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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 A Wider Beam
Night after night, images flicker on the tube Horrific images of ‘the enemy’ dying Dying ‘Agent-Orange’ deaths ...Read the rest...
Categories: death, history, horror, technology,
Form: Rhyme



Alligator Red Eyes
alligator eyes in a Florida river so creepy red eyes...Read the rest...
Categories: horror,
Form: Haiku
Premium Member Humanity Is No More
Atomic bombs are dropped on babies Humanity is thrown out of the door Humanity is dead. Humanity is no more There are too many aggressive and demoniac atrocities Wars are heartless, bestial, perilous, satanic and deadly The hypocrisy is clearly...Read the rest...
Categories: bullying, discrimination, fate, horror,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Ghost Stories: COMPLETED
[Fiction Out West] A mining town, among others, had been shut down the longest. Long before the mines closed, and all the towns followed. As the story goes; one night, a 10-year-old boy walks into a...Read the rest...
Categories: child, death, horror, mother
Form: Other
Premium Member Basket Case
A waste paper basket, a trash can, a bin Whatever you call it, some things won’t stay in The things that you write Long into the night May make, when discarded… one hell of a din * Don’t write by moonlight...Read the rest...
Categories: horror, writing,
Form: Limerick



Last Moment Of Pompeii
Sweet moment recall Laughter behind porticos During Pompeii's fall....Read the rest...
Categories: history, horror, people, places,
Form: Haiku
Premium Member Resonance An American Sonnet
The resonance of the old vampire’s voice holds the soul of the French Quarter; Thick as a rich pot of red beans and rice just waiting to be devoured; You can hear the succulent sound of jazz in...Read the rest...
Categories: dark, emotions, feelings, horror,
Form: Sonnet
Premium Member House by The Railroad, 1925 by Edward Hopper 1301
"Maybe I am not very human - what I wanted to do was to paint sunlight on the side of a house. There is a sort of elation about sunlight on the upper part of...Read the rest...
Categories: horror,
Form: Ekphrasis
Premium Member The Witching Hour
Death, you're freed; With one taste define nightlife; Now I will take you, drip for me as I taste and then erase your anguish; Give yourself to the Witching hour; Strawberries decadent in moonlight, it was not the apple that Eve...Read the rest...
Categories: horror, creation, dark, death, emotions,
Form: Etheree
Premium Member The Night Ghost Of Bed
I felt the weight on the covers press down under nothing but darkness with nothing but something beside me ...Read the rest...
Categories: dark, fear, horror, night,
Form: Free verse
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Categories: anti bullying, crazy, horror,
Form: Dramatic Verse
Premium Member The Hypocrite
The Hypocrite The Doubter hides behind religious guise, Mistakes the raven for the pigeon in darkened skies. His words beguile, twisting my skeletal fancy into a deceitful smile, Espousing, “Darkness must be exposed by light”, all the while. Release the...Read the rest...
Categories: horror, anti bullying, bullying, christian,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Shattered Desires
There was this guy, see, a high-flyer type, made a bit of a name for himself. He moved in like a year before, you know, started off slow. He ended up going crazy for the...Read the rest...
Categories: dark, evil, horror, imagery,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Revenge is Sweet
The bullying and bruising Went on and on for years, 'Til the time had come They'd atone for her tears Aimed at those people The cruel and the two-faced, For revenge is sweet ... And she wanted a taste If only they'd...Read the rest...
Categories: horror, anti bullying, bullying, change,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Eerily Goes Night
who then rings thy solitary bell whose voice cuts through the mist and lowly darkness winter’s eve there far off screaming fox when unseen eyes then look upon from trees that hide in cloak and footsteps cast a moments chill in nights a’slashing throat ...Read the rest...
Categories: dark, fear, halloween, horror,
Form: Rhyme

Specific Types of Horror Poems

Definition | What is Horror in Poetry?


Book: Shattered Sighs