Best Scary Poems
Below are the all-time best Scary poems written by Poets on PoetrySoup. These top poems in list format are the best examples of scary poems written by PoetrySoup members
The Dark Side of OctoberThe Dark Side of October
Late October moon is waking, through this cemetery shaking,
shaking as the cold wind breaking, walking ‘neath an old oak tree.
Stones like...
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Categories:
dark, horror, october, scary,
Form:
Rhyme
Step Ever So Light, On Halloween Night
Welcome to 'Step Ever So Light, On Halloween night, the legend of Halloween with an eerie twist. Are you brave enough to watch to the...
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Categories:
halloween, night, scary,
Form:
Lyric
Midnight In the LibraryAround midnight, in the library I found myself drawn,
to these shelves haunted still by Poe, Stevenson and King,
as a rare, late October storm brews beyond...
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Categories:
scary, books, night, october, repetition,
Form:
Pantoum
Silhouette of the NightWitching hour is upon us
Dusky clouds, falling, swirling
Obscuring the crescent moon
Skeleton fingered branches
Beckoning me in the wind
As I creep past the grave stones
To...
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Categories:
dark, scary,
Form:
Verse
- When the Demons Blossom -My thoughts whirring
When life freezes the blood
Actions that burn in hell
A fire that burns forever
Terror - their empire of hate
Fearless, they control our destiny
Terrible...
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Categories:
scary, angst, butterfly, conflict, earth,
Form:
Couplet
Blood Red MoonBlood Red Moon
Deep devouring passions bleed now from this solar eclipse
As black blood flows from an evil army of “undead” beings
Whose fangs hideously...
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Categories:
scary, dark, evil, fantasy, halloween,
Form:
Quatrain
Food For Thought - With Chris GreenLyrics start 0.05 - timed to the music
Pack your bags dear, there’s a Croc near
And he’s creeping, through the night
With his eye on - on...
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Categories:
food, health, scary,
Form:
Lyric
The Lady In WhiteOne pitch black night I was driving home and was ready for my bed
My usual route was closed for repairs so I took the minor...
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Categories:
car, dark, humor, scary,
Form:
Rhyme
Shades of Poe , SpeakethShades of Poe , Speaketh
Shades of Poe oft run in my veins
dark, dirty little splashing stains
No Raven stirs my battered heart
nor any signs on my...
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Categories:
scary, creation, cry, dark, death,
Form:
Rhyme
In Sandalwood DreamsTurned and tossed like toys
Riding the mighty waves
Their master does what he wilt
To them his humble slaves
Rudely he flings their boats asunder
But calm can be...
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Categories:
boat, fishing, ocean, scary,
Form:
Rhyme
The Haunted HouseThe Haunted House
Driving with my date at midnight, looking at the August moonlight,
lonely road, no one in eyesight, searching for a place to park.
Off...
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Categories:
horror, scary,
Form:
Rhyme
Eaten By the WorldEaten By The World
I tried to eat the world
but it caused me stomach pains
The bones of the lost
are all that remains
It was flavored with...
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Categories:
angst, anxiety, creation, scary,
Form:
Quatrain
The moon, now full, begins to show~
The fog, it clings the heavens low,
a damp and murky sight
Where creaking branch and fears bestow,
this chilly autumn night
The path it winds, a serpentine,
a'...
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Categories:
scary,
Form:
Rhyme
The Bell House TowerWe saw a dim light upon top of the Bell House Tower
a scream echoed out and then a dark shadow slipped
by the light, in...
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Categories:
scary, evil, halloween, horror, murder,
Form:
Rhyme
Around the CornerAs I walk downtown I see an alley
Where a black cat sat staring up at me,
The sound of her purring was so soothing
Lulled...
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Categories:
cat, halloween, october, scary,
Form:
Iambic Pentameter