Dark Poems - Examples of all types of dark poetry to share and read. This list of new poems is composed of the works of modern poets on PoetrySoup. Read
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Silence reigns supreme in my reichSilence reigns supreme in my reich
No don (except me)
doth trumpet within the aborted
barren reach of freedoms within expansive realm,
I annexed courtesy manifest destiny,
which peoples now inhabiting said jurisdiction
circumscribed by following coordinates -
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Categories:
dark, absence, abuse, addiction, anger,
Form: Free verse
YES
Wistfully, she vanished.
"Yes" losing lover,
he stood astonished.
Her fragrance hover
everywhere inside home.
Solely to recover ~
He must roam,
search, else banished
she'll stay. Alone!
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Categories:
dark, depression, feelings, grief,
Form: Other
My Heart’s GardenCrafts loves this is a mystery I see
I didn’t know I suffer the same fate
I too have a garden, mahogany
Vines twist rocks onyx and alabaster
Oaks and ember leaves in zeal flutter light
Azure sky cast a...
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Categories:
dark, emotions, extended metaphor,
Form: Free verse
Dilemma
There’s so much more I need to write
though fewer days and nights remain;
and the more I worry and complain
the less time I have to write –
it’s a dilemma with no future
and likely one I’ll never...
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Categories:
dark, humor,
Form: Light Verse
BoogeymanFeet patter through the leaves of the oak wood
Her breaths frantic blond hair bent back
Stops swivels and pivots seeing all she could
Body sways and she prays for air to catch
Then she see it lurch,...
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Categories:
dark, evil, gothic, horror,
Form: Rhyme
Just one more beer
Time passes slowly when the mind is clear
But when the mind gets muddled, like mint in a jar,
There never seems enough liquor by far
And you tell yourself just one more beer
To...
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Categories:
addiction, dark, drink, introspection,
Form: Rhyme
Marietta DeVilleTo Be sung to Cruella DeVille song
Marietta DeVil, cut snip
Marietta DeVil, Marietta DeVil
She wants nibble of meat, pregnant pulse vile to fill
Just an itty bitty bite to kill
Marietta, Marietta
Bile swine and dine on...
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Categories:
dark, betrayal, character, confidence, dance,
Form: Lyric
I Am A POEtess BecauseHorror started a dirge dark poets lurk but not gothic,
Sick and don’t think I don’t know who started it, come knocking,
I made a name fighting for poets on all poetry I am trending,
Over here looks...
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Categories:
career, character, dark, devotion,
Form: Bio
Artist of TimeBurst of scarlet splash of ember
Wingspan opens and the colors darken
Flap as feathers fly into the air
To drift as snow with little care
Images flow with new scenes
Baby blue azure never change
Flock the swarm a vortex
Flash...
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Categories:
dark, deep, extended metaphor,
Form: Free verse
Rose Tinted WindshieldsQuicksand caught generation epoch,
restless whirring of a drill in the dust.
Zenith of color shifts saturation to none,
black and white film on video cassette.
Ensnared in a cage lowering to molten,
hourglass is losing sand to run dry.
Eyes...
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Categories:
dark, deep, destiny, extended
Form: Free verse
Lilith, Finale MoonZenith swirls of black rose petals,
burst into a flock of circling crows,
descending ash and rain on my frozen form.
Viscera and scarlet pools flash,
feet running of a child,
car screeching tires with broken glass.
Piano motif grave into...
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Categories:
beautiful, change, dark, death,
Form: Bio
Too Close To The EdgeThe world tilts into a crescendo,
manifesting a lure of viral plague,
pervasive and fangs virulent,
sickening coquettish carnivorous creatures.
Why bother with their musings,
why care?
A question that reminds me I am human,
but am I?
Do I appear as one...
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Categories:
dark, extended metaphor, gothic,
Form: Bio
Misses MadHatterDrag blade into coliseum gates red,
crimson armor and black carbon metal,
adore my frame as a scarlet knight bred.
Toothy grin, Cheshire eyes, test thy mettle.
Burst petals onyx
Shockwave from footfall rumbles
It’s a massacre
Titan comes through the open...
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Categories:
dark, death, gothic, metaphor,
Form: Haiku
Family Reunion Breast beat for her I doubt you fathom crude
Understand thus gravitas of thy actions true
This must entrust you knot the thread bear
Bang thy drum roll knees follow you we share
Needless pain inflicted as I stroked...
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Categories:
crazy, dark, daughter, death,
Form: Prose
Birth of the Word WitchWhat say you naive with all your poultice,
foolish fervor to your reverie!?”
“Mark me damned...
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Categories:
dark, death, evil, gothic,
Form: Free verse
Specific Types of Dark Poems
Definition | What is Dark in Poetry?
Poems Related to Dark
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