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Horror Poems | Examples of Horror Poetry

Horror Poems - Examples of all types of horror poetry to share and read. This list of new poems is composed of the works of modern poets on PoetrySoup. Read short, long, best, and famous poem examples for horror.
Premium Member The Minstrels
A spectral ghost ship rides the fog outlined by the spray of the waves; Blurred vision of watery graves serves to bring life to epilogue; Generations speak of legends walking past the forgotten pier; What is true or false...Read the rest...
Categories: emotions, feelings, horror, writing,
Form: Enclosed Rhyme



Creatures
In the shadows they lurk and in the light of the moon they hide, clock strikes 12 and in caves they dwell the streets they play scratching upon the graves. These ghastly ghouls or monsters...Read the rest...
Categories: dark, fear, gothic, horror,
Form: Free verse
Death Knelt
In the cartographies merger with the soul, where topographies bring thought converge, a hidden rose blooms, its petals unfolding, like a cipher's dark emerge, thorns burst contradiction piercing the hymen with certitude, as the benthic depths, a chthonic whisper, exhale the secrets unsaid...Read the rest...
Categories: horror, art, crazy, creation, dark,
Form: Free verse
Saint Catherine Was Excalibur
I always said tether to the void Not any idealistic reason or choice Now suspended I know why I’ve been devoid Because how can one speak with an inside voice Where no one can hear you outside yourself Dawn of...Read the rest...
Categories: horror, adventure, conflict, corruption, crazy,
Form: Epic
No One Is Looking
Cadence lowers its tenebrous tempo Dulcet to a morose Memento Mori-bund Lachrymose ribbon garnet fountain Ruby rivulets in wine glass Chardonnay Bubble floats to pop Silence yet I sway Miasma tang vitae oh Nueva So they swing on a rope seputchra Momma Mia...Read the rest...
Categories: horror, art, beautiful, beauty, class,
Form: Sonnet



Childkill world
This hateful little childkill world Needs reaping Who is gonna do it?...Read the rest...
Categories: farewell, horror,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Rosemary's Baby
Rosemary’s baby incarnated He lives from day to day And he is well anticipated To blow the world away How come that he is real? Ask me another question I know how you must feel About his reign direction He’s not a...Read the rest...
Categories: angst, fantasy, feelings, horror,
Form: Rhyme
The truth about Wars
Some wars are fought for honour, and some for wealth and greed. But the guilt that man does carry, will make his heart bleed. Some hearts are full of hatred, and some just seek revenge, but the ones blood...Read the rest...
Categories: horror, anger, betrayal, conflict, corruption,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member The Siren's call
I do not know from where the cloud came -- a chilling din voice, knowing each name a phantasmagoric display the cheerful crew succumbing to primal sprite the day, soon a blaze, of stormy thickening night (darkened every Sun's ray...Read the rest...
Categories: evil, gothic, horror, imagination,
Form: Free verse
Graveyard
I watch from this quiet place, Standing upon the frozen ground. I pull the coat around my frame, Bracing against winter's breath, wondering how I got to this place. I look around and see someone, grief-stricken and trembling at the foot of...Read the rest...
Categories: death, gothic, grief, horror,
Form: Free verse
Blue Void
Beautiful blue surrounds me, Sandy shore in the distance, Palm trees dance on the breeze. Moving rapidly under the waves, No time to catch my breath. Up and down, Side to side, Choking on the salty brine. I never saw him coming, My...Read the rest...
Categories: horror,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Frenzied
At the softest push of twilight the fanged immortal are roused for the night… Ice cold in Midsummer heat; Frenzied I long for the chill of my vampire’s skin.. My Love let me fill you a drink of me, under...Read the rest...
Categories: emotions, horror, lust, summer,
Form: Free verse
I abhor the forfeiture of hard fought and won liberty
I abhor the forfeiture of hard fought and won liberty America - This nation will remain the land of the free only so long as it is the home of the brave. courtesy a local Indiana man, one named Elmer...Read the rest...
Categories: horror, america, anger, angst, crush,
Form: Free verse
Witch's House
The kitchen door is ajar Air of fresh bake lingers through it Nobody dares the 'witch's' house...Read the rest...
Categories: gothic, horror, jealousy, solitude,
Form: Haiku
Premium Member Slaughterers of Souls
Slaughterers of anonymous souls Windows displaying tawdry tales of woe Flashing neon lights restraining human kindness ~ ...Read the rest...
Categories: animal, city, horror, humanity,
Form: Free verse

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