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Dark Poems | Examples of Dark Poetry

Dark Poems - Examples of all types of dark 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 dark.
Roses haiku
Originally written in Japanese Bara Bara no utsukushi-sa musei no kanashimi ochi ai no kukyo ato Translation : Roses The beauty of roses The silence sadness of falling The emptiness of love ...Read the rest...
Categories: art, dark,
Form: Haiku



It
Refuse IT..... all that suffocating apathy Use IT..... that god given ability Lose IT..... all that cumbersome weight Gain IT..... that beautiful dream you contemplate Cherish IT..... the precious gift of life Evade...Read the rest...
Categories: dark, appreciation, business, confidence, courage,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Ashes to Ashes
Ashes to Ashes Ashes to ashes, dust to dust, here goes my goldfish, with one flush. Ashes to ashes, dust to dust, here goes my gerbil, with one flush. Ashes to ashes, dust to dust, here goes my turtle, with one...Read the rest...
Categories: dark, funeral, humanity, humor,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Lilith
Lilith Veiled in the moon’s ethereal grace, She emerges from her shadowed place. A crown of black roses adorns her brow, Each thorn a reminder of the pain she must avow. In the moonlit meadow’s misty embrace, In the air, night-blooms...Read the rest...
Categories: dark, desire, fantasy, gothic,
Form: Rhyme
Meat is pleasing
My head was in a daze, I'd been down here for days. All in the name of love, you'd scream, so I let it happen to me. My skin is like fondant, you'd peel it...Read the rest...
Categories: anxiety, art, body, dark,
Form: Rhyme



Premium Member Awakened Longing
The scene you render, serene and sublime, Awakens a longing, untouched by time. Symbolic and sweet, your desires so true, My soul aches for the soft touch of you. Perchance an angel from realms above, Sent to restore my faith...Read the rest...
Categories: dark, gothic, hope, hurt,
Form: Rhyme
The Empty Room
The room beckons to me, Its silence speaks to me, There’s a volume in its emptiness, A mystery in its void. The past is revealed, The hidden is shown, I see children in a meadow, Playing in the embrace of twilight. There’s a...Read the rest...
Categories: children, dark, lost, mystery,
Form: Free verse
MONEY
Money! Money! Money!!! Money is the new treasure all humans seeks... Tell them, Money don't grow on trees Money don't come, by just wishing you have to work for it Money gives everything that's purchasable Money in the pocket makes...Read the rest...
Categories: allusion, blessing, dark, deep,
Form: Didactic
THE SUN SEES AND THE MOON WATCHES
The Sun WATCHES at Dawn... Day by day! The Moon SEES in the Dark... Night by night. The Sun WATCHES and The Moon SEES and take note, of all the dealings of all creatures here...Read the rest...
Categories: appreciation, creation, dark, education,
Form: Burlesque
LIFE IN THE TRENCHES
VERSE 1 We were young and strong, We were only kids when we started striving At 8 I left my parents for friends, together we voiced the streets paving ways for a future we know nothing about Endangering...Read the rest...
Categories: dark, africa, allegory, anger, black
Form: Lay
Premium Member AT LAST I WILL BE FREE
I have died a thousands deaths, what would one more hurt? It only seems appropriate, since everyone's so curt. This time will be the final one, with no more of life's pain. It all seems...Read the rest...
Categories: dark, life, longing, pain,
Form: Rhyme
QOUR
Beware of the devil who rents space in your wold. He sits in a pew grinning like a chaleton....Read the rest...
Categories: allusion, dark, devotion,
Form: I do not know?
Premium Member The Evening Dies
Dusk birds chirping before sleep the sun has run away stealing all that I love the clouds float past they have stories too that all become faded memories incompetent fools I wish I were a painter this image I have expressed would take me forever then...Read the rest...
Categories: dark, loneliness, love, sorrow,
Form: Free verse
Caroline
Oh Caroline! Caroline My heart never ceased to beat tears continue to trickle down my cheeks And my lips still quiver, Tremble at the mention of you I reach out to you Hold my hand, please! Don't shut me out again In...Read the rest...
Categories: dark, true love,
Form: Ode
Premium Member manufactured girls
We’re manufactured girls, designed to be beautiful and pointless. Everything we tell you has to be true, we feel we can open up to you. We’re decorated and prepared for sacrifice. We can touch your tender isolation and reinforce your inadequate...Read the rest...
Categories: culture, dark, dream, humor,
Form: Free verse

Specific Types of Dark Poems

Definition | What is Dark in Poetry?


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