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Grotesque Poems - Poems about Grotesque

Grotesque Poems - Examples of all types of poems about grotesque to share and read. This list of new poems is composed of the works of modern poets of PoetrySoup. Read short, long, best, and famous examples for grotesque.
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 lu......Read the rest...
Categories: grotesque, dark, evil, gothic, horror,
Form: Rhyme



Marietta DeVille
...To 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, ......Read the rest...
Categories: grotesque, betrayal, character, confidence, dance,
Form: Lyric
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 qu......Read the rest...
Categories: grotesque, dark, extended metaphor, gothic,
Form: Bio
Birth of the Word Witch
...What say you naive with all your poultice, foolish fervor to your reverie!?” “Mark me damned but you better hope I die,” otherwise I’ll be peeling your hide, ......Read the rest...
Categories: grotesque, 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 mov......Read the rest...
Categories: grotesque, dark, death, dog, gothic,
Form: Rhyme



Mein kampf synonymous as a blooper
...Mein kampf synonymous as a blooper Writer of these words, a former Lower Providence inhabitant, who dwelled within darkest depths of Dante Alighieri's inferno for most of his outlandish, impis......Read the rest...
Categories: grotesque, 12th grade, abuse, adventure,
Form: Free verse
race riot
...Race riot I went to a dancing competition, little did I know it was naked dancing by grotesque old people the young in the audience laughed till their faces became a mask of horror, looking  a......Read the rest...
Categories: grotesque, adventure, allusion, write,
Form: Blank verse
Premium Member Evil
....Evil A wormy apple bruised bread crawling with weevils Mottled black and blue Essences of evil Skull and crossbones warn deadly poisonous gas Tortured cries and moans Creepy sutured mask ......Read the rest...
Categories: grotesque, corruption, dark, evil, imagination,
Form: I do not know?
Premium Member The Haunting of the Moon
...The Haunting of the Moon She comes when the Moon is heavy With wishes from many a maid Who with passionate longing, Their dreams upon it laid She comes when night is warmest In the time o......Read the rest...
Categories: grotesque, lost love, moon, myth,
Form: Dramatic Verse
Premium Member Echoes Of A Shady Past Part Two
...n icy chill descends on 13 Beaver Veil Cottage as sisters Ester and Ellie walk gingerly up the steps on this wet and windy night. This once charming pied-a-terre was now in a final phase denouement.......Read the rest...
Categories: grotesque, character, dark, death, emotions,
Form: Prose
Premium Member Curtain call
...In a world of confusion Its all an illusion Of mentally abusing The masses at large It’s not surprising That humanity Is downsizing And mutating into the grotesque All at the behest Of the......Read the rest...
Categories: grotesque, life,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member When I Pen Lines, Fresh Thoughts of Vincent Van Gogh
...When I pen lines, fresh thoughts of Vincent van Gogh strike me! How, with palette and brushes, he breathed life's scenes onto blank canvases long ago: coasts, countrysides, sunflowers, a......Read the rest...
Categories: grotesque, art, inspiration, irony, life,
Form: Sonnet
Premium Member Pillar
...A second ago. Yes just a second, she was beautiful beyond comparison. Not a wrinkle or a frown line. Succulent lips, glowing skin. Gorgeous hair cascading down her back. Even her hands we......Read the rest...
Categories: grotesque, angst, art, beauty, butterfly,
Form: Free verse
Limericks IX
...Limericks IX Scratch-n-Sniff by Michael R. Burch The world’s first antinatalist limerick? Life comes with a terrible catch: It’s like starting a fire with a match. Though the flames m......Read the rest...
Categories: grotesque, fire, giggle, humor, humorous,
Form: Limerick
Snow Clock
...Under streetlights In the silence of snow I am back when my breath was last this loud Electric You tug at my t shirt with your left hand and your nails graze my skin Our pupils dilate, dist......Read the rest...
Categories: grotesque, anxiety, body, break up,
Form: Free verse

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