Short Dark Poetry Poems

Short Dark Poetry Poems. Below are examples of the most popular short poems about Dark Poetry by PoetrySoup poets. Search short poems about Dark Poetry by length and keyword.


The Angry Lion

A jungle of circumstance…
preying on the silence

Each verse a whip to crack the dark
—and tame the angry lion

(Dreamsleep: November, 2019)


Premium Member Blind

tears carve silent paths, though the sun is but a ghost pressing on his skin. he hears the light in the wind, and weeps for its golden weight.
Form: Tanka

Premium Member Crown of Word Thorns


Your tenebrous soul, masquerading as love, haunts these comments all.

Oh, Lord save my soul, that my eyes, on your words, do not befall!


September 5, 2019


Form: Couplet

Premium Member Teens Caught In Headlights

dusk’s love-locked braces — dad resounds shooting antler off bucks to detach
1/13/2021 Senryu - Humorous, Satirical or Dark Poetry Sponsor: Tania Kitchin
Form: Senryu

Premium Member The Sociables

joke and show pictures conceal what you dare not say . . . social media Jan. 13, 2021 for Tania Kitchin's Senryu - Humorous, Satirical Or Dark Poetry Contest
Form: Senryu


Premium Member Applause

thunderous applause alternate reality... five people have died (senryu) 01/13/2021 Senryu - Humorous, Satirical or Dark Poetry Contest Sponsored by: Tania Kitchin
Form: Senryu

Shannon Inspired

Head full of thoughts of darkness
Everything doesn't matter
Light has gone from the world (mostly)
Please help

My friend Shannon challenged me to write a dark poem, so I did. This is the product.

Premium Member Heart Attack

grieving colors hearts with dark glimpses of mourning harden arteries Senryu - Humorous, Satirical or Dark Poetry Contest Sponsored by: Tania Kitchin January 10, 2021
Form: Senryu

Premium Member I Sit On the Throne

they put the seat down their toilet training's complete~ I’m flushed with success! Senryu - Humorous, Satirical or Dark Poetry Contest Sponsored by Tania Kitchin 01/11/21
Form: Senryu

'delusion In a Dark Alley'

In a dark alley; eating peaches, pears and plums
Awful friendly with hysteria
You should hear his jokes and his stereo
A self-induced recluse whom on a weary whim
Decided it was best he read the clues again
© Cw Buxton  Create an image from this poem.

Premium Member A Big No-No For Civilians

Unacceptable-- implementing climbing skills at the Capitol
January 14, 2021 entered in the Senryu--Humorous, Satirical, or Dark Poetry Contest placed 3rd Sponsor: Tania Kitchin
Form: Senryu

Whispers in the Soil

Moonlight weeps on rusted stone,
Where once I danced, I crawl alone.
Roots with hands now draw me near,
Feeding on my deepest fear.

My shadow speaks in shattered rhyme.
A ghost who bleeds through endless time.
Form: Lyric

Premium Member A Lose Lose Situation

a throne dilemma
just one sheet left on the roll ~
do i use both sides



Written on 13th January 2021.

Senryu - Humorous, Satirical or Dark Poetry Contest

Sponsored By Tania Kitchin.

5/7/5/
Form: Senryu

Premium Member A Fall From Grace

fortune is reversed
hog-tied and thrown off a bridge ~
once was riding high



Submitted for...
Senryu - Humorous, Satirical or Dark Poetry Contest
Sponsored by Tania Kitchin 
Date written: 01/10/2021
Form: Senryu

Premium Member Pain of Parting

Pain of parting






As parting slivers my heart
and leaves my soul bleeding,
Memories of togetherness
turn into thorns of prickly longing.





Written Dec 28th, 2015
For "deep and dark" poetry contest 
Sponsor- Broken Wings

Awarded HM
Form: Verse

Action and Reaction

Darkness sits in his mind,
The night is cloaked in his chamber,
Tempest rages in his closet,
He searches for a way through,
He fights and stifles,
They push back and trouble sore,
It's an unending fight,
He anticipates an end.




August 2, 2022.

Might Exist

3/19/15

I admit
Something might exist
Maybe in some type of rift
Where no light has hit
Despite the type of risk
Could there be righteousness?
Or would it lead to a crisis swift?
Is there lifelessness
Inside this mist
Or a place with the nicest gifts
And wisest wits
Form: Rhyme

His Wisdom

speak less; listen more
his eyes roll out; ears droop down ~ 
how wise! just mm-hmm


5/7/5: Ref. howmanysyllables.com


Hi-Ku(7) place promise Poetry Contest
Contest sponsor: Brian Strand 


Jan. 12, 2021
Senryu - Humorous, Satirical or Dark Poetry Contest
Tania Kitchin
Form: Senryu

Matters To Me

The way your gentle hands create beautiful pictures
The way your brain creates dark poetry
The way you get excited about the simple things
It all matters to me

The way you laugh at my stupid humor
The way you make sure I'm not forgotten
The way you open up to me and I open up to you
It all matters to me
Form: Verse

Premium Member Twisted Lies

Liars of the twisted tongue,
thine mouths are like guiled fire
from the flesh of darkness, you were born
from the darkness, you sleep and reign
you tempt man in may ways and trials
vermin spewing flesh eating bile of the mind
take back you idealistic ramblings of temptations
effective immediately DELETED!

Nov 5,2018

Premium Member Dilemma

gripped by two options mind likes A, while heart loves B… God-led, faith* grabs best
*Hebrews 11:1 Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen. January 14, 2021 3rd place, "Senryu - Humorous, Satirical or Dark" Poetry Contest Sponsored by Tania Kitchin; judged on 1/14/2021.
Form: Senryu

Dark State

This state goes rogue
against us, humanity
all money is community priority
our life has been agony

irresponsibility deterioriating the country
no foreign or domestic policy anymore
sweep them away and we are winning
yet it is not that simple

my family is in nation hystery
heed our voice in the brink of despair
your sensitivity is real victory

Premium Member - Acute Diarrhea -

let's share what we have

                                       some people have no filter ~

                                     common sense ~ or shame










11/01/2021
Sun :) - A-L Andresen :)
Copyright © All Rights Reserved

Senryu - Humorous, Satirical or Dark Poetry Contest
Sponsored by: Tania Kitchin
2nd place in the contest
Form: Senryu

Premium Member Worst Suspicions Confirmed

Damning report points
finger red-faced rogues flee now
the witch-hunt begins!


NB This is a dark wry tale with hints of humour and irony about reports in general.
Perhaps a story about fraud or financial oversight.

Date created and submitted : January 13 th 2021

       Contest : Senyru - Humorous Satirical or Dark Poetry 

       Sponsor : Tania Kitchin
Form: Senryu

Nomenclature

Gordon's gin
is not Scottish
but British
Canadian whisky
is better than nothing,
if all you have is nothing.

The name 'Gordon'
means -
'Large fort, big hill'.

This has drove many a Gordon
to drink, and dark poetry.

Pink Gin is for slim men
who brunch until lunch.

The Scots like to sword dance
in their shorty kilts
that's what too much whisky
can make you do.

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