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Tristan Robert Lange is a poet whose work blends existential depth, gothic imagery, and spiritual subtext. This site is home to their published poems, reflections, and creative journey.

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The Fire, This Time

Jun 21, 2026

· Collections, Poem, Scorched Strays

A dark Gothic cathedral has been transformed into a prison, with rows of iron-barred cells replacing pews. A rainbow beam of stained-glass light stretches down the center aisle toward a gated altar and crucifix. The image contains no overlaid poem text. Tristan Robert Lange branding appears at the bottom. — Image: AI-generated using DALL-E and modified by the author; Poetry: written by Tristan Robert Lange, Human-authored.

Jesus still guides—
Always guides—
Mostly away from church,
Encroached upon by
Segregationist salesmen.

Beloved, know this,
Against hypocrisy and fear,
Leaders leverage the truth.
Dead to a homeland
Whitewashed in filth,
Incarceration ain’t incarnation.
Next time? The fire is now!

POET’S NOTE:
An acrostic Scorched Sunday poem. Part of my Scorched Strays collection. Faith has often been used to challenge injustice…and just as often used to defend it. This poem wrestles with the distance between what is proclaimed and what is practiced, between beloved community and exclusion, between incarnation and incarceration. Some contradictions refuse to stay buried. Some fires are still burning, well beyond Beale Street.

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Hi, I’m Tristan Robert Lange — a poet who writes at the crossroads of existentialism, emotional depth, societal critique, and the gothic. My work often journeys into the human psyche, weaving dark and atmospheric imagery with profound emotional insight. I draw inspiration from literary voices such as Edgar Allan Poe, Jim Morrison, Charles Baudelaire, Sylvia Plath, Mary Shelley and Bram Stoker, among others. Their influence fuels my pursuit of vivid imagery and unflinching exploration of the macabre, the mysterious, and the sacred-in-subtext. My poetry is both confessional and visionary, haunted and haloed, carrying the weight of suffering but always straining toward transcendence.

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