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    The Muse of Love and Pain: A Collection of Dark Poetry
    The Muse of Love and Pain: A Collection of Dark Poetry
    The Muse of Love and Pain: A Collection of Dark Poetry
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    The Muse of Love and Pain: A Collection of Dark Poetry

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    SURRENDER TO THE MUSE OF LOVE AND PAIN.

     

    The Muse of Love and Pain is the bestselling collection of dark poetry by A.X. Salvo inspired by Edgar Allan Poe, Sylvia Plath, and Neil Gaiman.


    Blurring the lines of poetry and fiction, Salvo's first collection of poems blends elements of dark fantasy, myth, and horror to deliver a haunting, emotional experience. The Muse of Love and Pain explores themes of obsession, death, and how quickly love can become madness.


    A.X. Salvo's writings and art have appeared in USA Today, MISC, Studio Visit Magazine, Bete Noir, The Adroit Journal, and The Anthologist. Salvo is also the recipient of a Vermont Studio Center grant for Poetry.

    LanguageEnglish
    Publishera.x. salvo
    Release dateApr 8, 2021
    ISBN9781393787679
    The Muse of Love and Pain: A Collection of Dark Poetry
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    a.x. salvo

    A.X. Salvo's writings and art have appeared in USA Today, MISC, Studio Visit Magazine, Bete Noir, The Adroit Journal, and The Anthologist. Salvo is also the recipient of a Vermont Studio Center grant for Poetry. Recent works by Salvo include DEVOURED and THE DISPATCH SERIES written under Salvo's new pen name B.B. Sunshine.

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      The Muse of Love and Pain - a.x. salvo

      The Muse of Love & Pain

      The Muse of Love & Pain

      a collection of dark poetry

      A.X. SALVO

      About the Author

      A.X. Salvo is the author of the international bestselling poetry collections The Teeth Of The World Are Sharp, The Muse Of Love & Pain, and Devoured.

      Salvo’s writings and art have appeared in USA Today, MISC, Studio Visit Magazine, Bete Noir, The Adroit Journal, and The Anthologist. Salvo is also the recipient of a Vermont Studio Center grant for Poetry.

      www.axsalvo.com

      Instagram: axsalvo

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      THE MUSE OF LOVE & PAIN

      2nd Edition

      Copyright 2021 © A.X. SALVO

      All rights reserved.

      Contents

      THE MUSE OF LOVE & PAIN: ACT ONE

      EVE

      RED ON WHITE

      QUIET

      YOUR STORM

      PALLID LUNAR MAIDEN

      BEYOND TOMORROW

      WHAT BLISS CAN BE

      IMMOLATION

      THE MUSE OF LOVE & PAIN: ACT TWO

      OPIATE PRINCESS

      EPIPHANY

      THE BELOVED

      HANDS

      HARLEQUIN

      ALONE

      HOME

      MAGDALENA

      THE MUSE OF LOVE & PAIN: ACT THREE

      GLASS TIGERS

      THE INTANGIBLE

      THE MUSE OF LOVE & PAIN

      FOREVER WHITE, FOREVER BLACK

      CONTINUE THE BEAUTIFUL SHADOWS POETRY SERIES!

      THANK YOU

      BECOME A FIREWALKER!

      THE MUSE OF LOVE & PAIN: ACT ONE

      The Inevitable Pull

      EVE

      Leaving it an ashen white

      I rob the sky of night

      To behold the beauty closely

      And give this wonder unto you

      As I spread sugar

      Over your lips

      My fingers begin to quiver

      Only moments ago a heavy, humid night

      Soothed the surface of me

      Cupped in my hands

      At the mid of my palms

      It blazes

      The blackness rolls off me

      Dripping down my fingers, droplets

      Into your mouth

      While you drink, thirsty for more

      Leaning forward, eyes hungry for sight

      I feel your longing for this genesis

      Exude out your pores

      Now the marvel is inside

      Melting, mingling, blending

      With the wetness of your

      Tongue

      Its intense gravity alters your own

      A flood of truth

      Far too many truths

      Clarity pierces your mind like

      Fangs

      A mad poison burns through a stream

      Reality

      Brutal and ungodly

      Sickens

      I kiss

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