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Renee Hargrave

Grief, Horror, & Poetry

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Companion

Seeing yourself through the eyes of the people you loveHas got to be the cruelest form of heartbreakIt’s where all of your imperfections liveAnd the many parts of you go... Read More »
Author Renee HargravePosted on July 20, 2026October 19, 2026Categories Among the ThornsTags acceptance, depression, emotional poetry, free verse, introspective, literary writing, loneliness, mental health, original poetry, Poetry, self-doubt, self-worth

Penance

I realize there is no going back,Even if I tried What I replay most in my mindWill always be stained with regretAll of the times when I should have stayedThe television... Read More »
Author Renee HargravePosted on July 16, 2026October 19, 2026Categories Among the ThornsTags anxiety, emotional poetry, free verse, Grief, healing, introspective, loss, memory, original poetry, Poetry, regret

Lexeme

The things I have been throughHave been written downIf you look close enough,You’ll see the many timesI’ve died over the yearsHandsWhere they never belongedHow different I would beIf I’d had... Read More »
Author Renee HargravePosted on July 2, 2026August 30, 2026Categories Among the ThornsTags dark poetry, emotional pain, free verse, healing, introspective, literary writing, original poetry, Poetry, regret, resilience, survival, trauma

Woe

The wallsScream with the violenceFrom the cutting room floorAnd I would be remissIf I ignored the voice it deservesBut it taunts me from the corridorsHiding behind weathered, cracked glassDisplaced eyes... Read More »
Author Renee HargravePosted on June 21, 2026August 30, 2026Categories Among the ThornsTags dark poetry, emotional poetry, free verse, haunting, inner turmoil, introspective, literary writing, original poetry, perception, Poetry, psychological poetry, truth

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