Poetry: Dark Poems 439 Articles

by Todd

THE DARK PRINCE I. He sat alone, so late the hour, Outside, the leaves, flowers and lake, Not one tremble, stir or quake, The stars then began to wane and cower, Beckoning the moon's new awesome power, Lost shadows...read more

by Ngaio Beck

The Book A book that I discovered In some Oriental dune With aged mould was covered 'Neath forgotten Moorish ruin Not one word could I cipher Not a syllable revealed With pictures,dark mosaics With mystic signs ...read more

by Holden Potter

Bang, Bang What a shame Jimmy just blew out his brains The kids at school all called him names Taunting him was just a game No one cared and no one knew They murdered him; and it was true. They stabbed him with...read more

by Alesha Homans

Suicide on the Other Side of the Mirror The secrets she holds. The lies that she's told. You think you've got her all figured out. She's so different than you would of expected. Used to keep her heart so well prote...read more

by L Dunson

His breath whispers upon my skin like the cold winter draft that creeps in from under the door in mid January. His touch rakes across my cheek with a roughness of sand paper against rusty metal. His word...read more

by Will Griffiths

The Tattooed Seraph The angel with a cigarette And the wings of a crow The seraph of all regret Caught in the undertow Of oceans made of lament His halo turns to rust Shoes trapped in cement Heart infused with lu...read more

by Jess Meurant

No more tears No more tears... As I lay here, silenced, While the world spins on by. No more worries, As people gather, Under the dark sky. No more anger, As the rain starts to fall, The water pounds onto me. ...read more

by Jodi Sharp

The weariness of troubles seem to knock at my door The evil thoughts and pictures I see, I abhor If only for a moment I could escape from myself To end this nightmare of a life I've been dealt But as the clock keeps ...read more

by Wayne K.

Watching your eyes move as they flicker, with the light of a glowing candle across the room. Searching, Needing something to fill the void. Hollow and deep, the reflection bounces off an empty shell of a soul that ha...read more

by Cheri Crone

DEATHS ARRAY Silent echos ill intent Icy fingers deaths descent Restless spirits in the night Spreading wings of angels flight Shadows cast their darkness Atop a shallow grave There in its dampened hollow A...read more

by S. C. Mask

A deathly grip by icy hands cold and unforgiving Nails embedded in my soul clutched, hooked, and ripping The fear has faded but the poison burns consuming my vision and mind Weakness feeds off false strength A ...read more

by B.J. Wilson

Tomb Forgotten, silent place Forbidding is my tomb Nary a sound to interrupt My wearisome existence Dust motes slowly turning In golden rays of sun Honeyed light deters the night Alas! The day toils onwa...read more

by Stella Kaye

JUST VISITING Barbed wire trails across the skylights; Steel bars clad the unrelenting doors. Here there are no hidden highlights, Where sniffer dogs parade the floors And keys jangle between guard and cell. ...read more

by Rebecca Lines

In the darkness, Madness creeps. Hidden in the shadows, Searching for the weak. Hear the cries of a madman, Hauntingly scream. Off in the distance, Things aren't quite as they seem. When you get home, Quick sh...read more

by Eoanna Petropoulacos

The hand of the goddess touches the dark with quicksilver, her glittering eye an ice white diamond in the black night. Within the shroud of her implacable embrace awake the shadows, their shapes forever shifting, ...read more

by Rebecca Hunsicker

The faceless girl She haunts your dreams With blackened eyes And muffled screams A broken soul A tortured mind She begs for help With silent cries Her hand stretched out You glimpse the steel That kisses her fles...read more

by Mark E Christensen

Get Out Or Die Inside the house of which you dwell, Here the evil casts it's spell, You try to deny is twisting curse, It grows in leaps and bounds at worst, You should have cared for friends once close, That trie...read more

by OnYx

Dark shadows fall, and reign over me, Who is to say this is a dream? Demons and monsters run through my mind, Who are they to say I'm not divine? Sitting and watching as time passes by, I know it's only a matter of ...read more

by Hannah Leichstein

Shadow Cult Twisting shadows, nightmares alight Playing their games, inspiring fright Who dares to gaze on the dance of the cult? Who sees and does not cringe in revolt? Spellbinding circles, what an eerie sight ...read more

by Christy Bingham

Medusa Born of three The favored child Pretty as the sun. From the sea Love so wild Passion has begun. No one would have thought With sister's faces frightful, Beauty could be brought To a world, dark and s...read more