Tristan Robert Lange

Poet | Mystic | Existential Voice | Human with a haunted halo

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.

Mirrors

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A surreal moonlit beach covered in broken mirrors. A woman in a long black gown faces a tall mirror reflecting another shoreline, while smaller shards show her as an infant, child, and young woman. Waves wash across the mirrored sand beneath a cloudy sky and luminous full moon. 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, Human-authored.

A sandy beach,

Waves crashing ashore.

Foam settling in

And sticking to the gull’s down.

Then erosion and a method of recycling.

The moon casts its reflection

On the pale body floating

On the liquid sheets.

A vivid dream of intercourse,

Then of the milk of life,

And raised nipples surrounded by the areola.

And this all happens around

The time of a child’s birth.

The prodigal daughter

With the eyes of an enchantress,

The eyes of illusion,

And the power to walk through mirrors

To the other side.

She grows to be an enchanting seductress,

And has slept with

The rich man who has caused my pain,

And my agonizing death.

POET’S NOTE:
For Throwback Thursday. Written in 1998 and now published here for the first time.

© 1998, 2026 Tristan Robert Lange. All rights reserved.

Tristan Robert Lange's handwritten signature: Tittu

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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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