Short Dark Poems
POEMS AND SHORT STORIES
Evil poetry and morbid poems about death and horror
Short poems (30 words or less), most recently posted poems first.
She Had Other Ideas In Mind
After they drove to the spot
of their picnic, Harry
had planned on shoving
his
wife
Rose
off the cliff. But she
had other ideas
in mind for her own hubby.
of their picnic, Harry
had planned on shoving
his
wife
Rose
off the cliff. But she
had other ideas
in mind for her own hubby.
#dark
#murder
#death
#fiction
#tragedy
56 reads
4 Comments
Mood Swings
It is though a dark curtain
has been drawn across my mind
filtering out the will to live
This heavy fog seems to soak
through my bones
like an unwanted guest
has been drawn across my mind
filtering out the will to live
This heavy fog seems to soak
through my bones
like an unwanted guest
#depression
#dark
#apathy
65 reads
6 Comments
The great work ethic.
Frosted flakes
In glass.
In glass.
#aging
40 reads
0 Comments
One More Operation Desert Storm Casualty
Lisa began to
cry after she received news
that Jeff was killed in Iraq.
cry after she received news
that Jeff was killed in Iraq.
#dark
#war
#death
#fiction
#tragedy
65 reads
0 Comments
Suicide Attempt On The Beach
After watching the
sunset, poor sad Holly stripped
and walked into the water.
sunset, poor sad Holly stripped
and walked into the water.
#suicide
#beach
#fiction
#suffering
#sensual
130 reads
0 Comments
A Result Of Last Night's Rape
Jessica was found
crying in the shower as
a result of last night's rape.
crying in the shower as
a result of last night's rape.
#home
#fiction
#suffering
#emotional
#sensual
60 reads
0 Comments
Honest, Guys! It Was An Accident!
After we found Dad
shot in a near vacant lot,
he reached up to touch my hand.
And after he died,
young Cody Maguire walked up
with his grandfather's shotgun.
shot in a near vacant lot,
he reached up to touch my hand.
And after he died,
young Cody Maguire walked up
with his grandfather's shotgun.
#father
#murder
#fiction
#dialogue
#tragedy
57 reads
0 Comments
Some Guy That She Had Only Met
One day, Sharon was
smiling and posing for some
guy that she had only met.
The next, her corpse was
found on the beach beaten and
sexually violated.
smiling and posing for some
guy that she had only met.
The next, her corpse was
found on the beach beaten and
sexually violated.
#murder
#beach
#fiction
#tragedy
#sensual
102 reads
2 Comments
The traut.
He uses
Fings in his farm
To catch
The fish
With out water
The man with water balloons.
Fings in his farm
To catch
The fish
With out water
The man with water balloons.
#Easter
#holiday
#MothersDay
67 reads
0 Comments
~ haiku: seventeen ~
croaks from greenly marsh
symphony of rain-bathed grass
then𐋣a krait slithers
symphony of rain-bathed grass
then𐋣a krait slithers
#dark
#rain
#summer
#nature
#haiku
32 reads
0 Comments
Moo
No boundaries
Vaguely distracted
Wandering
like a lost cow
nearing a cliff
Vaguely distracted
Wandering
like a lost cow
nearing a cliff
#depression
#animals
#minimalist #choices
#minimalist #choices
159 reads
11 Comments
Not Available (anywhere else)
Be steeped
in my blood
Drink its
nutrients
Fill up
your tank
My antibodies
Will fight
for you
in my blood
Drink its
nutrients
Fill up
your tank
My antibodies
Will fight
for you
#love
#dark
#minimalist
184 reads
5 Comments
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