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Surreal Poems | Examples of Surreal Poetry

Surreal Poems - Examples of all types of surreal 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 surreal.
Van Gogh's Joy
Sunbaked brick, a rosy hue, Straw roof, a tangled, golden nest, Big blue blanket, sky so high. Two dark shapes, a silent pause, Shadows stretch on dusty ground, Blooms like scattered bits of joy. Gray mill wheel, worn and old, Stream whispers,...Read the rest...
Categories: blue, sunshine, surreal,
Form: Imagism



Lost Track of a Ginger Snap
Get in your room now,” as daddy fashioned a gun. Mom grabbed me and her facial expression was undone, something must be wrong, I ask she looked at me and welts started to run, down we hunkered under the...Read the rest...
Categories: surreal, animal, dark, death, dog,
Form: Narrative
Premium Member Mountain erring is human - Kafkaesque personification of a mountain
Mountainous - there's a joke in there somewhere Funny how I just appeared one day Or at least that's how it feels I've observed others rise and fall Whilst I stay put There's more to me, weight, heaviness I hold...Read the rest...
Categories: surreal,
Form: Personification
Premium Member trial and error
triple hating triple agents trip over tripping tirades (on a) ...Read the rest...
Categories: humorous, society, surreal, word
Form: Alliteration
Premium Member I See in Violet
May's tempest doth rumble, I think she took my bait, her violet respire, reciprocates my elate, while the raindrops weave, in hallucinations, that speak to my fate. ...Read the rest...
Categories: surreal, deep, fate, magic, nature,
Form: Lyric



Premium Member FANTASTIC BEASTS - Collab with Tom Woody, spoken by Sam Scott and Sara A
A big shoutout and thank you to Tom Woody for being an amazing collaborator on this epic project. Also, a huge thank you to Sam Scott and Sara A for your stellar narration that truly...Read the rest...
Categories: surreal, adventure, fantasy, fate, natural
Form: Epic
Alphabet Soup a Riddle
Without further interruption a game, riddle. Abyssal void manifests a skeleton and a cloak, he has a sickle but is no reaper, plays cards instead. Dealt in a kraken with all sevens, four on the board but the dice are...Read the rest...
Categories: surreal, dark, deep, extended metaphor,
Form: Free verse
Boogeyman
Feet patter through the leaves of the oak wood Her breaths frantic blond hair bent back Stops swivels and pivots seeing all she could Body sways and she prays for air to catch Then she see it lurch,...Read the rest...
Categories: surreal, dark, evil, gothic, horror,
Form: Rhyme
Artist of Time
Burst of scarlet splash of ember Wingspan opens and the colors darken Flap as feathers fly into the air To drift as snow with little care Images flow with new scenes Baby blue azure never change Flock the swarm a vortex Flash...Read the rest...
Categories: surreal, dark, deep, extended metaphor,
Form: Free verse
Family Reunion
Breast beat for her I doubt you fathom crude Understand thus gravitas of thy actions true This must entrust you knot the thread bear Bang thy drum roll knees follow you we share Needless pain inflicted as I stroked...Read the rest...
Categories: surreal, crazy, dark, daughter, death,
Form: Prose
Premium Member - NOISELESSISTA -
a minmalistic purposeless p!ay in a wake-up call chaos affirmed in the ...Read the rest...
Categories: surreal, allusion, imagination, introspection, music,
Form: Didactic
Premium Member recycled reflections
crawling words slithering waiting for something questions without answers in the zone of twilight rerror Oh No! erring inhumanly gaslighting becoming gas volcanic eruption savage rays in the breezy trees insanely iconic epic hunt beyond reason a dangerous game a masked requiem for a virulent era a robotic rumination fleeing... raging rubble deliverance...? ...Read the rest...
Categories: dark, society, surreal,
Form: Free verse
Sensitive Behavior
Last night together baby, pains my core. One two three four, one two three four. La la la la la, la life is gonna stop. La la la la la, la husk is gonna rot. Festering in my basement,...Read the rest...
Categories: surreal, body, dark, death, deep,
Form: Free verse
Calls My Name
The orb calls to me, beckons breast beat, blood in veins permeates, face red with heat, as I asphyxiate, am dominated, reach climax. Each time lustful, more powerful, sensual. I crave this fix, my only reason to exist, addicted to...Read the rest...
Categories: surreal, addiction, cute love, dark,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Captive
held captive his fleshy lips quiver in an oasis of rusted ...Read the rest...
Categories: surreal, water,
Form: Free verse

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