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Best Demented Poems

Below are the all-time best Demented poems written by Poets on PoetrySoup. These top poems in list format are the best examples of demented poems written by PoetrySoup members


The Malkavian..Part 1
The Malkavian..Part 1

His mind has all the meaning of a madman that is screaming
Tortured and tormented, a life lived to be lamented 
His family, drained...

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© Nate D.  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: demented, caregiving, friendshiplife, drug,
Form: Alliteration



Premium Member Life's Stories
His eyes are dark, but, there's still a spark. 
There are canyons in his face.
His lungs are gone and it won't be long,
'Till his heart...

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Categories: demented, journey, life,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member I Love You
I wonder why
It's always so strange
                   ...

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Categories: demented, girlfriend-boyfriend, lovelove,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Escaping the Medusa
This Medusa had no power to turn us into stone
but when she ran aground over Poseidon's throne
his anger stirred, and into the sea the crew...

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© Lin Lane  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: demented, death, sea,
Form: Narrative
Premium Member Cowboy Shooters On Motor Scooters
[Just a little note to help maintain the peace on Soup.          
To cause no animosity among...

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Categories: demented, humorous, native american, western,
Form: Rhyme



Premium Member My Muse Is a Flower Garden
Autumn will forever be the season of death to me,
but like time, I do not remain cemented in the past.
Memories of ghosts will always lead me...

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© Silent One  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: demented, analogy, assonance, poetry,
Form: Free verse
My End Is Now
When I was growing up,
Daily they packed my outgrown:
Shoes, shirts,suits and trousers;
And paid me commendation
As they milled around me
Like night ants around light!

When I was...

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Categories: demented, angst, betrayal, emotions, growth,
Form: Verse
Premium Member The Witch At Inverness
Please take this time to steer your thoughts
To a wretched land of lochs and glens.
Where a village was tasked and the people fraught
At the woe...

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Categories: demented, adventure, children, magic,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member I Accidentally Let One Loose
I accidentally let one loose -
I was tipsy and had no excuse
It happened at the rare breed’s zoo
When I decided to cuddle a cute kangaroo

As...

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Categories: demented, animal, fantasy, humorous,
Form: Rhyme
Defenseless
I am just a swollen bloated thing in this harsh world
Nothing here but the laws of physics upon me hurled
No safety, power, decision is mine...

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Categories: demented, abuse, analogy, anger, angst,
Form: Tristich
The Malkavian Part 1 Perfect Version
His mind has all the meaning of a madman that is screaming
Tortured and tormented, a life lived to be lamented
Drained and defeated, his family finally...

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© Nathan D.  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: demented, confusion, corruption, dark, lonely,
Form: Alliteration
Premium Member Scorpion
Collaboration: James Swartz, LadyLabyrinth





"Scorpion"




Lack of water leads to lack of life
exposed beneath the Sun like blood
from the tip of a Scorpion’s tail

Corporal attitudes aligned in...

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Categories: demented, desire, imagery, life, lust,
Form: Free verse
Devil's, Demon's and Addiction
Many of us wonder if the Devil does truly exist? 
Lurking in the dark night or hiding out in the mist?
Well, I believe he does...

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Categories: demented, addiction,
Form: Rhyme
Poetry Is My Insanity
Poetry is my insanity


Poetry is my insanity, 
sparks collected on flat mirrored walls,
frantic phrases floating
in a spectrum’s pulsating palette, 
picturing Dali-esque icicle melted webs
and chromatic...

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Categories: demented, imagination,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Mcbeals Thanksgiving Turkey
He loved a drink did ol'Johnny McBeal
And offered to cook the thanksgiving meal
All the trimmings with turkey
For their friends and family
His wife agreed but no...

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Categories: demented, humor, thanksgiving,
Form: Limerick

Book: Shattered Sighs