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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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Never for the Worthy

Aug 23, 2026

· Collections, Poem, Scorched Strays

Dark, dramatic image of heavily weathered and dirt-covered hands cupping a torn piece of bread glowing warmly from within. A softly illuminated church window appears in the background. Tristan Robert Lange branding and tristanrobertlange.com appear along the bottom. — Image: AI-generated using DALL-E and modified by the author; Poetry: written by Tristan Robert Lange, Human-authored.

Believe you me,
Ragamuffins aren’t good, they’re graced;
Everyone expects a clean Christian—
Nobody looks to the sinner…
Not that they know purity—
Acknowledging their own sin as pure;
Never smelling their own stink.

Must such an affront
Against Christ’s gospel be affirmed?
Never!—Fuck all of that!
Never mind the language!—
Idealism is willful ignorance—
None of us are pure; focus on that,
Grace is never for the worthy.

POET’S NOTE:
An acrostic Scorched Sunday poem. Part of my Scorched Strays collection. This poem draws inspiration from a ragamuffin preacher whose life and theology rejected the illusion of Christian purity. It confronts the impulse to divide the worthy from the unworthy and returns instead to the scandal at the heart of grace.

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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