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The Black Veil
The Black Veil is a publication dedicated to dark poetry. Let your words bleed across the page.
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ADEOLA SHEEHY-ADEKALE
Jan 28
Introducing Your Dark Team
Introducing Your Dark Team
There have been changes at The Black Veil
ADEOLA SHEEHY-ADEKALE
Apr 1, 2023
Your Favourite Black Veil Poet for April
Your Favourite Black Veil Poet for April
Whose darkness resonated with your own?
ADEOLA SHEEHY-ADEKALE
Apr 30
Featured Poems
I, Medea
I, Medea
Hell Hath No Fury…
Ruth Boukhari
Apr 18
Latest Poetry
Did you see she died the moment she was born?
Did you see she died the moment she was born?
Were you there to hear a woman say the wrong thing to the wrong man and die for it?
Tara Ansari
May 23
I’m not sure I can do this anymore
I’m not sure I can do this anymore
I’ve met the wall and I don’t like it
Betsy Chasse
May 18
The Reliquary
The Reliquary
A box for your bones, my darling.
Merr Gumm
May 16
So Close
So Close
…you can be closer than skin…
Ian Beckett MSc
May 14
Desert Depression
Desert Depression
A Perpetual Storm
AVG
May 13
Horribility
Horribility
A poem
Dr. Shamaima Irfan
May 13
Poetry Of Revenge
Poetry Of Revenge
A poem on the nature of revenge as a catharsis
Lenoi
May 12
First Love
First Love
Do you remember the best of times…or have you forgotten?
Ian Beckett MSc
May 11
The Hunter of Lovers
The Hunter of Lovers
A poem
Dr. Shamaima Irfan
May 9
Traces
Traces
…of what we leave behind.
Ian Beckett MSc
May 9
Who rebuilds a broken home?
Who rebuilds a broken home?
I pray you never find out what it’s like to have your voice stolen from you before you could ever speak…
Tara Ansari
May 5
Grief Talons
Grief Talons
I have started collecting outfits for kids’ parties and adult funerals..
Tafadzwa L. Gwitimah
May 5
God is dead!
God is dead!
(A poem on the thought process of a secular person)
Lenoi
May 5
Life After Trauma | Volume Three
Life After Trauma | Volume Three
TW: Abuse, Trauma
AVG
May 5
New Born Dracula
New Born Dracula
A Bloody Poem
Ruth Boukhari
May 5
D&V (Devoured & Vanquished)
D&V (Devoured & Vanquished)
A poem about the mindset of an avenger
Lenoi
May 2
Hell’s Children
Hell’s Children
Chains and cupcakes
Rena Aliston
May 1
Salacia’s Revenge
Salacia’s Revenge
A Mythological Poem
Ruth Boukhari
Apr 30
Work-Life Balance
Work-Life Balance
A job is just a job, not your life; the challenge of achieving balance inspired this poem:-
Ian Beckett MSc
Apr 28
The Chase
The Chase
A poem set in the deserts of purgatory
Janaka Stagnaro
Apr 26
Waiting
Waiting
A POEM
Dr. Shamaima Irfan
Apr 24
I See Your Monster
I See Your Monster
What really lies underneath?
Merr Gumm
Apr 22
Tedious Days, The Curse of Me, and The Thought of You
Tedious Days, The Curse of Me, and The Thought of You
A Poem
Martine Nyx
Apr 19
My Immortal Beloved
My Immortal Beloved
A love poem
Nikolaos Skordilis
Apr 15
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