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Gothic Poems | Examples of Gothic Poetry

Gothic Poems - Examples of all types of gothic poetry to share and read. This list of new poems is composed of the works of modern poets on PoetrySoup. Read short, long, best, and famous poem examples for gothic.
Journey Of A Heroine
My journey of blood Sword of viscera and steel ...Read the rest...
Categories: dark, gothic, horror, metaphor,
Form: Haiku



Sensitive Behavior
Last night together baby, pains my core. One two three four, one two three four. La la la la la, la life is gonna stop. La la la la la, la husk is gonna rot. Festering in my basement,...Read the rest...
Categories: dark, death, gothic, sensual,
Form: Free verse
Calls My Name
The orb calls to me, beckons breast beat, blood in veins permeates, face red with heat, as I asphyxiate, am dominated, reach climax. Each time lustful, more powerful, sensual. I crave this fix, my only reason to exist, addicted to...Read the rest...
Categories: gothic, addiction, cute love, dark,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member My Mistress, the Moon
From mine chamber, breathless and perspiring upon the bed, I spy you there, out my window, looming overhead. Your gaze, a silent arbiter in the night, I cloak my naked shame, to veil my plight. Reigning atop her...Read the rest...
Categories: beautiful, dark, fantasy, gothic,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member A Thousand Ravens
A twilight thought of your mysterious powers, in my lonely watch hours, as a thousand Ravens in whispered flight, their ebony eyes reflected in the moonlight. Your poetry, your soul, my legendary prince, Westminster's gates cannot contain- you captivated me ever...Read the rest...
Categories: gothic, 7th grade, 8th grade,
Form: Rhyme



Premium Member Empress of the Night
Empress of the Night Veiled in the moon’s ethereal grace, She emerges from her shadowed place. A crown of black roses adorns her brow, Each thorn a reminder of the pain she must avow. In the moonlit meadow’s misty embrace, In...Read the rest...
Categories: dark, desire, fantasy, gothic,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Upon Waking
“Upon Waking” Slumber has its upsides while the outside runs around like a split fowlyard, cacophonous pecking at each other and at the ground… Elsewhere, like dull background noise through the fog of dream the sound of the gamble...Read the rest...
Categories: gothic, muse, poets,
Form: Narrative
The Ghostly Forrest
Beneath the ghostly moon's silent gaze, Lies a forest shrouded in a spectral haze. Where twisted trees claw at the sky, And shadows dance as the winds sigh. A place where the veil is thin and frail, And spirits wander,...Read the rest...
Categories: earth, gothic, howl, poems,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member My soul's not your to keep
You mangled my life for games of chance creating madness within a carney realm feasting on my thoughts tampering with my mind crushing me chest ripping my heart out stomping on it raising your brow...Read the rest...
Categories: christian, dream, gothic,
Form: Dramatic Monologue
Premium Member Dead of Fall
Dead of Fall In gathering storm clouds, Fall whispers its dread, Cold tendrils coil, as life's colors shed. Once vibrant hues, now wilt and fade, As darkness creeps in, a cold, silent grave. The trees shudder from...Read the rest...
Categories: gothic, autumn, beauty, dark, faith,
Form: Rhyme
In Darkness and Death
In the silent, shadowed halls of night, Where whispers dance with ghostly light, Lies the realm where death does tread, A sovereign land, where all fear to head. Cloaked in darkness, a figure so still, Its presence alone, enough to...Read the rest...
Categories: gothic, angst, anxiety, death, death
Form: Rhyme
The Raven
In the shadowed grove, where moonlight wanes, A raven perches, feathers inked with midnight stains. Its eyes, twin orbs of obsidian, hold secrets untold, As it croaks its mournful tale, a story of old. The raven, messenger of forgotten...Read the rest...
Categories: animal, bird, dark, gothic,
Form: Free verse
Where The Dark Is Deep
In the shadow's embrace, all light does yield, To the silent whispers that the dark does wield. A cloak of night, where stars dare not gleam, Where dreams twist to nightmares, and screams. Beneath the moon's pale and watchful...Read the rest...
Categories: deep, evil, gothic, moon,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member That was Then, and This is Now
That was Then, and This is Now In the crypt of our loves memory, we danced so free, Our romance, a cursed flame, burned with spectral glow. But secrets, whispers from the damned, you see, Now haunt this desolate...Read the rest...
Categories: gothic, anger, break up, dark,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Within Me
Within Me Trapped within, a tempest roars, Where demons dance and anguish pours, In the haunted halls of my soul's estate, Dwells a darkness deep, where love and hate await. Restless whispers haunt my nights, As looming shadows creep by candlelight. No...Read the rest...
Categories: angst, dark, depression, gothic,
Form: Rhyme

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