Short Dark Poems

Short Dark Poems. Below are examples of the most popular short Dark poems by PoetrySoup poets. Search short Dark poetry by poem length and keyword.


A Battle Rages

A battle rages
between beans and broccoli.
Sadly, no winner
emerges from this dark fog.
Perhaps I will blame the dog.
Form: Tanka


Horse and Carraige

get some air
ride in a pair
make a start
at big city park
also after dark
its way to get marrage
in a 
HORSE AND CARRAIGE

Glad

Glow bright like a fairy
Lovely flowers grow by her side
Avarice crosses my mind
Dark tunnel - there's light in the south
Form: Acrostic

With Out Colors

With out colors 
The dark shadow an 
Air-mass wealth against the 
Night forever upon us with
Thee color no longer around.
Form: Rhyme

Night Sky

soaking in the hot pool at Breitenbush
watching young lovers passing on the trail
Perseids streak across the dark skies
Form: Sijo


Demise

I’m watching you bleed
Until your insensible 
I’ll show no mercy
I want you to be vanish
I spit on you thousand times
Form: Tanka

Premium Member Pitch Dark

my green eyes open pitch dark then the room lights up a scintilla moon KimRodrigues © 2017
Form: Haiku

Premium Member Breath As Whisper

Breath of deep relief 
Escaped as a soft whisper
Lost in the dark night
Ending a tortuous past
Closing forever cycles
Form: Tanka

New Year 2018

When this world wearing dark

Doors hugging tight walls

People on bed counting dreams

New year came like a thief!

Premium Member Woods and Sea

woods
tall dark
towering protecting encouraging
forest trees ocean lake
sparking moving nurturing
calm peaceful
sea
Form: Diamante

Premium Member Two Words

Disquiet alarm
Sleepless unhappiness
Bored disaffection
Fearful agitation
Despondent hostility
Hysterical loneliness

Night Time

Night
draws on
Darkness wrap
around the world
like a hefty blanket,all
put head down
Hush draw out
with the
night
Form: Ninette

Premium Member Sullen Glances

Friar of dark night
sullen glances brief broadcast
the unholy moon

Emerges from shadows loom
hidden clues to Satori
Form: Tanka

Inner child

I walk
Hand in hand
With myself
Hoping one day
I can let the
Pain from the past
Disappear
And let myself
Be whole

Innocence Gone

He had great disdain for her
Enough to eliminate
The soft parts of her
He never associated the bones
To the pale girl

Dark Stone

a single poem
a second day
another try
a better way
tomorrows promise
lets us down
a dark stone grows in your heart

A Thought Arises

A thought arises
Sunlight heralds a new day
Both fade into dark





Inspired by Raul's Awaiting the Dawn contest
Form: Haiku

Quietus

demise
end Existence
takes without prejudice
with no care of after effects
ruin




I tried my hand at Cinquain.
Form: Cinquain

Go Figure

Go Figure ??

So he actually did pull the Trigger 

Just another Child Killer

Caught out by mindless Gang Violence

Stranded Heart

His heart stranded in the dark 
stands alone under the rain 
of tears that soaks his sad soul 
feeling the cold chill.
Form: Dodoitsu

Woe Bailer

The hounds are hungry; 
Wolves paws, claws are venomous
Dark is woe bailer

© Mahtab Bangalee
Chattogram
28.06.2021
Form: Senryu

Premium Member Scaredy Cat

A dark shadow jumps
Green eyes blink gently at me...
My heart stops racing




4/5/2022

Black Cat Haiku contest
Form: Haiku

Demons of Dark

Embrace the shadows
the sun has banished
darkness has swept in
monsters have risen
now,
it's time to feed the demons

Dark and Stormy

Thunder, like anger, crashing in the skies above
The lightening seemingly frightening
But is in fact- lighting the way.

Light My World

Light my world
When the hurt is too much
And the dark is too deep
Come bring your smile
Light my world
And warm me up

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