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Best Scaring Poems

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


Premium Member Because I Love You
I saw the bitter tears of unhappiness
Running down your agonizing face,
Ravaged with pain,

And I became a sponge of compassion
To absorb them.


I heard the howling 
Of...

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Categories: scaring, friendship love, humanity, society,
Form: Free verse



Premium Member Marionette Master
~Marionette Master~    

All my dreams evolve around my wooden floor
Candles and clowns the show must go on

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The Moon slowly moves its way...

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Categories: scaring, abuse, fear, me, moon,
Form: Dramatic Verse
Premium Member Zombie the Musical
The town was all a flutter; Zombie the Musical, was coming to town.
We all signed up as extras… Yes, as Zombies… here we did come.
Bruce...

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Categories: scaring, fantasy, funny, humor, humorous,
Form: Light Verse
Premium Member A Poem, the Poet
This pen writes not a story, 
but a life upon a page; its glory. 
Love for the writing; the heart,
thumping, beat after beat, never apart.
Conceived...

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Categories: scaring, inspiration, introspection,
Form: Free verse
Am I Turning Into a Lizard Serial Killer
Hmmm, where do I start? With deep sighs, I am sighing right now.
I just finished burying 2 lizards, and my heart is heavy...

Let me back...

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Categories: scaring, angst, animal, how i
Form: Narrative



Premium Member The Trainee Boogeyman
This boogeyman was scared of the dark
But tried frightening kids in the park
When dusk started to fall
For his mummy he’d call
He'd go dashing home quick...

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Categories: scaring, fantasy, kids, humorous, irony,
Form: Limerick
Premium Member From Mouse To Spouse
Through the window I looked one day
At a poor lassie in troubled display
She stood high on a chair
In such a terrified stare
Shouting "Oh! please, please...

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Categories: scaring, animals, funny, love
Form: Limerick
Premium Member The Earl of Pence
'Twas a dark and stormy night! (OK - so I'm being a tad histrionic!)
The Earl of Pence was lounging by the fire sipping his gin...

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Categories: scaring, england, humorous,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Ode To a Gargoyle
I pass you several times a week
down at the Cheapside junction
your name defines the job you do
but you perform no function.
No drainage from the upper...

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© Viv Wigley  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: scaring, friend,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Pearl
The Polynesian pearl of the Northern Pacific, 
A glittering paradise gleaming in brilliance,
Set float amongst the oceans clear waters.
A beautiful jewel reflecting in the different
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© Cherl Dunn  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: scaring, adventure, beautiful, history, imagination,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member I Hear Angela's Song
Beneath the darkness of heavy hearts,
Tears from nowhere weigh me down,

But I hear a sound,
A mighty sound,

Merry men,
Laughing tongues wagging,

And I hear a sound,
A mighty...

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Categories: scaring, bereavement, death, family, heaven,
Form: Prose Poetry
Premium Member We'Re Having Nun of That
Two Nuns travel through Europe by car
Guided by the heavens North Star
Transylvania they reach
Hymn singing they preach
Not realizing they have come so far

At a busy...

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Categories: scaring, funnysister, sister,
Form: Limerick
Schizophrenia and Me
Good Morning
My old friend
Nice waking up to see you again
Still doing ok?
Cause I am doing fine
Except for these thoughts,dreams and pains of mine

Do not worry...

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Categories: scaring, mental illness,
Form: Free verse
My Dog, Benbow
Somewhere beside the myrtle rose blooming white
By nutgrass overgrown, a palm tree sways in soft moonlight
Like an angel from the throne, and somewhere there
In your...

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Categories: scaring, animalsdog, dog, time,
Form: Verse
Premium Member The Last Day of a Racing Greyhound
It’s three am and I need to pee, feeling thirsty
My water bowl is empty and it’s getting warm in here
My crate is barren, the cement...

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Categories: scaring, abuse, dog,
Form: Personification

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