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Scary Poems | Examples of Scary Poetry

Scary Poems - Examples of all types of scary 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 scary.
Premium Member Curtains-not for contest
On a ship Poet (Po) Reason (Re) Po: Look at the billow of the sails, the sea, its black and blue hails. Re: I’ve seen it before, even now and again. ...Read the rest...
Categories: anxiety, music, scary, sea,
Form: Verse



Cup of Tea Dear
Tumble the marble blue and green, quarter and three read hue manatee, tea wistfully crusted in the wind blow. Apple cherry and pineapple, all good, delicious and decadent in flavor sips, careful dear there’s, something, lips… Mirror here you seem to...Read the rest...
Categories: scary, art, candy, child, children,
Form: Free verse
Boogeyman
Feet 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,...Read the rest...
Categories: scary, dark, evil, gothic, horror,
Form: Rhyme
I Am A POEtess Because
Tempest is brewing the bridge overhead, sways the strands of titanium on pillars of stone, dusted in my fists like onyx beneath gold. Crows circle the lonely woman in the desert, as she crumbles they make quick like piranhas, cadaver...Read the rest...
Categories: scary, career, character, dark, devotion,
Form: Bio
Too Close To The Edge
The 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...Read the rest...
Categories: scary, dark, extended metaphor, gothic,
Form: Bio



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...Read the rest...
Categories: scary, crazy, dark, daughter, death,
Form: Prose
Birth of the Word Witch
What say you naive with all your poultice, foolish fervor to your reverie!?” “Mark me damned...Read the rest...
Categories: scary, dark, death, evil, gothic,
Form: Free verse
Acts of Horror Gets Horror
Eyeless it manifested from the depths of the abyssal darkness of the woods. Hide reflective more muscle almost fleshless ribbon peeled back skull necklace. Limbs contort and pop grotesque as it moves closer permeated hiss from its...Read the rest...
Categories: scary, dark, death, dog, gothic,
Form: Rhyme
Queen Of Madness Act 1
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...
Categories: scary, dark, gothic, horror, memory,
Form: Prose
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: scary, body, dark, death, deep,
Form: Free verse
Devious Media
The spin, for control. Manipulation of truth, intent to divide!...Read the rest...
Categories: betrayal, evil, scary,
Form: Senryu
Premium Member Dazzling Sunrise, Come Quickly
If this increasing darkness conveys a fear not chided, as ghostly shadows conspicuously confer mystery: do I hide or firmly resist being threatened by their miserable aspect of susceptibility? Anxiety builds fret inside first slowly, then rapidly? I squeeze and...Read the rest...
Categories: scary, anxiety, dream, emotions, romance,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member 1st Camp Out
Winding up the sheet, I just Couldn't sleep! Dragged the sheet outside, Beside the mud puddle, ...Read the rest...
Categories: scary, 1st grade, 2nd grade,
Form: Free verse
Shakes and twist
Shaking like soda It plunges my heart with claws Assaults with its fist...Read the rest...
Categories: scary, anxiety, death, fear, mental
Form: Haiku
Premium Member Schizophrenic Portrait
Written: May 09, 2024 ...Read the rest...
Categories: analogy, scary, sick,
Form: Free verse

Specific Types of Scary Poems

Definition | What is Scary in Poetry?


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