Dark Poems | Examples of Dark Poetry

Black Veil Concealed face. Lament to the grave. Elegy to a splinter. Appearance never. Obtrude often. Never forgotten. Write you a bloody letter. Many miles to find you. Elaborate to a puzzle. Find my way to you. You're a gorgeous deity. Will you wait for me? It’s too late. Memories fade. Black veil to sorrow. ...

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I keep planting gardens in my wounds, wondering why everything tastes like rust. Maybe I don’t want to heal— maybe I just want prettier scars. Some nights, I mistake my reflection for something I’m supposed to save. It’s not love. It’s recognition. I keep circling the fire because I built it. I don’t miss the pain— I miss having something to blame. I never wanted happiness. I wanted...

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Lurking In the shadow Of the corner Of the room In the dim In the gloom Lurking Waiting In the shadow Of the corner Of the room In the dim In the gloom Waiting Watching In the shadow Of the corner Of the room In the dim In the gloom Watching Me. ...

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Shelley wove us a tale of a monster more a man A fleshy beast without, a broken heart within Created in hubris and sin Stitched together and broken Again and again. Frayed and tattered Unraveled and splintered Brittle and battered Bled out and injured Held together by needle and thread Less alive and more or less dead A patchwork man, soulless and cold Unmended scars numbers untold I...

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Skies of gray Skies of gloom Storm clouds say Bringing doom Dark steel day Blustering winds Turmoil cloud Sleeting sends Hail stones loud Dark steel day Storm surrounds Gale force wind Beating down Without end Dark steel day Icy air Breath of steam No despair Just winter’s dream Dark steel day Storms they rise Then they go No surprise If you know Dark steel day Dark steel days ahead and behind Dark steel days on my mind Dark steel days good and...

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the dark skies laden with swollen rain clouds with sorrow's stain endows haunted funereal shrouds figures swinging from tree boughs ...

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I sit alone, the room is still, No laughs, no joy at all . The clock ticks loud, the night feels long, I hum a tune, a wordless song. I walk outside, the streets are bare, The stars above don’t seem to care. I wave at shadows, talk to air, But no one’s here, and no one’s there. The phone is quiet, the...

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Anxiety, the constant feeling of doom Its like you can’t even come out of your room most days I’m panicky and anxious and I think to myself it’ll never get better I get told quit being so under the weather So I try to think about things that make me happy but my brain starts to fade...

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Your breath spews poison, your words like hail storm the night. You're toxic and your truth is blackness doused with venom. There is no room for compromise....

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You don’t know me You don’t know me You believe you do You don’t know me You say that’s not true You don’t know me I hardly know myself You don’t know me I barely hold myself together You don’t know me I don’t know whether You don’t know me I walk the night Can you even see me I scream through the fright Do you even hear me Or I...

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Silence is the absence of energy No vibration, movement, or synergy Nature muted, physics frozen Molecular loss of motion Stillness, cessation, yet more Peaceful quiet we adore Or the calm before the storm A meditation to perform Tranquility without a note No rhythm or tempo to denote Without melody or harmony A sad musical larceny No instrument, no voice to sing No string to pluck or bell to...

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My darkest needs never beg forgiveness— they crave a mirror. One that fogs with your touch, not your abandon. ...

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Enough, he said with voice pitched low Enough for now, he whispered slow And curled in upon himself Having nothing left to show Knowing no one and nonself Enough, he cried though no one heeded Enough for now, as he retreated And left another piece behind Having no faith to be intreated Perceiving his own broken mind Enough, he proclaimed with a tremor Enough for...

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The roof has borne its share Of winter's chill, summer's heat, Of storms and rains, The wood consumed by termites, Spiders weaving webs throughout the home. Ants have claimed the very foundation, Young rats, in ruinous floods. The people, they were scorched By literal fires, or by a hidden agony Hoarded deep within their hearts. They became exiles, Driven by a neighbor's torment, Or by utter destitution, Or...

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Many years have slipped beneath the tide of time, yet still I remember. I was just a youth, standing high above the world from Ocean Towers in Downtown Kingston, gazing out toward the pier, when my eyes caught sight of her. A woman, moving with eerie calm, made her way down Duke Street. There was something...

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