Long Dark Poems
POEMS AND SHORT STORIES
Evil poetry and morbid poems about death and horror
Long poems (300 words or more), most recently posted poems first.
Casted_Runes
Turpin
Turpin
Poem Published
27th Nov 2021 3:22pm
27th Nov 2021 3:22pm
The Poison Bride
When the famous poetess passed out in her mashed potatoes on Christmas Eve, 1978, her husband rolled his eyes and her two children carried on glumly chewing. It was a semi-regular performance, the passing out act. George wondered how he'd ended up marrying the silly bitch.
Once on a literary tour, they'd been besieged by girls who seemed to regard him with envy for having such unfettered access to their mentally unstable idol. He'd happily switch places with any of them, or the middle-aged sad-sack men who worried at her ankles at luncheons. Two years ago she'd had a brief affair...
Once on a literary tour, they'd been besieged by girls who seemed to regard him with envy for having such unfettered access to their mentally unstable idol. He'd happily switch places with any of them, or the middle-aged sad-sack men who worried at her ankles at luncheons. Two years ago she'd had a brief affair...
#violence
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5 Comments
averageJoe69
Ron Summers
Ron Summers
Poem Published
27th Nov 2021 9:33am
27th Nov 2021 9:33am
Haunted
Haunted
I can't believe it was so cheap, the budget just matched with mine, all these rooms at this price, it's old but it's quite devine
I put the key in the lock, the door seemed heavy and quite stiff, I forced it to open wide, it had that old house whiff
I opened all the windows, I made sure all the curtains were opened wide, but I just had a strange feeling, a gnawing deep inside
It felt like I was not alone, there was a presence of pending doom, no matter where I went it followed me, in each and every room
When I took a shower,...
I can't believe it was so cheap, the budget just matched with mine, all these rooms at this price, it's old but it's quite devine
I put the key in the lock, the door seemed heavy and quite stiff, I forced it to open wide, it had that old house whiff
I opened all the windows, I made sure all the curtains were opened wide, but I just had a strange feeling, a gnawing deep inside
It felt like I was not alone, there was a presence of pending doom, no matter where I went it followed me, in each and every room
When I took a shower,...
#dark
#scary
#fear
37 reads
2 Comments
Casted_Runes
Turpin
Turpin
Poem Published
25th Nov 2021 8:45pm
25th Nov 2021 8:45pm
It was a dark and stormy night
The hotel was more populated than the proprietor, a tall and thin man, had ever seen it.
He said as much to Abigail as he led her to her room. 'The usual ghosthunters?' she asked. The proprietor paused on the landing. Beside him was a small Gothic window looking out on the forest that ran parallel to the hotel.
Opposite the hotel was a bluff that plummeted a hundred feet down to wind and seaswept rocks. 'I don't like to talk about them' he said, referring to the ghosthunters. Abigail left the matter there and followed him to her room.
It was old-fashioned,...
He said as much to Abigail as he led her to her room. 'The usual ghosthunters?' she asked. The proprietor paused on the landing. Beside him was a small Gothic window looking out on the forest that ran parallel to the hotel.
Opposite the hotel was a bluff that plummeted a hundred feet down to wind and seaswept rocks. 'I don't like to talk about them' he said, referring to the ghosthunters. Abigail left the matter there and followed him to her room.
It was old-fashioned,...
#scary
36 reads
5 Comments
CasketSharpe
Poem Published
21st Nov 2021 4:15am
21st Nov 2021 4:15am
Holy f**k
#dark
#sacrifice
49 reads
2 Comments
SweetKittyCat5
Poem Published
20th Nov 2021 9:45pm
20th Nov 2021 9:45pm
Oh Yes.. A Taste Of Magic Beyond The Rainbow
#dark
#erotic
#mythology
#culture
#passion
88 reads
10 Comments
jemac
Poem Published
18th Nov 2021 7:37pm
18th Nov 2021 7:37pm
b. l. a. m. e.
blame
you
for forcing my hand
to grasp the trunk
of nature
in my small hands
while you preached from the pulpit
about your savior
while you looked at me
long and hard
kissed my lips
inappropriately
my mind racing to remove
the memory
tips of the trees
swung in the breeze
mesmerizing dance
leaves swishing
long skirts rustling
on such steady legs
blame
you for pulling
laughter from my lips
into a silent scream
trees swarmed...
you
for forcing my hand
to grasp the trunk
of nature
in my small hands
while you preached from the pulpit
about your savior
while you looked at me
long and hard
kissed my lips
inappropriately
my mind racing to remove
the memory
tips of the trees
swung in the breeze
mesmerizing dance
leaves swishing
long skirts rustling
on such steady legs
blame
you for pulling
laughter from my lips
into a silent scream
trees swarmed...
#LifeAsAWriter
#memories
81 reads
3 Comments
LostViking
Lost Viking
Lost Viking
Poem Published
15th Nov 2021 1:48pm
15th Nov 2021 1:48pm
Breasts Always New
#love
#marriage
#betrayal #murder
#betrayal #murder
55 reads
4 Comments
TrueLover
Meganne
Meganne
Poem Published
14th Nov 2021 5:39am
14th Nov 2021 5:39am
An empath
I am an observer.
