Scary Poems | Examples of Scary Poetry

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List of Scary Poems

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PM	Poem Title	Poet	Form	Categories
	Who turned out the light	Dimitrova, Adelina	Free verse	scary,
	Dream Demons	Troutman, Tanis	Free verse	anxiety, dream, emotions, night, scary, self, sleep,
	Beloved	Kirk, Tony	Prose	scary, surreal,
	Longed For Comfort	Loo, Laura	Verse	scary,
	The Inevitable	Green, Maryann	Free verse	abuse, courage, evil, hurt, scary, stress,
	Nicholas Street Jail	Wings, Broken	Narrative	scary,
	Scare Me Good Poetry Contest	Loo, Laura	Narrative	scary,
	Visible Disharmony	Crisci, Andrew	Rhyme	abuse, anger, death, discrimination, scary,
	The unknown	Etsey, Majesty	Imagism	scary,
	''Nicholas Street Jail''	Wings, Broken	Narrative	scary,
	Bubbles	hoffman, cheryl	Light Poetry	scary,
	When Dawn Breaks	Ringeman, Jared	Rhyme	scary,
	Five Fraught Faces	Garcia, Phillip	Rhyme royal	scary,
	Hell's Asylum on Hallows Eve	Darling, Chelcie	Rhyme	death, evil, fear, halloween, scary,
	Haunted Graveyard	Malenfant, Jerome	Rhyme	scary,
	That Summer Night - Scare Me Good	Haight, Sandra	Quatrain	scary,
	The Face Collector	Rose, Mystic	Narrative	scary,
	Weekend Undercover	Arnone, Tom	Pantoum	childhood, dream, fear, halloween, scary,
	It was late November	Malenfant, Jerome	Rhyme	scary,
	Something's on the stairs	Broadbent, Robert	Rhyme	scary, silly,
	Last of the Ice Men	Seeker, The	Prose	scary,
	The Red Wolf	Stryker, Marek	Free verse	corruption, dark, death, evil, scary,
	Hello Honey Did You Miss Me	hodges, candace	Free verse	scary,
	The Foundry of the Night	Fox, Kaelan	Rhyme	adventure, dark, fantasy, for scary, silly,
	Teenagers at the Seance	Broadbent, Robert	Light Poetry	scary, silly,
	is this a nightmare	K-R, Keely	Rhyme	confusion, horror, psychological, scary,
	Frankenstein wears bunny slippers	Seeker, The	Rhyme	scary,
	Foolface	MacCallum, Michael	Rhyme	death, fear, horror, mental scary, violence,
	The Walking Dead-A Sonnet Acrostic Tribute	Dietrich, Andrea	Acrostic	scary,
	Let the shadows tell	Delima, Stephany	Rhyme	scary, seasons,
	Silent-Scream	MacCallum, Michael	Rhyme	scary,
	Unrest	MacCallum, Michael	Rhyme	dark, fear, gothic, horror, scary,
	Juggernaut	Harvey, Aa	I do not know?	age, angst, dream, epic, scary, time,
	Harvesting dreams	Raynes, Lewis	Quatrain	scary, , drug,
	Hot August Day	Crisci, Andrew	Lyric	butterfly, child, mother, music, scary, sky, summer,
	Don't Answer	Jay, Alessia	Narrative	anxiety, fear, horror, scary,
	Georgia's New Age Stonehenge	hoffman, cheryl	Light Poetry	scary,
	Walk away or remain here to last	JY, T.I.R.O.	Free verse	cry, dark, fear, horror, scary, war,
	Reason too sad	JY, T.I.R.O.	Free verse	scary, self,
	Enraged	McMillan Jr., Larry	Rhyme	conflict, dark, evil, hate, scary,
	All That Remains	Lewis, TS	Free verse	scary,
	CRUCIFIXION	star, adi	Blitz	angst, blessing, death, easter, scary,
	The Day of the Dead	Putman, Zachary	Free verse	celebration, dark, death, night, scary, surreal, symbolism,
	Through Their Eyes	B., Nana	Free verse	conflict, death, hate, murder, scary, violence,
	Through Their Eyes	Kent, Ronald	Rhyme	confusion, crazy, fear, horror, scary,
	End Of Humanity	Fuller, Christian	Free verse	america, anger, betrayal, conflict, scary, society, solitude,
	A HAUNTING IN OUR HOUSE	Skyles, Teresa	Bio	scary,
	Where cold shivers grow	JY, T.I.R.O.	Free verse	adventure, childhood, fear, friend, scary,
	Postmodern Blues	Singh, Sourabh	Blank verse	angst, betrayal, conflict, corruption, scary,
	As If	Levy, Barry	Verse	scary, space,
	shizer	k., sara	Free verse	absence, anti bullying, first scary,
	Suspended	Cheng, Helen	Blitz	death, depression, feelings, longing, scary, senses,
