Dark Poems | Examples of Dark Poetry

Can we just not talk ? Everything that will come up you will only accuse and not understand. All I got under my feet are unfriendly rock. And there is no one to light the dark life that settled on my land. (18.07.2025)...

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In the mystery of the dark and vast night, the blizzards of forgetfulness cry in silver verses Under the dome of the sky carved in living stones, I stand alone like a bell of thought forgotten in secrecy Time flows in circles of fire and forgetfulness, and I am a flame burning in its own ashes My soul...

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Through fog, on the London Bridge, I saw an image so forlorn - upon a pike, a traitor's head. The span it would adorn. While I understand the appeal of a well-weathered head, wouldn't Christmas lights have been a better choice instead?...

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ART! He painted my death, With such dedication I've never seen before. Every stroke of his brush, on that paper, marking out each curve, twist, and turn my body made As I writhed in pain. Premeditated murder, or a death masquerading as suicide, or perhaps just an unlucky soul. My hands on my throat as I choked to death, He didn't...

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With enlightenment, not inhalation, drawn from Jefferson Airplane's (Starship) 'White Rabbit.' written by Grace Slick Don't be suckered into that fairytale with the Cheshire Cat's grin and tail He'll lure you in and leave you frail To weep and wail To weep and wail If you're in the Red Queen's palace Don't sip from a golden chalice Her evil thoughts...

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The arena is built lie by lie, sobs by sobs. Names don't matter. A game is still a game, called by any other name. Children with ribs like shattered shields do not volunteer; they are raised for slaughter. They don't fight hungry lions, only eyes, trained to devour without guilt. The crowd appears with open mouths— not for speech, but for swallowing. They neither cheer...

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With bloody hands, rusty hair and a dammed soul I walked out ,stepping on the rotten meat As my lungs struggled to breathe down the fragrance of the crime that I had committed Blue and white lights flashed my eyes And a bullet pierced through my cranium Punishing me for the crimes I had not committed, My lips...

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There are arches and doorknobs I feel with my hands but, instead of pushing through, around and round i meander clueless, my head in a cloud caught up in the darkness I coddle to the point of despair and delusion. AP: Honorable Mention 2025...

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To keep my words from falling apart, I need the blood that leaves my heart. I chose to stay and face the pain, so it won’t feel so strange again. I wrote the will to still remain, to give my empty words a name. I gave my body, left it bare— was that enough to make them care? I closed my throat, I...

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The shackles that hold me Visible to my eye alone. The collar around my neck Only cause I allow it. The chains around my feet Have bound me to this prison, A prison I call home But feels a dungeon. The boulder on my chest Shouldn't keep me so stunted, But what a great locksmith I've turned out to be An oppressor I have made me To...

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She lost her keys. Vanessa was frantic, pacing, but I closed my eyes— and saw. "They’re in the garden, beneath the jasmine," I said. She blinked. “How did you know?” I said nothing. But I’ve always known— when she lies, when she leaves, when another man’s scent follows her home. I dream it first, then watch it unfold. Before thunder, I feel it in my spine. Before love dies, I mourn it in...

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His Broken Soul I was a spark in morning’s light, But that... has faded out of sight. I don’t know, Father—do You forgive? Yet clouded with pride, I struggle to live. My heart bleeds. I only wanted to be seen. But it’s been centuries—maybe more— And still, I stand outside Your door. Father, I confess, I did You wrong—and I regret. But this...

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A porcelain vein under my skin, Open burning of doll's eyes, Girl rising to a pink end — This just daybreak Open burning of doll's eyes, Black fire in her hair, Girl rising to a pink end — ~Remember~ her shelf life, bare Black fire in her hair, Girl rising to a pink end, ~Remember~ her shelf life, bare — A porcelain...

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Come out of the darkness, stand in the light. Speak from your heart and give us insight. Don’t treat us like animals lured by honey. Saying you care and you’ll give us your money. Offer instead, a small thread of hope, A plan to slow, illegal immigration, guns, dope. Shore up our borders, build a great wall, Help the murder and theft...

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I've been to dark places I've lost myself and all the basics I've crawled on my hands and knees Fighting to stand up again Gritting my teeth Tears down my face I will never be the same No one will be in my way I've backed down from battle I've fought for love and lost it all I've hiked the muddiest mountains Proving the strength...

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