Short Ghostly Poems

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


Paper Aeroplanes

transient souls take offs and landings always going to other places paper areoplanes are ghostly things


By Moonlight-Ty

Ghostly
Barely
Swiftly
Softly
Moon's ghostly glow barely shelters night
Owl hunts swiftly through softly dimmed light
Form: Tyburn

Premium Member Aging

Wandering into
Mist-shrouded, cavernous rooms.
Gliding past ghostly
  Mirrors. Choking on Pages
  Of a Faded Existence.
Form: Tanka

Premium Member The Gar

The Gar of very ghostly white
Swam across the sky
Until the fanbrush whisped him away
Blending him into the sky blue-sky
Form:

Sudden Chills

An enormous wind crawled into my window sill
I stand still, layered with chills
An energetic aura shapes my ghostly curtains
Form: Senryu


Premium Member Self Forgiveness

ghostly
chilling nightmares
countless silent regrets 
into stormy misty darkness
vanish



AP: Honorable Mention 2020
Form: Cinquain

Premium Member ghostly something

a glimmer
a glimpse
a gloaming glance

a flash
a fleck
a fleeting flicker

ghost?
goblin?
ghoul?

We may never know
Form: List

Premium Member Fleeing Moon

It's bewitching time moon is fleeing from ghostly couple's interred vows
Written: October 14, 2022
© Sotto Poet  Create an image from this poem.
Form: Haiku

Premium Member wish youd come sooner

ghostly possession
welcomed by writer poet
who was out of words

Ill call you my muse
you are full of ideas
wish youd come sooner
Form: Senryu

The "front" Yard

A siren's call
Echo's of white fenced bliss
Painted with silence it's ghostly pickets
Allured enchantments
The muted past of her remiss
Form:

Premium Member A Fine Gesture

Fragile
Handle with Care --
Now heading to the Moon
May well explode if not there Soon 
Ghostly, unearthly Tune --
Say a Prayer
Motile
Form: Rhyme

Premium Member Missing You


My heart, a cold crypt
Haunted by your ghostly thought 
Your casket empty 
Forgive my dark transgressions
You’re my eternal moonlight
Form: Tanka

A Ghost-Town Church

Beside the last pew, 
a chipped white collection plate.
A ghostly blessing
if you toss a modern coin
through time and the barred front door.
Form: Tanka

Premium Member Ghostly Mirror

Are there ghosts in your mirror I believe mine is haunted In the dark I see their forms Scaring me to death
Russell Sivey
Form: Dodoitsu

TWO EYES

Darkness
Prevails as lights
go off, on a cold night
But for the ghostly gleaming glare -
Black cat

Copyright © 2026 by Crystal David John
Form: Cinquain

That moon shined

How the moon shines the ghost girl, pearl
If the ghostly mirage is under
Today is the day
We came to stay and play
The locomotion sends silver
© Ken Martin  Create an image from this poem.
Form: Limerick

Great Ghostly Pumpkin

Poesy- Raul Moreno's Picture

Witchly warts, indeed
a rare find, carve out the seeds-
                                          Halloween horror!
Form: Haiku

Mind Gets Same Color

mind gets same color
                             when think God peace comes in heart
                                        ghostly brings terror
Form: Haiku

Premium Member Intoxicated

Magical eclipse Gives rise to Celtic Twilight Airbrushed perfection Ghostly Druid casts his spell Protected by Tree of life.
Form: Tanka

Premium Member Native American Totem Maybe

a ghostly figure swooped down into the night
I got my vision goggles out to see what I could
a bird flying? an omen? a native american totem?
knew not.

The Ghost

The ghost tried scaring a man
Who had a well thought out plan
With a ghost buster machine
He grabs the ghost by the spleen
And created a new ghostly fan
© Daisy Ward  Create an image from this poem.
Form: Rhyme

Premium Member In Dark Isolated Places

the rain is pounding on well-hidden mounds of dirt I can imagine the sounds of ghostly cries in dark, isolated places
Form: Tanka

Premium Member Suspense

Ghostly choir of sounds
rattle frames in haunted house
on the edge of cliff!

Date : 28th December 2020

Contest : ‘Hi-Ku(4)’

Sponsor : Brian Strand
Form: Haiku

Premium Member staging the day

as the performance of the day ends
the stage becomes a ghostly theatre
the reflection of night and day
I lay my head to rest
awaiting it's next roll call
day

Premium Member Tombstone Destiny

Ghostly graves haunting the youth As they fear life more than death Too afraid to dig their own Hole, where they shall lie
© White Wolf  Create an image from this poem.
Form: Dodoitsu

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