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Best Gory Poems

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


Her Masterpiece Is Her Story
Her paintbrush is a razor,
Her canvas, her wrists,
"I deserve the pain."
She shrugs and insists.

One day the brush will push down,
And it will cut so deep,
That...

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Categories: gory, abuse, addiction, anger, body,
Form: Rhyme



Guardian Angels
Goodnight my dear boy and what's that you say?
You want me to chase the bad monsters away?
Well, I'll tell you a tale that may just...

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Categories: gory, fantasy, love, son,
Form: Rhyme
Bullfighter and Bulls
A fuming, fierce and moving target
On yor species will you place yor bet!

Aiming the blade into shoulder blade or beating heart
all toreadors hope to throw...

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Categories: gory, animal, sports,
Form: Quatorzain
My Heart Melted Like Butter
My broken heart melted like butter
when the heat of your love hit me.
My soal soared out of the gory gutter
where my ex pretender plunged me.

Lead...

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Categories: gory, allusion,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Dullahan Rides
Walk with me in the dank moonlight
through the chill, rising, storm
so we can grasp the majesty
of Dullahan still born.

Without heads his horse and he ride
across...

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Categories: gory, adventure, death, imagination, mystery,
Form: Ballad



Man's Greatest Enemy
Why, the greatest enemy of man is man
for man has subdued everything else
Fear not the tiger, fear the murderer's plan
Just hearken well to what history...

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Categories: gory, conflict, corruption, society, war,
Form: Quatrain
Surfing Usa
Drip drip dribble dribble
google harps- here's a fiddle
How does fuzz evolve to stubble
Here's Fred Flinstone- Barney Rubble

WON 5 DOLLARS!- now I'm even
Online poker- guy named...

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Categories: gory, funny, hilarious,
Form: I do not know?
Halloween Fright
Halloween - Jeepers Creepers

Zany zombies lumber and stumble on streets,
as vain vampires stalk for bloody treats.
Syrupy blood oozes from water faucets,
and gory goonies crawl out...

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Categories: gory, halloween, horror,
Form: Rhyme
Mysterious Man
Hurriedly, silently, in purposeful fluid movements
and long, determined strides, he dashed among
the thickets, bending and darting amidst the vines
searching for a perfect little place to...

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Categories: gory, funny, mystery
Form: Dramatic Verse
Tapestry Tales
Her senses melded with the tapestry,
coming alive, 
as if the images woven 
stripped her spirit bare.
Each image bearing the tale
of the ancients;
Forbearers of a forgotten...

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Categories: gory, senses, spiritual, symbolism,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Pay Attention
Pay attention
~~~~~~~~~~
Just when she thinks the coast is clear
In walks the ghost with a smile and a can of beer
“Come over here - let me...

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Categories: gory, depression, introspection, sad
Form: Free verse
The Media
Reporting the news has changed so much from the past
I cannot even remember when I heard a good news story
It started out years ago slow,...

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© Danny Nunn  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: gory, on writing and words
Form: I do not know?
The Pirate's Life For Me
I starts me life as pirate, 
A grommet before age twelve,
Not an ordinary bandit,
High sea adventures me delve.

With a Letter of Marque in me han’
And...

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Categories: gory, adventure, fantasy, on work
Form: Quatrain
Sondheim On Sondheck # 8 .
This is a parody on Gee Officer Krupke from West Side Story .

   Dear  Doctor  Grumpee
   Nobody  knows
...

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© Sean Kelly  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: gory, parodywords, poetry,
Form: Lyric
Vlad the Vampire
There was a vampire named Vlad. 7
The Village all thought he was bad. 7
But the true story. 5
Just wasn't gory. 5
It turns out Vlad was...

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Categories: gory, autumn, fun, funny, halloween,
Form: Limerick

Book: Shattered Sighs