —> thecrowshoppe.com 🪶

It’s here! Grab the Neo-Gothic/erotic horror collection by Rebecca Jones-Howe now at thecrowshoppe.com 📚🩸