Best Dread Poems
Below are the all-time best Dread poems written by Poets on PoetrySoup. These top poems in list format are the best examples of dread poems written by PoetrySoup members
DoorsThere are so many doors
Which ones should I choose
Green, yellow, brown, purple
and many different blues
Some of them are rustic
Others modern and clean
Some lead to the...
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Categories:
dread, appreciation, beautiful, celebration, courage,
Form:
Quatrain
The Male Menopause - Please Feel Free To Join In the CollaborationTed’s libido has now gone astray
He refused a quick roll in the hay
So what could be the cause -
It’s the male menopause...
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Categories:
dread, age, body, humorous, men,
Form:
Limerick
Light On the Devil's Chord - Dear LuciferI cannot compete with something as painstakingly glorious as you
Envy is but a humbling tumble down a steep, rocky hill
I am crushed in your fits...
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Categories:
dread, absence, analogy, character, corruption,
Form:
Epic
The Night the Grinch Stole Our Muses'Twas the night before Christmas and their pages were bare
Not one word could they write, not one verse to declare
The Grinch...
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Categories:
dread, christmas, holiday,
Form:
Rhyme
In Dreams, Her Spirit Sallied Forth: With Lin LaneIn Dreams, Her Spirit Sallied Forth: with Lin Lane
Through frigid months, she waited for Spring rains
to give relief and ease heartbroken pains,
Nature will award that...
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Categories:
dread, appreciation, art, creation, marriage,
Form:
Rhyme
The Land of the Midnight SunI went cruising to Norway with my wife across the North Sea
We travelled the route the Vikings took but with added luxury
Our first port of...
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Categories:
dread, boat, friend, holiday, sea,
Form:
Narrative
Poe's Untimely Demise*Note
I had to bring this one back, though I've been posting mostly new writes here that PS hasn't seen before. This poem has been...
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Categories:
dread, horror,
Form:
Rhyme
A Desperate Housewife - In Limerick FormA desperate housewife I knew
had such mundane housework to do.
Being so tired of it,
she decided to quit.
Then off to Las Vegas she flew.
Having always been...
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Categories:
dread, adventure, wife,
Form:
Limerick
The True Knight -POTDPOTD 9th April 2018
Synopsis -
A story of selflessness without jealousy or rancor that is often evident through the ages in all walks of life, even...
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Categories:
dread, love, romance, sensual,
Form:
Romanticism
A Shout Into the VoidUpon the arc rises familiar visage of tenebrous dawn
As birdsongs protest, yet another day gone wrong,
In anguish of emptiness thrashing~ stygian, forlorn,
Screaming relentlessly of despondent,...
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Categories:
dread, anxiety, emotions, life, stress,
Form:
Verse
Miracle On Ford StreetSt Anthony's orphanage was founded some thirty years ago
For homeless and orphaned children, by a priest Father Angelo
Every child was made welcome; race and religion...
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Categories:
dread, care, children, christmas, prayer,
Form:
Narrative
Inside My Head- For ContestHello there, do please come inside- no need to wipe your feet
excuse the mess, I fear you'll find it isn't very neat.
This place is always...
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Categories:
dread, feelings,
Form:
Rhyme
The HeirloomI lay within a drawer so long
Loneliness was my heart's song
My diamonds never saw the light of day
Since granma's death,I'd been that way
Her grandson went...
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Categories:
dread, imagination, day, Grandson,
Form:
Personification
The Darkness At NoonThe darkness at noon - We’ve been led
to walk with a blossoming dread
through streets, as if we have no will,
and all the world is...
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Categories:
dread, dark,
Form:
Rondeau
Sapphire Skies In Sanguine EyesIn the absence of complication,
Trials and tribulations become distant memories.
Above sapphire skies delight sanguine eyes -
Inspiring forthcoming musings of the mind.
Hope of a brand-new day...
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Categories:
dread, feelings, love hurts,
Form:
Free verse