Famous Creepy Poems by Famous Poets

These are examples of famous Creepy poems written by some of the greatest and most-well-known modern and classical poets. PoetrySoup is a great educational poetry resource of famous creepy poems. These examples illustrate what a famous creepy poem looks like and its form, scheme, or style (where appropriate).

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A Day in Bed

...s everybody's gone away
And just forgotten me.

And oh! I cannot go to sleep
Although I am in bed.
The wind keeps going creepy-creep
And waiting to be fed....Read more of this...
by Mansfield, Katherine


Fit the Fifth ( Hunting of the Snark )

...t there is time to procure." 

The Beaver brought paper,portfolio, pens, 
And ink in unfailing supplies: 
While strange creepy creatures came out of their dens, 
And watched them with wondering eyes. 

So engrossed was the Butcher, he heeded them not, 
As he wrote with a pen in each hand, 
And explained all the while in a popular style 
Which the Beaver could well understand. 

"Taking Three as the subject to reason about-- 
A convenient number to state-- 
We add Seven, and T...Read more of this...
by Carroll, Lewis

Its Raining In Love

...to rain?"
 and she says, "I don't know,"
 I start thinking : Does she really like me? 

 In other words
 I get a little creepy. 

 A friend of mine once said,
 "It's twenty times better to be friends
 with someone
 than it is to be in love with them." 

 I think he's right and besides,
 it's raining somewhere, programming flowers
 and keeping snails happy.
 That's all taken care of.

 BUT 

 if a girl likes me a lot
 and starts getting real nervous
 and suddenly begins asking...Read more of this...
by Brautigan, Richard

The Congo: A Study of the Negro Race

...Hell for his hand-maimed host.
Hear how the demons chuckle and yell
Cutting his hands off, down in Hell.
Listen to the creepy proclamation,
Blown through the lairs of the forest-nation,
Blown past the white-ants' hill of clay,
Blown past the marsh where the butterflies play: --
"Be careful what you do,
Or Mumbo-Jumbo, God of the Congo,
All the "O" sounds very golden. Heavy accents very heavy. Light accents very light. Last line whispered.
And all of the other
Gods of the Con...Read more of this...
by Lindsay, Vachel

The Glove

...e Psalmist)
I should study that brute to describe you
_Illim Juda Leonem de Tribu_.
One's whole blood grew curdling and creepy
To see the black mane, vast and heapy,
The tail in the air stiff and straining,
The wide eyes, nor waxing nor waning,
As over the barrier which bounded
His platform, and us who surrounded
The barrier, they reached and they rested
On space that might stand him in best stead:
For who knew, he thought, what the amazement,
The eruption of clatter and blaz...Read more of this...
by Browning, Robert


The Grindstone

...it sharp and hadn't known,
And now were only wasting precious blade.
And when he raised it dripping once and tried
The creepy edge of it with wary touch
And viewed it over his glasses funny-eyed,
Only disinterestedly to decide
It needed a turn more, I could have cried
Wasn't there a danger of a turn too much?
Mightn't we make it worse instead of better?
I was for leaving something to the whettot.
What if it wasn't all it should be? I'd
Be satisfied if he'd be satisfied....Read more of this...
by Frost, Robert

The Hunting Of The Snark

...st there is time to procure."

The Beaver brought paper, portfolio, pens,
 And ink in unfailing supplies:
While strange creepy creatures came out of their dens,
 And watched them with wondering eyes.

So engrossed was the Butcher, he heeded them not,
 As he wrote with a pen in each hand,
And explained all the while in a popular style
 Which the Beaver could well understand.

"Taking Three as the subject to reason about--
 A convenient number to state--
We add Seven, and Ten, ...Read more of this...
by Carroll, Lewis

Yes, I’ll marry you, my dear

...here’s the reason why.
So I can push you out of bed
When the baby starts to cry.
And if we hear a knocking
And it’s creepy and it’s late,
I hand you the torch you see,
And you investigate.

Yes I’ll marry you, my dear,
You may not apprehend it,
But when the tumble-drier goes
It’s you that has to mend it.
You have to face the neighbour
Should our labrador attack him,
And if a drunkard fondles me
It’s you that has to whack him.

Yes, I’ll marry you,
You’re vir...Read more of this...
by Ayres, Pam

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