Dark Poems | Examples of Dark Poetry

Here lies my husband Fred who died from overeating bread; before our hungry children’s eyes he grew to an enormous size. I know, of course, and ‘tis my belief the dead one day will find relief among God’s angels in...Read the rest...

Even now, she could recall the intoxicating ecstasy that consumed her as the blade bit and tore. A perverse mix of terror and dominance, an unholy sacrament enacted to satisfy depravities that should have died...Read the rest...

Alice found herself in the icy grip of a desolate cell, her countenance devoid of emotion, her gaze lost in the abyss. As she hummed a haunting melody, fragments of her past began to surface,...Read the rest...

As a societal pariah, am I not deserving a grand denouement? When my tale reaches zenith, will I be shackled, by the abhorrent atrocities, your accursed kind has wrought, upon my tempestuous form? Light my pyre, I need a tan....Read the rest...

In a transient instant, I savored the ambrosial essence of bliss, witnessed the dawn adorning, the skyline with tints of optimism. In that ephemeral moment, I felt an affinity with mankind. Yet a sinister shroud eclipsed...Read the rest...

Educational systematic analysis idiocy, cogs to craft humans into mice chasing cheese. Stand sit raise hand or don’t speak, and we decide your level of stupidity. Shake your head as I curl thy lips, you were crafted in the same...Read the rest...

If you look You will find me Here in the garden ...Read the rest...

In spectral glow moon's pallor, country home towered ominously, fortress bearing silent the tragedy, ensnared within its stone. Her footfalls echoed in the hollow foyer, mournful dirge in the cathedral of loss, mirth of yesteryears drifting through grief shrouded chambers. In the...Read the rest...

I use philosophical musings, My key maker is reverie, A few attempts may be needed, Alignment may not occur each time. Upon success, the door opens, A mirror stands there, devoid of reflection, Then a ripple, whatever part of you hidden, Manifests. It...Read the rest...

Noble northern lights illuminate the nocturnal sky (a gift from the Solar Kingdom) an extreme G5 s*T*o*R*m hammers a little blue globe BLISSfully violent yellow god-star...Read the rest...

Too many sailors who have lived to tell, Her siren song permeates, day by day it fell. Luring in ships to crash, break, splinter on cliffs, She masters ethereal crescendos, opera riffs. Each day leads boats astray, the reel of the sea witch, Nay terror, her...Read the rest...

I sit back an watch Not saying a single thing, Plotting till i cant think straight, My brain boils with hate , Itself its trying to uncage all the racing thoughts giving way to rage So here...Read the rest...

Let me tel you a story of a dayan Devastated beauty carrying her broken heart Being a victim of decline Willing to cut her throat with a knife Immense blood is swelling from her neckline Dynamism expresses her soul Lighting...Read the rest...

My heart is crushed My thoughts of love vanish, Thinking of you Makes me weak As if I couldn't move, Only if u knew ...Read the rest...

TOO CLOSE TO THE EDGE Whether one is in a state of fury Or even lost in sad desperation Never to antagonise the jury When they review all the information And they approach their deliberation The verdict can be either good...Read the rest...