Short Haunting Poems

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


Premium Member Haunting

~~~~~~ haunting harp melodies leaving maestro’s fingers poignantly echo ancient Celts lingers.
Form: Cinquain


Premium Member Drum Circle

Rhythmic
Beating
Pounding 
Echoing
Resonating
Intoxicating
Transporting
Haunting



AP: Honorable Mention 2020

Premium Member Dream Lovers

The Endymion to my Selene, as he was always so endearing.
Even to this day, in my world of dreams, he is still haunting.
Form: Couplet

Ghost

tired of haunting
through your dreams
I' ll turn myself back
into my flesh
there is no other place
more plenty of you

Celebration of the Moon

I stare about the silver moon 
and sing very haunting tune 
in this world of fear and hate there 
Is so much to celebrate
Form: Verse


Premium Member halloween diner

ghost waiter blimey bondo

a haunting in a condo

rushed in a flurry

and pot of curry

hope sir you like potato.
Form: Limerick

Untitled

Rouse a gust of wind
To blow away the cobwebs in my mind.
I'd beseech it take these haunting memories
If it would be so kind.
Form: Rhyme

Haiku

Forest
                        haunting Flute
                        cowherds,cattle flock.............(Krishna consciousness)
god
Form: Haiku

All Is Well

All is well until you see
The thing that keeps on haunting me
For I have seen the dead remains
Of people who refuse to change.
Form:

Premium Member Aftermath

nothing left
just a shell
a vacant lot
an emptiness
a surreal
haunting
veil of
silence
and
death



AP: 3rd place 2021

Susan Hill's Woman In Black

The woman in black:
Spirit haunting Eel Marsh house,
Detests the living,
Wasted, bitter, died of grief,
Terrifies the villagers.
© Jack Horne  Create an image from this poem.
Form: Tanka

Premium Member ghost

effervescent ghost
mercurial movements
graveyard haunting

seen by only one
she pretended not to see it
blocking the message
Form: Senryu

Premium Member two spooky cemeteries

Illinois haunting
bachelors grove cemetery
white lady sightings

stull cemetery
shes known as gateway to hell
prominent legends
Form: Senryu

Premium Member Haunted Ii

Don’t look into me 
and uncover my sadness 
if you won’t soothe me;
Let the darkness lie inside 
haunting, like the ghost of you.
Form: Tanka

Beautiful Moments, Painful Moments

The hurting verdure 
Has swamped my mind completely 
With lingering past 
Do not know how to endure 
Haunting union in meadows....
Form: Tanka

Premium Member Siren - A

Helpless, hapless soul laid bare and rent asunder by haunting vocals ------------------- (C) John C Michaels, 2014
Form: Haiku

After Midnight - (Englyn)

Scores of white lilies bloom - slicing night air
with a deadly perfume.
Nostrils flicker and consume
scented ghosts haunting the room.
© John Heck  Create an image from this poem.
Form: Quatrain

Premium Member Scars

You can't always inter a scar,
If the affair that induced its being;
Is a clock haunting from afar,
And from its memory you're fleeing.
© Tom Wright  Create an image from this poem.
Form: Lyric

Those Who Wave Banner of War

prisoners of their past
criminals of the present
victims of invincible future

enjoy victory
miss the future
full of haunting ghosts
Form: Triolet

Blackboard

White chalk vandalizing it
Words and numbers haunting it
Pens scribbling to reflect it
Eraser smudging
Knowledge forever encrypting its life

Premium Member Vignette -As Time Goes By

Night club lights dimming low
The pianist  taking his bow
Play it again....Sam -
Across the smoke-filled room
A haunting ,tinkling tune.
Form: Narrative

Premium Member Sad Songs

I have heard you still play them
Those olde, sad songs you loved
Spirited fingertips touch ...
Upon the dusty keys
And haunting melodies

Premium Member haunting melody

a witch and a pet aardvark

broom to an amusement park

with a mic in hand

and dave brubecks band

warble a strange meadowlark.
Form: Limerick

Blue

Blue as the ocean
That reflects the sky above
The beautiful ****
With the suggestion of love
The blues music's haunting sound




10 May 2013
Form: Tanka

Premium Member Cottage country

The loon glides with grace
Its haunting call echoing across the lake
The sun about to set ~



Wordku: 5-7-5 words

AP: 1st place 2025
Form: Other

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