Dark Poems

Dark Poems about Life
Sadness and darkness are natural cousins. Since ancient times, people have worn black to express their grief. Happiness is attracted to sunshine and depression to darkness. There is a certain romance in darkness and melancholy. There is something mysterious about that which is hidden and unknown. Dark poems may seek to romanticize sadness and depression. Other dark poems are simply poems about sad subjects. The poem "The Raven" by Edgar Allan Poe is an example of a delightfully spooky dark poem. There is much room for creativity in this genre.
25 Poems for When the World Seems Dark and Lonely
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1. The Cremation Of Sam McGee
There are strange things done in the midnight sun
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By the men who moil for gold;
The Arctic trails have their secret tales
That would make your blood run cold;Featured Shared StoryI never heard this before, but I absolutely loved it. The story was creepy but cute, the rhyme was sheer perfection, and I didn't want the story to end; it was so exciting. This poet is so...
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2. The Raven
Once upon a midnight dreary, while I pondered, weak and weary,
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Over many a quaint and curious volume of forgotten lore—
While I nodded, nearly napping, suddenly there came a tapping,
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3. Out Out
The buzz-saw snarled and rattled in the yard
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And made dust and dropped stove-length sticks of wood,
Sweet-scented stuff when the breeze drew across it.
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4. The Ongoing Battles With My Demons
I peek through blinds that are tightly drawn,
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Shocked by the glow of the breaking dawn.
I shun the brilliance of another day.
Enslaved and entombed, I stay hidden away.Featured Shared StoryWhen words spurt the imagination into someone else's conceptualized perspective. This poem has a pure element I can relate to. Thank you
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5. Cold Dark Corner
There's a cold dark corner
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in the back of my room,
it speaks to me
and says I'm coming for you.Featured Shared StoryWe all have ways of expressing ourselves. Some chose not to do so at all. I'm glad that I could help find some emotional security during those times. I hope that you found yourself to be a...
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6. Circus In Three Rings
In the circus tent of a hurricane
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designed by a drunken god
my extravagant heart blows up again
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7. A Hero
Three times I had the lust to kill,
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To clutch a throat so young and fair,
And squeeze with all my might until
No breath of being lingered there.Featured Shared StoryVery well written but a very disturbing situation. Powerful and powerfully sad.
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9. A Cry From The Soul
Trapped with nowhere to turn, life is changing beyond my control,
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causing this deep ache in the bottom of my soul.
Someone else is pulling the strings,Featured Shared StoryI hope everything has changed, light has fallen upon your soul and love and happiness knocked on your doorstep. No matter what we go through, always pray. Some things happen for reasons we...
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10. Burn The Beauty
One does not own beauty.
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One creates it.
In their dreams,
They feel they can obtain it.Featured Shared StoryThis is magnificent! Ever word is placed perfectly in place, and it's just so hauntingly beautiful! But beauty is in the eye of the beholder, as cliche as it sounds. But what defines...
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11. Demon's Wrath
Whisper it, don't let them hear.
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Be careful; it's them you should fear.
Follow them, do what they say,
And for your sake, don't run away. -
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13. I Will Wear Masks
In times of trouble and insanity,
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I carry masks to disguise
the pain I carry
secure behind my eyes.Featured Shared StoryThis poem truly spoke to me. It's so accurate on so many levels. Life has been hard, and I've had to grow up fast. I've had to be strong and show no panic so my mother would think everything...
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14. Unseen
you are trapped in a cage..
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no one sees it.. not even you..
you don't know what it's made of..
you don't even know where it came from..Featured Shared StoryI really like this, I was thinking of getting a tattoo for my 18th of a bird cage with the door open but as the bird tries to fly it is still chained down and I thought this poem actually...
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15. The Voices Inside
You're away in your dreams,
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You're at peace far away,
Don't you just think that?
Maybe you could stay,Featured Shared StoryI like the way you write. You write so dark I happen to write the same way. a lot of people don't understand why I write so sad but that's my best writing. So I guess I'm saying keep writing...
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I've been in this dark place for awhile now too. I haven't smiled since he broke my heart two weeks ago. I just wanted to comment by saying thank you for sharing this poem because it let me...
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17. A Night In Sorrow
I watch as the blood trickles down my arm
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I close my eyes and hope for you to come.
I never knew what it was like to be alone
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18. Lies Of Dreams
A wish upon a bed of lies
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A hope that fell like tears from your eyes
Shattered dreams cast aside
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19. Abstruse Psyche
in the midst of nothingness
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searching through darkness
embracing loneliness
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20. Behind These Walls
They watch the world
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with open eyes.
They haunt the world
with an open mind.Featured Shared StoryI’m inspired by this poem because it speaks about how the world is, and I can see that the writer took her time to find just the right words to reflect the title. This section said a lot...
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