Death Gothic Poems
These Death Gothic poems are examples of Gothic poems about Death. These are the best examples of Gothic Death poems written by international poets.
Breathless in Silent Collapse
Breathless,
words like cordyceps adhere to my throat,
Choking me as the unspoken wrap around, seizing vocal cords.
Sticking fingers down, I claw to clear closing airways,
Yet the...
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dark, death, gothic, imagery,
Categories:
dark, death, gothic, imagery,
Shadows of the ValleyAs crystal glacier, suspended in the onyx air,
bleeds darkness kissed with saline sadness,
clouds tiptoe through trapped phantom winds,
dripping sinister creatures rising from the
egoistic eyes ~...
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emotions, gothic, psychological,
Morning starShe said I can't trust you.
You are to cleaver for me.
so why do I stay?
it sounds foreign
to be close to you my dear.
My morning...
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Categories:
bible, death, feelings, gothic,
Categories:
dark, death, gothic, imagery,
Shadows of the Valley
Run faster—looking back will be your downfall.
The screeching of the infected gains intensity.
Drag the razor wire barricade across blistering concrete—
scraping rusted metal, shards splintering into...
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art, dark, gothic, myth,
Living TestamentThe scriptures whisper of silent tombs/
Of wisdom buried, lost in gloom/
But I rise, carved from the night/
A witness to the truths concealed in blight/
They say...
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gothic, culture, dark, death, deep,
A Wilderness of Mirrors
An unearthly fog thickens nocturnal’s peaceful aura.
Scents of lamenting petrichor mix with slick, decomposing leaves.
A disharmonious death knell calls to me,...
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dark, emotions, gothic, imagery,
In the inferno of night
a whisper of loss
a phantom lace
a ghostly touch
fingers close, cold to taste
lingers laughter
cracked bone-dry air
the clock chimes midnight
it is backward here
in this...
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gothic, angst, art, death, deep,
How fragile we are
I sit and watch the twilight
In vaulted heaven burns brittle stars
I feel the rush of wind
It cares the ash of pine
I feel...
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gothic, art, dark, death, dream,
Plagued by Memories
Like an albatross enfolded around my silencing throat,
squeezing ever tighter,
asphyxiating on sins not of my own.
A scarlet letter has...
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gothic, dark, death, extended metaphor,
Death Comes Home
Leaden clouds sweep swiftly in from the north,
Blanketing the sapphire skies in melancholy.
Deafening, rolling thunder cracks
As a mysterious...
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dark, gothic, imagery, mirror,
Silently Sweeping Thoughts
I stay situated
upon an antique
dusty leather chair
as the scent
of incense invokes snippets
of half-written pages...
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dark, death, emotions, gothic,
Picking At Scabs
A musky, burnt haze sears slowly into my nostrils.
The twilight hour pulses steadily, bathing stark walls in an eerie gloom.
Too awake...
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angst, dark, death, gothic,
BlightBlight,
Growing,
Toxic seeds
Festering deep
Within cracking souls,
Shaded beneath blackthorn,
Watered by innocent's tears,
Blooming like demonic cancer,
Thriving on infinite misery,
Dissolving veils between conflicted worlds.
Faltering, earth trembling, Demi-Gods raise
The pyres...
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dark, death, deep, gothic,