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 Allen Poe is an example of a delightfully spooky dark poem. There is much room for creativity in this genre.

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The Wicked Path Of Destiny/ The Death Of Gods Pets- Mankind
- By Joseph
- Published: September 2008
I walk the face of earth once more,
a mindless puppet, my strings are torn.
the creaky bones, the bad eyesight,
yet the chance to turn wrong to right....

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Cold Dark Corner
- By Blake Duffy
- Published: March 2009
There's a cold dark corner
in the back of my room,
it speaks to me
and says I'm coming for you....

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I Will Wear Masks
- By Joe Dirt
- Published: May 2011
In times of trouble and insanity
I carry masks to disguise
the pain I carry
secure behind my eyes...

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Burn The Beauty
- By Elizabeth McCrorie
- Published: July 2008
Poem About Beauty

One does not own beauty,
One creates it.
In their dreams
They feel they can obtain it.

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Darkness' Grasp
- By Leah Sarah-May Wells
- Published: June 2008
Attempted Suicide

I'm swimming all alone in a pool of darkness
and I feel like darkness is slowly pulling me under
I yell for help but no one is there to hear it
I begin to see the water at eye level...

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Just A Small Cut
- By Kassie
- Published: November 2007
Poem About Cutting Wrists

Crimson red fills the bowl and I think I'm going to be sick.
With every thing spinning so fast I cannot breath.
Walls closing in and everything fades.
Fashes of light come by, one, by one. ...

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Losing Myself
- By Remnant
- Published: April 2009
My eyes close
I'm holding onto
my memories
and hatred....

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Unseen
- By 'abstruse PSYCHE
- Published: November 2007
Confused With What's Happening

you are trapped in a cage..
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.. ...

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Depression Is Never Ending
- By Sarah Boston
- Published: February 2008
Wanting Depression To Go Away

Depression is here every day,
And it never goes away.
Go away! I yell into the dark,
As if someone is there.

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Death
- By Evan
- Published: November 2012
Inside I'm Full Of Death

Time stops
And stands still
Each day
Seems like a year...

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