	The Ghost of Ruby Sloan	Andersen, James	Narrative	scary,
	Light In the Darkness	Sutherland, Marti	Free verse	scary,
	She is and She Always Will Be	Thanks, No	Narrative	character, dark, murder, scary,
	Terrorism is the new face of barbarism	Singhal, Harshita	Rhyme	abuse, confidence, courage, hate, scary, violence, war,
	Momma and Daddy, Did You Take Time To Pray	Harless, Donetta	Rhyme	child, children, christian, prayer, scary, spiritual,
	Left Behind	Harless, Donetta	Rhyme	fear, horror, poems, religion, scary, sin, sorrow,
	Many Things	Arnone, Tom	Couplet	angel, fairy, fantasy, horror, scary, science fiction,
	Said the man Executed by cops	Juman, Al	Didactic	abuse, anger, black african scary,
	Sleep	MARTINEZ, DANIEL	I do not know?	scary, sleep,
	Sold	MARTINEZ, DANIEL	I do not know?	abuse, anger, dark, death, scary,
	THE CONJURING NIGHTS	SHANMUGAM, MADHUPRIYA	Free verse	scary,
	Storyteller's Secret	Lamoureux, Richard	Rhyme	scary,
	MYSTERY	onclaud, nette	Dramatic Verse	scary,
	2	Thanks, No	Free verse	scary, silly,
	Thumbing a ride	Dougherty, Joseph	Rhyme	scary,
	Hazy Man	Dailey, Damond	I do not know?	abuse, anxiety, confusion, creation, scary,
	THE SLY SNAKE	Man, Lyric	Lyric	betrayal, confusion, crush, dark, scary,
	Push on through	Harvey, Aa	I do not know?	beautiful, life, love, morning, scary,
	Tea Leaf Readings	Gulley, Sharon	Rhyme	scary,
	The Sinister Night	Inman, James	Triolet	scary,
	Nowhere	Popkova, Evgenia	Free verse	scary, silence,
	Not another day	Cote, Stefan	Rhyme	anger, angst, anxiety, confusion, scary, senses, today,
	I Hate Spiders	Labadie-Reilly, Liz	Couplet	angst, horror, insect, scary,
	A Spider on my Window Sill	Andersen, James	Rhyme	scary,
	Ghostly echoes of a colliery's past	JY, T.I.R.O.	Free verse	scary,
	The Joy of Camping	Vazquez, Tomas	Narrative	addiction, anxiety, confusion, fear, scary,
	A storm is coming	Harvey, Aa	I do not know?	dark, light, nature, pets, scary, storm,
	Listen To The Night, from Listen Series	DiMino, Joe	Rhyme	allegory, bird, dance, gothic, scary, symbolism,
	Angel of Death - Contest	Marschall, R.A.	Triolet	scary,
	'Everyday' Fear	Davroni, Nazira	Rhyme	scary,
	The Miller's Daughter	Ward, Julia	Triolet	scary,
	Welcome to the Machine: Part 9	Whatley, Michael	Rhyme	computer, corruption, evil, fear, scary,
	YOU WON'T BELIEVE DOT DOT DOT	mom, ur	Ode	absence, father daughter, lust, scary, sometimes, water,
	Desperate	Buhagiar, Victor	Free verse	scary,
	The Horror	Grover, Suraj	Prose Poetry	gothic, halloween, horror, psychological, scary, sorrow,
	Lovecraftian Horror - Tribute to HP Lovecraft	J., Taylor	Free verse	horror, psychological, scary, tribute,
	A REAL GHOST	Crisci, Andrew	Free verse	courage, dark, england, fantasy, scary, teen,
	Ghost of the Raven	Marschall, R.A.	Rhyme	conflict, evil, fear, horror, scary, science fiction,
	Suites	Important, T'is not	Quatrain	business, epic, jealousy, riddle, scary, violence, word play,
	RESTLESS RENOVATION OF LIFE	Rogers BLK PANTHER, VAL BROOKLYN	Sonnet	anxiety, blue, garden, scary, time, uplifting,
	Small walking Boogeyman image firework	Nayak, Ravindra	Rhyme	allusion, dark, horror, imagination, scary,
	The WITCH- collaboration with Liam Mc Daid	Fiery, Red	Free verse	scary,
	Pot of food	Derbyshire, Lionel	ABC	absence, cute love, for scary, weather, winter,
	A choking awakening	Nayak, Ravindra	Imagism	allusion, angel, imagination, miracle, scary, science fiction, technology,
	It Lurks	Jay, Alessia	Free verse	dark, depression, fear, horror, scary, symbolism,
	The Bulldog Chomped The Boogeyman	Crisci, Andrew	Rhyme	children, death, dog, dream, scary,
	Bed Time Story Boogeyman	Roper, Eve	Free verse	scary, weather,
	Sonnet 14, Part 3 of 3	Arnone, Tom	Sonnet	evil, fantasy, fear, horror, scary, science fiction,