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Scary Poems | Examples of Scary Poetry

Scary Poems - Examples of all types of scary 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 scary.
Premium Member Six More Minutes
If they knew what I was they would have never leave their son in my care He is fifteen and thinks he is getting lucky My fangs come out at midnight six more minutes kid gives me a wink...Read the rest...
Categories: scary,
Form: Free verse



Premium Member PrEdIcAtEd on PeRcOcEt
PrEdIcAtEd on PeRcOcEt predicated on percocet, or jacked up. that man that appears, familiar in a painting, when i land chin up. i see, clearly, a countenance of sin, with his back of head positioned on neck. hallucinating, dreaming, it’s horrible, i’m...Read the rest...
Categories: angst, art, drug, scary,
Form: Free verse
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: scary, child, death, horror, mother
Form: Other
Sulu Kampilan
Sulu Kampilan Can chop two or three heads clean One power spleen....Read the rest...
Categories: creation, culture, scary, truth,
Form: Haiku
Premium Member Escape
They were bigger than me! Couldn't get free. Circled around, Until I fell on the ground! ...Read the rest...
Categories: scary, 2nd grade, 3rd grade,
Form: Rhyme



Scars
Voices rush towards me all at once, Which I've been contemplating about since months. It's the frozen heart of mine, Which stops the other half of me from being kind. Personality clashes at its peak, There's no place left...Read the rest...
Categories: scary, absence, anxiety, dark, depression,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member nervousness
feeling of uneasiness before taking the big plunge...Read the rest...
Categories: scary,
Form: Monoku
Premium Member Death To America
Death To America Miracle Man 4/19/2024 They protest with signs and take to the street, Bent on making trouble and spreading deceit. Give America death, is on every breath, too many people filled with hate and conceit. ...Read the rest...
Categories: scary, america, change, emotions, evil,
Form: Limerick
Premium Member my worst nightmare
He sits in the attic all day, trimming his fur A creature without a name or a country Climbs into my closet an hour before bedtime I sense him, but cannot see him For he can be invisible when...Read the rest...
Categories: scary,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Tale Of The Demon's Dance
aye! ye sing nay dance! demanded o' the demon in brighten'd tar but wizen'd burr gave sudden slip did gape ‘n gash ‘pon cracken'd jar fell he into a midden pit so ran the blood ‘n blood ...Read the rest...
Categories: scary, dance, dark, evil, fantasy,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Beyond The Grave Of Beni Blue
Beyond the grave of Beni Blue was an aging twisting branching Yew Young Beni liked to play and hide as he did the day he died In a forgotten graveyard corner it grew hiding a doorway known by few The thick...Read the rest...
Categories: adventure, dark, fantasy, scary,
Form: Narrative
Premium Member She's Looking For Her Grave
there’s a lady dressed in rags and robes she’s slowly skulking by the stones of names and dates and faded mark as mist and crows guide through the dark she’s looking for her grave a single bell helps set her...Read the rest...
Categories: dark, death, grave, scary,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Haunting
I looked up and saw you I entered the cabin but knew you were there. I sat at the table and through the window saw your reflection. You moved ever closer above. The sun was shining. Blue sky...Read the rest...
Categories: scary, absence, abuse, dark, death,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member a pied piper on steroids
Threats of blood baths easily roil Cult members whose sentiments boil Devotees tribal Shall get D.T.’s bible Soiled with drizzles of snake oil...Read the rest...
Categories: scary, america, anger, christian, innocence,
Form: Limerick
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: scary, dark, fear, horror, night,
Form: Free verse

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