Gate for the DeadBuilt in the middle of Nowhere,
A gate of turquoise, very rare,
A sculptor carved a figurehead,
The gate was built to guard the dead.
It's best to come on full-moon night,
for the dead don't care for sunlight.
GHOSTLY music is often heard,
And one unidentified word.
It's said, on a September date,
GROANING is heard near the big gate.
GRIEF-STRICKEN singing to the...
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Categories:
death, fantasy, scary,
Form: Rhyme
Confronting ShadowsI’m scared of the dark
When it’s dark our minds can wander
Creating objects and people that don’t exist
Anything or anyone could be hiding behind and object that we can’t see behind, waiting
Waiting to creep up to our bed and attack
The moment a floorboard creaks or a shuffling noise is heard we climb under the duvet
The...
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Categories:
scary,
Form: Free verse
The 'Not-in-My-Namers'
They shout ‘Not in my name’
as if for Israel’s self-defense
they were to blame
They scream ‘Globalize the Intifada’
as if their voices ever mattered
They chant ‘Palestine will be ‘free’
from the River...
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Categories:
scary, america, hate, jewish, satire,
Form: Couplet
The Pet Cemetery GateThere’s an old, abandoned pet cemetery hidden near the woods
At the end of desolate dirt road far away from neighborhoods
It’s rumored to have a haunted grave, where apparitions appear at night
Among the many old ghostly statues that during the day is a peaceful sight
Eerie cries at night and groaning sounds are rumored to be heard
Many...
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Categories:
scary, animal, death, grief, pets,
Form: Rhyme
Beware The Gate Ahead
“Hey, look there Jim” the young girl said
“What is this old gate up ahead?
Now do you think we should go through.
I’m really game if you will too.”
We’ll have to clear these sticks away
and find the latch - what’s that you say?
You don’t think we should touch the gate?
What lies beyond might not be great?
Oh, come...
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Categories:
dark, grave, scary, sound,
Form: Rhyme
Les Cirque des Morts, Collaboration with Sara JamaA cocooned cacophony of crickets serenades overgrown fields,
drowning out the creaking of rusted cars long since abandoned.
Maroon and sable tents blot the dilapidated ground—
bloated and weathered,
strips of fabric flapping in the harsh elements.
Legends of wraiths wander,
replicating whispers of infected insanity.
Laughter lingers in suspect...
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Categories:
scary, analogy, dark, death, horror,
Form: Rhyme
unsettling feeling of doomraven of the marsh sounded the alarm
mystic named Marilee listened carefully
first the bull frogs, then the spiders, now this
three signs in three days; mischief was afoot
spirit was in the air, Marilee strived to identify it
A chill pierced her soul; she felt threatened
this was not a spirit guide she knew or a loving ancestor
Clairsentient, she sensed...
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Categories:
scary,
Form: Free verse
Mirror Peekersmirrors take on a new life at night
when the lights go out and the house gets dark
spirits are attracted to the silence
they tiptoe to the edge of the mirror and check out the house
peeking at the furnishings they dare not look at during the day
For fear of being spotted and revealed, for they are hidden
Psychically...
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Categories:
scary,
Form: Free verse
Hopping TrainsOn Friday nights we’d sneak into
the railyard and wait
in the shadows
between the floodlights for a train
slow enough for us to hop,
our hands already tingling
with the promise of flight.
We trotted beside the train,
waiting for the right moment
to grab a boxcar’s ladder
and climb to the roof like outlaws—
aware of the danger
and thrilled by it—
as the train...
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Categories:
scary, adventure, fear, high school,
Form: Free verse
Being happy, shouldn't be scaryBeing happy scares me. The thought that at any moment something can just wipe it all away. So happiness has always been a playmate I never invited over when playing Red Rover. It’s always been this thing that was a stop sign away. The sun is high but too far to brighten my...
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Categories:
scary, future, growth, happiness, happy,
Form: Rhyme
shivers in the basementbasement concrete blocks
unfinished and grayscale
ominous feeling
imagining corpse
has there been a murder here
I get the shivers...
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Categories:
scary,
Form: Senryu
GUARDIAN OF THE NIGHT- POTD
A wild unpredictable stormy night
Harsh wind squeals through window panes
Random deafening claps of thunder
Lightning illuminates the night sky again
Disgruntled angry waves crash loudly
Heavy rain pounds on the roofs slate tiles
Mother nature is enraged tonight
Unrelenting , unforgiving , hostile
Inside the walls of the old stone cottage
A sacred wood fire blazes bright
Radiating great warmth and infinite...
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Categories:
nature, power, scary, storm,
Form: Rhyme
Sanctified in SinCalm entity
entered in disguise,
silence before the scream,
walked in flesh and clotted blood.
No empathy,
no sympathy—
only rage and a ticking bomb.
Each slay, barbaric despair.
Each pulse, a metronome of fate.
Each breath, a ticking alibi.
Invasion. Foul play.
Mind occupied,
inquiring around—
an art of silent prayers
no one understands.
Lucifer commands, all in delusion.
Garnished trophies to remember the names.
No fumbling, no rambling—
only mind-twisted monsters,
carved...
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Categories:
scary, anger, dark, horror, murder,
Form: Free verse
My call to the underworldI sat there for what seemed an eternity.
I lost myself in an ocean of orange and red.
How poignant, Staring off into the remnants of
yesterday. how beautiful to recall a sun that slowly
gives its life so that others may live. How inconsiderate
a solitary tear to acknowledge a sacrifice. A subtle shiver
as the shedding of my skin....
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Categories:
scary, beauty, body, courage, dedication,
Form: Free verse
as we metamorphosedean meat-mad @impossible3
rob'in'/hood;
all get free lunches 1week
says impossible3 need2learn: responsibility
clean: building lab/gym 3decas old
when meat-looks mattered
laze lock/chains (nokey)
dust!dirt!choke!cough!
meat reflex: disgust
hands make meat motions oldstyle
wax on/off, lolz
2of3 sees button red/blue
meat response: excitement
1of3: worried @meatspeak
3of3: trouble/warn/no
2of3: meat-weak presses red/blue quick
3beepLOUD
meat reflex: alarm/worried/fear
floorMOVE
meatmoves: 2of3falls
WATER (w/out floor)
meat word: stagnant/gross/nasty
meat memory: ocean/sea/brine/salt/brackish
2of3 splash/swim/paddle
1of3 reach/grab/help
2of3: pain/blood/agony
1of3 recall:...
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Categories:
scary, bereavement, change, death, moving
Form: Free verse
Specific Types of Scary Poems
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