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Best Horrifying Poems

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


Premium Member The Invitation
December 25th-  The Christmas Wedding

Head-to-head,
Surrounded by seasonal silver bells
Scarlet passionate pink poinsettias sit
Foliage scenery 
Entwined by Christmas and Wedding bliss
Frosty winter weather warmed up...

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Categories: horrifying, anger, celebration, christmas, december,
Form: Epic



The Worm Poem
A Certain Kind Of Death 

She was in love 
Their expression of it 
Was the perfection of it 
The way they shared 
What they had...

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© Nathan D.  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: horrifying, baby, death, mother,
Form: Dramatic Verse
The Worm Poem
A Certain Kind Of Death 

She was in love 
Their expression of it 
Was the perfection of it 
The way they shared  
Was beyond...

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© Nate D.  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: horrifying, upliftingbaby, care, family, husband,
Form: Epic
Premium Member Blank White Paper
Blank white paper
Infinite hope, endless promise 
An inspirational instrument

The artists canvas and lawmakers device
How an absent lover expresses love so precise

So much to say, I’m...

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Categories: horrifying, hope,
Form: Narrative
Premium Member Beseeching Death
Oh, death malevolent!
The taker of us all before our time,
you grimly reap a myriad of souls,
cruelly stealing many in their prime,
and countless young and innocent
have...

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Categories: horrifying, deathdeath, god, death, god,
Form: Verse



Premium Member Death and Forlorn Time In the Shadows of True Evil
Death and Forlorn Time in the Shadows of True Evil

Death and Time holdeth onto eerie and most frightening shadows
Whilst pervading deeply within that infernal region...

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Categories: horrifying, dark, evil, fantasy, horror,
Form: Quintain (English)
A Mythical Creature
The sun dulled to a shade of green,
A creature hanging there I hadn't seen
Wings of webs and sparkling coloured hues
Seeming to be smiling at me,...

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© Ian Howard  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: horrifying, fantasy, me, me, smile,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Our Last Thoughts
Last thoughts come before our final breath unexpected
Expressions of regret, sometimes heartfelt goodbyes,
A sincere apology on the lips of the dying detected
More likely words uttered...

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Categories: horrifying, dark, death, spoken word,
Form: Rhyme
Seven Deadly Sins
Suicidal motions following this melody
With pain comes ecstasy
Blood flowing instantly
Forming a beautiful monstrosity

Rage brings insanity
Uncontrollable profanity
The imminent loss of sanity
A horrifying calamity

Anger shadows envy
A need...

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Categories: horrifying, addiction, anger, betrayal, cry,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Before the World Ends
We heard today the horrifying news -
that earth will shatter with the new day’s light!
Alone – just you and I – how will we choose
to...

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Categories: horrifying, love,
Form: Rhyme
Wolf Story
I walk the roads of countryside
To get back home at night
I keep my feet on well worn path
The full moon is my light

I move along...

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Categories: horrifying, adventureheart, fear, heart, me,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Princess Philomena 2
As Our Blessed Lady appeared holding Her Divine Son in Her arms
you will leave this state of pain she said in 3 days
In forty days...

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Categories: horrifying, blessing, faith, god, love,
Form: Free verse
Holocaust
In midst of night,
When I was deep in slumber,
The memory rattled,
Eyes sunk with fear,
Saw the houses crumble,
The trees tremble,
The thunder storm made me nimble,
The ocean...

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© Partha Pal  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: horrifying, life, loss, natural disasters,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member End of Age
The Scripture asserts this truth in Luke 21:11:
“And great earthquakes shall be in divers places, 
and famines, and pestilences; and fearful sights 
and great signs...

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Categories: horrifying, christian, environment, faith, god,
Form: Dramatic Monologue
Silent Cry of Loneliness
Silent cry of Loneliness

Setting by the window
Feeling all alone
Wishing and hoping someone
Would call me on the phone
Feeling hurt, broke down
And so depressed
Looking at my life
Wondering...

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Categories: horrifying, lonely, me, me,
Form: Rhyme

Book: Reflection on the Important Things