Horror Poems | Examples of Horror Poetry

We don’t talk about the boy In the deep dark woods The one who’s without A home We don’t talk about the boy In the deep dark woods The villagers simply leave him Alone At night you can hear the boy In the deep...Read More

~his strength~ Paul is a recent lone...Read More

Requisite inspection November 24th, 2020 at Apartment B44 Countdown triggers nails bitten down to quick geesh if only Mary Poppins could pull off cheap trick or think super tramping Glinda courtesy film Wizard of Oz Good Witch of the North riding at light...Read More

Ghastly halls that lead to Euphoria Shattered glasses with reflections that mimicked her death Being hanged but not dead Sorrowful laughter and slit wrists Decayed internally but still breathing Candy coated poison to seize her thoughts And death, to...Read More

Unlucky for some The day of my birth Fridays of thirteenth find horror Yet happiness surrounds me Thirty-six years have come before In a year where hindsight's truth Bring longing for time restored....Read More

It's impossible Lost within a family Werewolves in taverns Cause the full moon at my house Impossible to survive ...Read More

When night is dressed in darkest cloak and woe replaces gloom; When all the children are asleep, each in their separate room, Unsettled spirits will appear immured in murky mist. No matter what you’ve ever heard, we seem...Read More

   A_All beings count, even those, whom you so loathe! B_Be cordial and loving, who are you to judge, I ask you? C_Created each by the Supreme Being, in his City of Gold!               ...Read More

When she was done The cruel man looked for another one He ate Mary, Bertha, Bessie, Carol, Blossom, Jessie Florence, Abigail, Jane Margaret, Melody, Lane And then he said, "I must refrain." And then he thought again. I sat and counted The girls he hounded One...Read More

I’m waiting out the day with minimalist hopes and recycling anxiety. I’m waiting for the hour for a smooth transfer of power or for things to go sour. I’m waiting for the word after a period of counting for freedom’s call or an accelerated...Read More

The friar’s light, a deceiving light, my nightmares deluding my mind crossing the misty moors at night. The friar’s light, a deceiving light. Howling hounds affright – bite! They bite! My eyes wide open but I’m blind! The friar’s light, a...Read More

The seeming same under heavens sparkling tent, passing transparent grays when moonlight went. Mental aggregation from that pain of deep, when all could be perfect with some needed sleep. Unpredictable tincture when unknown one self embrace, myriads of senses painting...Read More

A cautionary tale of nocturnal abduction Of trickery born of unearthly corruption Heed these my words, I state categorical Of evil so foul, in a world diabolical No humour here that might ever be satirised No wit in a...Read More

Somewhere, stark in lunar light, A werewolf wakens from a wight, And creeps throughout the sleepy night To give his fellow creatures fright. Somewhere, hapless sot alone Through forest stumbles toward home, Types panicked text on shaking phone... Somewhere, werewolf gnaws on...Read More

The horrid witch cast her evil spell And unleashed the bats from out of hell Nightmares replaced those sweet dreams The night echoed with people's screams The old hag cackled at their plight As...Read More