I keep on giving.
I watch as the world passes by.
You just go on living your life,
but I see all the hurt.
From the lonely squirrel up in the tree,
looking down in sadness at his friend lifeless in the street.
I looked up and we locked eyes,
some how we had brief moment of understanding.
I too have felt loss
and looked at this big world and suddenly never felt more alone and lost.
Despite all the people and creatures around,
my heart ache and falling tears seemed to be the only sound....
I keep on giving.
I watch as the world passes by.
You just go on living your life,
but I see all the hurt.
From the lonely squirrel up in the tree,
looking down in sadness at his friend lifeless in the street.
I looked up and we locked eyes,
some how we had brief moment of understanding.
I too have felt loss
and looked at this big world and suddenly never felt more alone and lost.
Despite all the people and creatures around,
my heart ache and falling tears seemed to be the only sound....
#honesty
80 reads
5 Comments
personanongrata
Poem Published
13th Nov 2021 6:34pm
13th Nov 2021 6:34pm
Welcome to the show: Muerta
38 circles around the sun…
But the age in me feels older than the sun itself.
Its shine cannot illuminate the darkness of my soul.
The depth of my pain goes deeper than my most suppressed feelings.
My emotional body seems hollower than the emptiness of space.
Fragments of mine abuse every effort of my essence self to survive and thrive, they smile devilishly and satisfied with my inability to take control.
They want me dead. For death is the only way to accept this futility of not being born in another body, of not having another kind of life, another family,...
But the age in me feels older than the sun itself.
Its shine cannot illuminate the darkness of my soul.
The depth of my pain goes deeper than my most suppressed feelings.
My emotional body seems hollower than the emptiness of space.
Fragments of mine abuse every effort of my essence self to survive and thrive, they smile devilishly and satisfied with my inability to take control.
They want me dead. For death is the only way to accept this futility of not being born in another body, of not having another kind of life, another family,...
#identity
#death
#suicide
#shadows
#despair
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TrueLover
Meganne
Meganne
Poem Published
13th Nov 2021 00:13am
13th Nov 2021 00:13am
Never expected love, only hoped for it.
Your mouth is a gun,
and you were the one,
who shot me with words.
Like bullets piercing my heart,
and you watched me fall apart.
You just stood there.
You didn’t care,
about all the hurt you were causing.
I hope that some day the memories come flooding in,
and you continue pausing.
On all the love I gave to you,
and all the shit I helped you through.
When they all said you needed to change,
I was there and accepted you for all your flaws,
and all the things you thought were strange, ...
and you were the one,
who shot me with words.
Like bullets piercing my heart,
and you watched me fall apart.
You just stood there.
You didn’t care,
about all the hurt you were causing.
I hope that some day the memories come flooding in,
and you continue pausing.
On all the love I gave to you,
and all the shit I helped you through.
When they all said you needed to change,
I was there and accepted you for all your flaws,
and all the things you thought were strange, ...
#heartbroken
#hurt
74 reads
1 Comment
Taurek
Poem Published
10th Nov 2021 1:44am
10th Nov 2021 1:44am
Digital Past, Present, & Future
So the cool chick from the
BC texted me today and
said she overheard them
talking about me, saying
they wanted to keep me
onboard. They were
going to figure it
out in the next
2 weeks.
this is just after I talked to
my guy who said I was
looking at a lump sum,
monthly checks until
2023, and cheap
benefits that
would mostly
be paid by
my former
employer
I didn’t know what to do or
if I’d even have the option
so I went out to the tavern,
to seek advice from a ...
BC texted me today and
said she overheard them
talking about me, saying
they wanted to keep me
onboard. They were
going to figure it
out in the next
2 weeks.
this is just after I talked to
my guy who said I was
looking at a lump sum,
monthly checks until
2023, and cheap
benefits that
would mostly
be paid by
my former
employer
I didn’t know what to do or
if I’d even have the option
so I went out to the tavern,
to seek advice from a ...
#corruption
#politics
#money
#alcohol
#pandemic
92 reads
1 Comment
Wanderer_Mahmud
Poem Published
8th Nov 2021 2:24pm
8th Nov 2021 2:24pm
Shinigami
Life is full of weird things,
A little fantastic, fleeting & out of reach.
But to be alive is the worst,
That's what my conflicted mind feels.
Seeing everyone around me,
I feel this lingering sensation,
Cheap friendships & worthless values,
Animals, In the name of human impersonation.
I pretend as though I never noticed,
The reason I lived a life full of repression.
The constant fear of losing someone,
Unintended feeling of unadulterated attention.
Before I knew it,
I was already feeding myself with...
A little fantastic, fleeting & out of reach.
But to be alive is the worst,
That's what my conflicted mind feels.
Seeing everyone around me,
I feel this lingering sensation,
Cheap friendships & worthless values,
Animals, In the name of human impersonation.
I pretend as though I never noticed,
The reason I lived a life full of repression.
The constant fear of losing someone,
Unintended feeling of unadulterated attention.
Before I knew it,
I was already feeding myself with...
#dark
#despair
#suffering #emptiness
#suffering #emptiness
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2 Comments
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