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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 lonely attic

Aug 25, 2026

· Collections, Free Verse, Poem, Truth Applied

A dark, abandoned eighteenth-century London attic. Cold daylight enters through a small window above a battered writing desk covered with papers, books, ink, and a smoking candle. Torn manuscripts litter the floor around an overturned wooden chair. Tittu and TRL marks appear at the bottom with tristanrobertlange.com. — Image: AI-generated using DALL-E and modified by the author; Poetry: written by Tristan Robert Lange, Human-authored.

listen in—really strain—
this will come in whisper soft:

he writes poems—fame the gain—
politics his other name,

no one sponsoring a liability
leads to financial instability;

arsenic agility—consumption—
chatterton conversations
ending silent and tragic

in the lonely attic.

POET’S NOTE:
Part of the Truth, Applied collection.

Thomas Chatterton (1752–1770) was an English poet and political writer who died in a London garret at seventeen, his death commonly attributed to arsenic poisoning. This poem was written on August 24, 2026, exactly 256 years after his death. Celebrated after his death as a doomed poetic genius, he became more legend than child. This poem resists that romanticization. It looks instead toward the poverty, dependence upon patronage, and social abandonment beneath the beautiful tragedy later made of him.

Tristan Robert Lange's handwritten signature: Tittu.

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Tristan Robert Lange

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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