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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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Jul 12, 2026

· Collections, Poem, Scorched Strays

A weathered Byzantine icon of one Mary lies partially buried beneath desert sand as warm sunrise light stretches across the wilderness. A solitary trail of footprints from another Mary leads away toward the distant horizon, suggesting repentance, exile, and transformation. Tristan Robert Lange branding appears along the bottom. — Image: AI-generated using DALL·E and modified by the author; Poetry: written by Tristan Robert Lange.

Mother Mary heard us,
Another answer to prayer.
Resurrection comes today;
Yesterday’s pleasure is pain.

Outcast, othered—smothered
From our own seduction—

Exiled by our own
Guilt, deep and profound.
Yesterday is a vanished today.
Posthumously, powers position
Themselves as our beneficiary.

POET’S NOTE:
An acrostic Scorched Sunday poem. Part of my Scorched Strays collection. This poem reflects on repentance, exile, and the strange irony that those once cast aside are often embraced only after their witness can no longer unsettle the powers that claim them.

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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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