The Last Rose 🥀
A black rose rests against my skin,
With bitter secrets locked within.
Yet through its thorns, beyond despair,
Freedom blooms, fierce and rare.
#BlackRose #DarkPoetry #GothicAesthetic #FreedomAndStrength #NewGirlDark

Eternity 🌙
The moon draws circles, cold and clear,
While stars gaze into the void so near.
I fear no shadows that come and go,
My soul's a fire no darkness can overthrow.
#Eternity #DarkPoetry #MoonlightMagic #EternalFlame #NewGirlDark

The Broken Mirror 🪞
The shattered mirror reflects the past,
A thousand faces, none meant to last.
I gather my pieces, reclaim my voice,
And bury the pain by my own choice.
#BrokenMirror #DarkPoetry #HealingJourney #RisingFromAshes #NewGirlDark

Queen of Ashes 🖤
Dressed in black, I walk unafraid,
Leaving old beliefs to fade.
My gothic heart owes no apology,
I rule my life, my own destiny.
#QueenOfAshes #DarkPoetry #GothicQueen #FearlessWoman #NewGirlDark

Garden of Thorns 🥀
Beneath the moon, where sorrows bloom,
A hidden flower defies the gloom.
The mist whispers secrets of yesterday,
Yet no dark shadow can block my way.
#DarkPoetry #GothicVibes #MoonlightPoetry #InnerStrength #NewGirlDark

The Night's Guest 🕯️
The night observes me through the glass,
With shadowy eyes as the dark hours pass.
Though winter demands my voice to fall,
My darkened spirit still outshines it all.
#DarkPoetry #GothicPoetry #DarkAesthetic #ShadowAndLight #NewGirlDark

I Owe You Nothing
I gave you trust, you gave me lies,
then called me broken in disguise.
I rose from ruins, dressed in black,
and left your judgment in the past.
#DarkPoetry #ReclaimYourPower #GothicWoman #NewGirlDark

I rose from the night, now I own my fright.
#DarkPoetry #HalloweenNight #InnerStrength #GothicSoul #DarkAesthetic

Horror poetry edition of the #inktober2026 challenge

Days 8 & 9

A #haiku sequence and a #folklore horror

Share your thoughts :)

#darkpoetry #halloween #writingcommunity #cosmichorror
#poetrycommunity #horrorsky #amwritinghorror #spookyszn

Turgescent Twilight by Shikhandin
https://books2read.com/twilight-shikhandin

Where twilight deepens, the human soul unravels—revealing beauty, terror, and truth in equal measure.

#DARKPOETRY #SPECULATIVEPOETRY #MYTHICPOETRY #poetrycommunity #readingcommunity #bookbloggers #bookblast #booksky 🌎📚💙

Day 7 of 24 - Isdareth the Grieving Mirror — Formless and fluid, she reflected the sorrow of everyone who looked at her. She absorbed too much pain and fractured. Her shards scatter now through the dreams of the dying.
#TheAngelSuicides #FallenAngels #DarkPoetry

A Woman Written in Ink
Your tattoos are constellations,
your hands, celestial maps.
I would lose myself willingly
between the lines of your body
and the universe beneath your fingertips.
#TattooedMuse #CosmicDesire #DarkPoetry #SensualArt #EroticWriting

Horror poetry edition of the #inktober2026 challenge

Day 7: Panic 🛰️

#darkpoetry #halloween #writingcommunity #cosmichorror
#poetrycommunity #horrorsky #amwritinghorror #spookyszn

🎃🖤 HALLOWEEN STICKER SEASON 🕷️🌙

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🕸️ Follow, join the darkness, and embrace the shadows! 🖤

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#DarkPoetry #HalloweenStickers #SpookySeason

Dark poetry
The night sewed shut my lips,
the shadows wrote for me;
I poured my fears into ink,
and silence spoke at last.
#DarkPoetry #GothicPoetry #DarkWriting #PoetryOfTheNight #NewGirlDark

Re-sharing a dark poem (suppose you might call it a dark sonnet) I rewrote and reworked earlier this year — "The Succubus (2026)".
The original written c. 2011 was clunky; this version flows much better.
#poem #poetry #darkpoem #darkpoetry #succubus

Day 6 of 24 - Zephaniel the Pale Flame — Once the spark at the heart of divine wrath, he dimmed with every unpunished injustice. When he extinguished himself, the Eternal Fire flickered, and God blinked.
#TheAngelSuicides #FallenAngels #DarkPoetry

Behind every shadow, a traitor seems to hide.
#DarkPoetry #Suspicion #DarkThoughts #PsychologicalPoetry #Fear

Re-sharing my dark poem "Corpse-Candles", published Jun 2008 in NITEBLADE, Sep 2008 in LOST INNOCENCE: A NITEBLADE ANTHOLOGY, Oct 2010 in DEADMAN'S TOME, and Aug 2023 in COSMIC JOURNEYS AND GOTHIC VISIONS.
#poem #poetry #darkpoem #darkpoetry
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The mirror blinks once,
I look away for a breath,
my reflection smiles.
#DarkHaiku #PsychologicalHorror #DarkPoetry #Horror #Macabre