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Nocturne Verse

Your source for dark, lyrical, and myth-woven poetry

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“I became insane, with long intervals of horrible sanity.” - Edgar Allan Poe

What's New

  • 🕯️ April 5, 2025: Summer 2025 Journal now in production!
  • 🌙 March 22, 2025: New poem “Memento Mori” has been added to our featured collection.
  • 🖋️ Feb 18, 2025: Submissions are open for the Summer 2025 issue!
  • ✨ Jan 30, 2025: Revamped poetry categories and navigation enhancements.
  • 🌒 Dec 12, 2024: Nocturne Verse winter event a success!

Technical Updates

  • April 7, 2025: GoLive initiation.
  • April 6, 2025: New announcements sidebar + update log added.
  • April 4, 2025: Issue product pages redesigned for Payhip overlay support.
  • April 1, 2025: Members area and file upload system integrated.
  • March 29, 2025: Updated poem template layout to support scrollable verses.
Featured Poems: April 2025

Suitcase

This introspective free verse explores memory, grief, and companionship through the metaphor of a travel-worn suitcase.

by J. Witt

Memento Mori

Through gothic imagery and rhythmic phrasing, this poem reflects on impermanence, death, and the allure of nightfall.

by J. Witt
TBD – Awaiting Future Work
TBD – Awaiting Future Work
TBD – Awaiting Future Work
TBD – Awaiting Future Work

Suitcase

This introspective free verse explores memory, grief, and companionship through the metaphor of a travel-worn suitcase.

by J. Witt

Memento Mori

Through gothic imagery and rhythmic phrasing, this poem reflects on impermanence, death, and the allure of nightfall.

by J. Witt
TBD – Awaiting Future Work
TBD – Awaiting Future Work
TBD – Awaiting Future Work
TBD – Awaiting Future Work