Best Gothic Poems
Below are the all-time best Gothic poems written by Poets on PoetrySoup. These top poems in list format are the best examples of gothic poems written by PoetrySoup members
Gothic Love GrindI find you alone
in your favorite room of sorrow and suspense,
the woman I cherish more than victory or divine sense,
long untouched, you stare into a...
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Categories:
gothic, love, passion,
Form:
Epic
Gnarled ShadowsThrough shadowed trails beneath the moon’s cold stare.
Its Amber gaze: a burden hard to bear.
This feathered prize found peace in...
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Categories:
conflict, dark, emotions, gothic,
Form:
Narrative
The Night Before Christmas By Edgar Allan PoeOn the night before Christmas, alone in my house,
Sorrow gnawed at my soul, like a ravenous mouse.
Entombed in my blankets, I struggled to sleep,
Ready...
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Categories:
gothic, christmas,
Form:
Narrative
The House of SpiritsIt looks like a simple brownstone building,
Not much different then any other but it’s residents,
Are of the haunted kind, not made of flesh and bone.
In...
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Categories:
gothic, evil, fantasy, fear, god,
Form:
Free verse
The ProphetThe Prophet
I read the words of a poet
From the days of tomorrow
His verse flowed backwards in time
And rhyme
I, a fair maiden, doomed to a...
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Categories:
allah, beauty, eve, gothic,
Form:
Free verse
DisorientationSomethings are best
said through blank
scriptures in sheer
silence, but pulling the
violin strings of
a poet strumming
to personify pain,
with tempests of
torment rushing
through...
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Categories:
angst, emotions, gothic, jealousy,
Form:
Free verse
The VampireFor I am death, the personification of pure evil,
The grand godfather, of legions of unnumbered generations.
Behold thy disciples, baptized beneath my crimson waters,
Of blood.
Then reanimated...
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Categories:
dark, evil, fantasy, gothic,
Form:
Free verse
Gods At the Comedy ClubThe house was full
Of Gods and deities
The curtain call was soon
The water vasos were poured
And became the finest of wines
The bread multiplied
The baker you see
Was...
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Categories:
art, butterfly, gothic, humorous,
Form:
Free verse
How Do I See YouHow Do I See You
People often wonder
How they are perceived
Some think they're kind and nice
When really they are filled with greed
Some are selfish and self-righteous...
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Categories:
gothic, angel, art, bible, friendship,
Form:
Free verse
LittleLittle
is left
little breath
sagging stem
begging eyes
trains come, then depart
rancid smoke over grey fields
I am little
I saw it all...
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Categories:
angst, child, courage, gothic,
Form:
Free verse
Knotted In the Dance Knotted in the Dance
Our eyes in a silent promise locked,
the way only stranger's can.
Perhaps foretelling of lover's, unfrocked,
langoured and breathless ran.
You, I...
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Categories:
gothic, angst, beauty, dance, desire,
Form:
Dramatic Verse
To My Muse :POTD:
All night I was ensnared by the thought of you,
An unexpected yet enchanting muse,
Lost in the labyrinth of your deep, haunting eyes,
A smoldering ember of...
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Categories:
dark, fantasy, gothic, lust,
Form:
Rhyme
Beautiful DisasterBeautiful Disaster
There she is
Silhouette in the night
Lights glimmer, as fame simmers
She is all of my desires
She is all of my fires
Here I am wet
Flooded with...
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Categories:
analogy, art, gothic, murder,
Form:
Verse
Deceptions EpiphanyA lie, wrapped in deception, in the cloak of silent nights
Deception, soothing as black ink, until dried
The wetness caresses the illusion of pretenses white
When it...
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Categories:
gothic, angel, beauty, dark, evil,
Form:
Free verse
Moonlight ShadowMoonlight Shadow
Broken dreams
On purple flamed wings
Celtic rumors
Burning bright
Crosses and crescents
Knights and swords
In the mist of a weary mystical night
I saw her lying there, chest broken...
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Categories:
angel, beauty, destiny, gothic,
Form:
Free verse