Scary Poems | Examples of Scary Poetry

Built 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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I’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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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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There’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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“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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A 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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raven 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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mirrors 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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On 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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Being 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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basement concrete blocks unfinished and grayscale ominous feeling imagining corpse has there been a murder here I get the shivers...

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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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Calm 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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I 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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dean 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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