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Dread Poems - Poems about Dread

Dread Poems - Examples of all types of poems about dread to share and read. This list of new poems is composed of the works of modern poets of PoetrySoup. Read short, long, best, and famous examples for dread.
Premium Member The Hearts Game - in the Style of Edward Lear's Jumblies
...I Dave looks at his email. There he sees An invitation from Clark. It looks like today, we’ll all have a game, And, hopefully, this week won’t be the same, And to victory he’ll embark. Wh......Read the rest...
Categories: dread, fun, games, humor,
Form: Rhyme



Premium Member A Song Played
...Ephesians 1:7 (KJV) “In whom we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of sins, according to the riches of his grace;” A song played. Melody, rhythms of beautiful, The tune was wrong......Read the rest...
Categories: dread, forgiveness, jesus, joy, song,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Praise Be to Dog
... My dog is my shadow, we shall now walk He maketh me to play fetch in green pastures: he leadeth me to sticks in still waters He has toreth big holes and keepeth me from the path with viciou......Read the rest...
Categories: dread, dog, pets,
Form: Free verse
LILY
...In a somber house on Maple Street, where shadows creep, Lived Lily, a child, in silence she'd weep. With every creak of the floorboards at night, She'd hold her breath, gripped by fright. Mr. J......Read the rest...
Categories: dread, anger, child, child abuse,
Form: Rhyme
Symphony Of Despair
...In the caverns of her mind, she screams in despair, A solitary echo in the chilling air. "God, answer me!" Her voice, a desperate plea, Lost in the void, devoid of reprieve. "Why create me, k......Read the rest...
Categories: dread, anger, betrayal, conflict, emotions,
Form: Rhyme



HIS ABUSE
...Underneath the moon's chilling embrace, Dwells a tale of torment, void of grace. A wife, once filled with dreams so bright, Now trapped in a realm where all is blight. Her name, a whisper in th......Read the rest...
Categories: dread, abuse, emotions, husband,
Form: Rhyme
Homer Translations
...Surrender to sleep at last! What a misery, keeping watch all night, wide awake. Soon you’ll succumb to sleep and escape all your troubles. Sleep. — Homer, translation by Michael R. Burch Passage h......Read the rest...
Categories: dread, beauty, god, home, mountains,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Love
... Written: April 28, 2024, For Constance la France Contest "One word frees us of all the weight and pain of life. The word is love. Sophocles, Greek Poet ......Read the rest...
Categories: dread, analogy, love, pain,
Form: Sonnet
Premium Member Inner Workings of the Mom n Pop Pizza Shop
...Taped to the door’s plexiglass pane, a portrait Of a Savior with ardent heart burning Sunlight invades with the turning of hinges Untethering the hospitality of Tony, the lone waiter His Brazilia......Read the rest...
Categories: dread, food, fun, people, places,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member SURREALITY
...SURREALITY the secret dread.. reopened a chance happening.. the discovery alienates, the spell persists after it had dispersed.. reality rema......Read the rest...
Categories: dread, surreal, word play,
Form: Other
My Laughs Are Filled With Buckets of Rain
...Filled my soul with aching to keep my brain from faking its joy. Torn hearts asunder, I once was filled with wonder but now I dread the thunder and my laughs are filled with buckets of rain......Read the rest...
Categories: dread, anxiety, deep, poetry, sorrow,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Psalm 23 as felt when invoked
...The conscience is my guide; soul’s compass infallible. Befriending silence, I dwell in the vast void; freed from fetters of dark desire. Holy Spirit makes me complete: entwining polarities, ......Read the rest...
Categories: dread, bible, spiritual,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member 23
... If the Lord was not my Savior, I would always be lonely and lost. My shelter would not be homely, and I would always live without peace. I would be rebellious and self-willed, And my soul ......Read the rest...
Categories: dread, bible, christian, god,
Form: Verse
Premium Member Count The Knots
... Count The Knots Miracle Man 4/21/2024 I once had a friend with a rotten attitude, each time I dissed him, I got some platitude. So I with much dread put knots on his head His minds......Read the rest...
Categories: dread, how i feel, sweet
Form: Limerick
Premium Member Cold April Morning
...It is cold this April morning But I will not turn on the heat got double socks on my feet ate a bowl of warming cream of wheat Still cold this April morning Coffee hot to heat soul we......Read the rest...
Categories: dread, april, cool, morning,
Form: Rhyme

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