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Ghosts Poems - Poems about Ghosts

Rainbow in the dark
Inspired by Ronnie James Dio song "Rainbow in the dark". ............................................ Again, shadows dance tonight—     this time, a grim tear swims down my cheek         as the light became less dim when the             thunder struck— the cold scolds my hold, and I lost my grip, reminding me I am free, like the lightning. But morning light fades into the dark;     the night has totally...

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Categories: ghosts, anxiety, dark, fear, loneliness,
Form: Free verse
Ships only ghosts could ride
"The clouds parted like the pursed lips of desire". Rains then poured out like held-back tears of anger, shedding emotions from the sky like a recently heartbroken damsel. The raindrops beat on the rusty roof— a drum that only children could dance to. But they danced not in the house, but right there...

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Categories: ghosts, anger, grief, natural disasters,
Form: Free verse



Silence danced with shadows
I watched as silence danced with shadows, Playing the melody sung by my mind. Its blanket covered the darkness— broken only by a ray of light through a crack in the cave wall. I groped through the dark toward the stone, but the gale was too thick for my arms to swim. I imagined a ghost whispering— yet only silence listened. Echoes, like...

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Categories: ghosts, anxiety, dance, dark, fear,
Form: Free verse
A Last Whisper to Us
Even when the sky is cracked and grey, Adoring arms can’t hold what’s meant to part. Ghosts of your voice dissolve into the day, Left behind, a hollowed aching heart. Oceans of grief drown the words unsaid, Fractured time blurs love into decay. Grief gnaws softly where our dreams have fled, Memories fade like ghosts at bay. Days pass, but the ache still...

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Categories: ghosts, grief,
Form: Rhyme
Ghosts
Really don’t matter if they f with me I just love to see friends coming up, but they ducking me. Brought my own ladder, it’s hard to handle for most, Getting support from this flow, tryna balance my highs and my lows. Hittin’ a lick for the price of some blow, ...

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Categories: ghosts, friendship, hip hop, rap,
Form: Verse



Premium Member nostalgic thoughts
nostalgic thoughts hovering late at night friendly ghosts AP: Honorable Mention 2025...

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Categories: ghosts, friend, memory, night, nostalgia,
Form: Haiku
Premium Member I Never Believed in Ghosts
The apparition was cautious Materializing in a slow, steady way I had never believed in ghosts Spirit was something I pretended to believe in At church But I didn’t. My schemata would not allow me to let this creature into my mind She gave me a sad look and dematerialized I possibly missed my last chance to speak to my mother But she taught...

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Categories: ghosts, spiritual,
Form: Free verse
Ghost Let Go
The trash bag at my door—gone, someone took it. In the shared hall, I see a ghost from years ago. A glance, three short lines, one long breath— We look at each other like catching, releasing ghosts. Do we both think the other’s faking it? The line between man and phantom is only light. A few ghost-words, truth-words—thank you— Thanks to her,...

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Categories: ghosts, 12th grade, angel, anxiety,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Now I understand why ghosts rise from the past, shimmering shadows and whispers
Now I understand why ghosts rise from the past, shimmering shadows and whispers, For the past never truly dies; it just hides in dark, deep corners, Until silence can no longer last and echoes begin to sing again, It’s in the mirror, in the voice that sounds like mine, in that endlessly repeated "I’m fine." All the things I've...

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Categories: ghosts, fantasy,
Form: Free verse
Sweet poison
Black flame Sweet poison fumes Etched deep with warnings clear— Yet Dad and Mum still kiss its g h o s t, A stream of pleasure shaped as cancer sticks. Death l i n g e r s in the smoky shade, Disguised as friendly g h o s t s, W h i s p e r i n...

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Categories: ghosts, addiction, cancer, death,
Form: Rictameter
Ghosts of the Carousel
The carousel moans to the empty dusk, rusted music haunts brittle air, the laughter has decayed....

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Categories: ghosts, music,
Form: Kimo
Chasing Ghosts
Dating vague memories Voice from the distant past Do I dare brave the unknown? Am I chasing dreams Or am I chasing ghosts ...

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Categories: ghosts, loss, love, love hurts,
Form: Free verse
The Riverboat Revenant
She sails where the bayou kisses the tide, a phantom queen with a mournful glide. The paddle churns, though no hands steer, and jazz floats faint on a breeze unclear. Her lanterns burn with a ghostly hue, casting gold on waters black and blue. No passengers board, no voices ring-- just whispers soft as a violin string. The captain’s hat is dust and...

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Categories: ghosts, boat, river,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Cosmic Ghosts
Throughout the outer cosmos you will find ghosts leaving interstellar gas behind. That is to say a galaxy remains, where pompous, excess energy enflames a slight shiver of the cold, viscous kind....

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Categories: ghosts, feelings, science, universe,
Form: Rhyme
A Tripping Balance
Black and grey— half-dead, half-forgotten, etched in silence, waiting. Thou to draw, thou to withdraw, tracing echoes, tracing the traces, cursed yet, blessed. Now, I sit, tracing the scars of the ruby, fingers brushing against old omens in the reflection’s cold embrace. (I know the echoes all too well— for I am the one who breathes life into the melancholies in my head.) ...

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Categories: ghosts, 10th grade, beauty, blessing,
Form: Free verse

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