Gothic Poems - Examples of all types of gothic poetry to share and read. This list of new poems is composed of the works of modern poets on PoetrySoup. Read
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Sorceress SupremeIt so happened some years ago,
a story of the past it seems,
the room was wide and huge,
absorbing the echoes of her screams.
Her tale is told in those corridors still,
where she roams, almost as if free,
the...
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Categories:
gothic, abuse, angst, anxiety, gospel,
Form: Ballad
Light Wings and Gossamer Black
"Light Wings and Gossamer Black"
tears of all the lost years
ghosts' pearls falling softly gossamer black
caressing your sad heart’s crimson
its bleeding broken beautiful cracks
a small heaven winks back
some of your light wings
the other...
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Categories:
dark, gothic, romance,
Form: Romanticism
NymacroFollow your heart, YOLO
Let hope be your Capella, no FOMO
When life throws lemons, which it sometimes certainly will, IMHO
Make lemonades out of it, stay positive, ?remember 3.1.3
Keep trying, put up a fight, when it gets...
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Categories:
art, blessing, gothic, humor,
Form: Free verse
Of The Nightmaligned sacred bats
hunters witching hour pests reaped
royalty nature
...
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Categories:
gothic, 7th grade, 8th grade,
Form: Haiku
An Enigma
My imagination is like a camera.
It captures the best moments of time.
But those images present an enigma.
On scribbled letters hopes are enshrined.
The intense happiness you posses
remains an enigma for the outside world.
Hoping to reserve...
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Categories:
deep, gothic, heart, memory,
Form: Sonnet
Ebony BeautyBereavement is of an ebony beauty,
blush rose lips beneath her black lace veil,
embracing us in hush,
present through the ages,
gently mourning in our tears....
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Categories:
gothic, 7th grade, 8th grade,
Form: Free verse
La FEE VERT
La FEE VERTE
One of those muggy summer evenings in New Orleans– the heat, my god, the heat! The air almost stifling– humidity so high the damp clung to your shoulders and you felt you were...
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Categories:
gothic, angst, appreciation, character, culture,
Form: Prose Poetry
New Mirror
New Mirror
The heavy metal guy looked perfect
With his long black girl like hair
With his round black John Lennon shades
With his black SpecFor combat trousers
With his black Doc Martin boots
With his phone’s black metal...
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Categories:
art, dark, gothic,
Form: Blank verse
The EyeNot an Alien
Or any human being
Evil has one eye...
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Categories:
dark, evil, gothic, horror,
Form: Haiku
The TakenHere in this broken place.
I've spilled the blood of others.
I've tasted pain on my lips.
I've touched the cracked hearts.
The thunder that rolls over my head,
has awakened the ones longed dead,
but what could I do to...
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Categories:
dark, death, fear, gothic,
Form: Free verse
Blood RedBlood Red Night
Darkness devours the light. All those who said they'd fight now cower before the Blood moons might.
Dreamless slumber. Nightmares, millions in number.
Insanity creeps, while no one sleeps.
Shadows rise and Magick in infinite supplies,
So...
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Categories:
anger, dark, evil, gothic,
Form: Rhyme
Ghost Jack
From the house of the dead
sprung a ghost cloaked in red
and a tall hat in black
with a name on it, Jack...
I screamed loud at Ghost Jack.
It was too late to backtrack!
I shouldn't have gone
near the...
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Categories:
gothic,
Form: Narrative
Margoux TMargoux T.
By Feo.
The world is so different with out the fog
A compliment is self inflicted
The cobble hill phantom has gone missing
Ultra has vanished
The snow is now marble
The bishops cannot defend...
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Categories:
gothic, crazy, creation, depression, emotions,
Form: Prose
Ghost
From the house of the dead
There comes such a dread
Fear fills my heart’s plans
Filling up my empty hands
With inklings of the ghost
Who gives off the most
Feeling of weary alarm
Causing such deep harm
For those who know...
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Categories:
angst, fear, gothic,
Form: Rhyme
The Accomplice - BOTH Audio and TextThis is a very sad tale, indeed. Does anything hurt more than a shattered heart?
You asked me for a story from the days of long ago, of unrequited love…of broken hearts…and love betrayed.
This brings...
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Categories:
anger, gothic, hurt, lost
Form: Narrative
Specific Types of Gothic Poems
Definition | What is Gothic in Poetry?