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Depression Gothic Poems

These Depression Gothic poems are examples of Gothic poems about Depression. These are the best examples of Gothic Depression poems written by international poets.


breathless, my journey ends
Dried-up,
___a stream___
in the moor, no-man’s land.
When a soul dares near—
a gunshot blooms

/  Red  /

the barren soil 
will feast on 
anything.

You said amid this...

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Categories: gothic, confusion, corruption, depression, fate,



a poet's nonsense
I buried your voice.

                     ...

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Categories: gothic, depression, eulogy, feelings, for

The number that died
I used to slit my arms open like I was peeling fruit—careful, slow, watching the skin give way like wet paper. The box cutter blade...

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Categories: gothic, anger, depression, emotions, for

Lost and Looking
Surrounded by strangers who love me.
[Un]strangers made strange by pain.
Words the same as always, the same as nothing, when nothing is the same.

Lost and last...

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Categories: gothic, absence, addiction, confusion, death,

My Breath
With a dying breath I realize
I’m the one holding the blade 
The one to my heart and veins 
I really thought it was you 
Until...

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© Evadne Sri  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: gothic, blessing, conflict, dark, depression,



Dead Station of Soul V2


Dead station of soul, cold
a cuneiform of heavenly hosts 
on a cathode ray tube, born
shadows of forgotten sliver gods roam
digital tears, a broken modem's wail,...

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Categories: gothic, art, creation, dark, depression,

The Hands That Falter
I'm helpless, helplessly so,
Bound to the weight of mine own woe.
Mine hands do shake, mine limbs do fail,
And every deed is carved in frail.

I wander...

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Categories: gothic, anxiety, child abuse, corruption,

Dial Tone
Don't say a word
It's time to finally leave this world
The difference between close and lose
Is the letter c the chance to choose
And once and for...

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Categories: gothic, dark, death, death of

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Somber slate clouds blanket the longing skies,
whilst wisps of snow paint the frozen ground below.
Ombre leaves barrenly speckle slumbering trees,
glistening sheets of ice coat their...

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© Sara Jama  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: angst, emotions, gothic, night,

Satanic trip!
Satanic trip!...

I’m sat here wonderin’ why my thoughts align,
With the dark,
like Satan’s mind.
Is it fate or just a sign,
That my brain’s like his,
And on a...

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Categories: gothic, corruption, dark, depression, evil,

Woven arrows of bleakness
1.
Raucous winds sweep pristine waves 
against gods' sepulchral canvas as
stagnant, sharp wings' frames rose from malnourished hearts;
ends of elongated crosses marked beginnings
of rotten, venomous roots...

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© Eli Darcy  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: gothic, corruption, dark, depression, farewell,

Ghost in a Snail Shell
In the alleys of mirrors, reflections stare back with faces I've yet to covet. The cacophony of screams and whispers, a post-coital slack-jawed pause, the...

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Categories: gothic, art, deep, depression, feelings,

Star
I didn't know what to say.

For once in my life, I was quiet.

I stood there, nails digging into my palms, it stang;

Eyes too, tears reflect...

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© Kama Elwal  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: gothic, angst, conflict, dark, extended

NIGHTERRORS III steel entwine
An ancient facade
Of wood and flesh entwined
A dream half-dream in flesh discard
Something undefined
Mechanical sublime
Where soul intertwined 
A silent regime 
In between space n time 
where...

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Categories: gothic, allegory, dark, death, depression,

The Devil's House
The Devil's House

The house has lived for centuries, 
on grim and dismal ground. 
And when you've reached inside, 
the dust and demons come around. 

The...

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Categories: analogy, creation, depression, gothic,


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