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Angst Poems | Examples of Angst Poetry

Angst Poems - Examples of all types of angst poetry to share and read. This list of new poems is composed of the works of modern poets on PoetrySoup. Read short, long, best, and famous poem examples for angst.
What About Me?
As I sit back and reminisce about my day, I ponder all the happenings that came to play. All the concessions, all the bargaining, all the ways I gave in; My stomach drops as if I've committed an...Read the rest...
Categories: angst, conflict, how i
Form: Rhyme



Premium Member Unscathed
Unscathed I didn’t know I was coming apart at the seams Until i came undone I didn't know my arms were mangled Until they fell off I didn't know I was fragile Until I heard my heart break I...Read the rest...
Categories: angst, emotions, heartbroken, introspection,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member My Hidden Broken Leg
First Part: All I see are my toes! A constant burning and stinging sensation under this weighted plaster cast has got me bedridden. The cast is made out of plaster and is white in color that...Read the rest...
Categories: angst, anxiety, body, endurance,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Troublesome Times
Troublesome Times Written: by Miracle Man 5/17/2024 Many times I’m bothered, by current world events. But I try hard each day, accepting what life presents. I oft believe it’s okay, if my smile remains hidden. Life events, too often, flood my mind unbidden. Many times, when...Read the rest...
Categories: angst, god, jesus, prayer,
Form: Quatrain
Premium Member Too Close To The Edge
I am standing much too close to the edge, the abyss knows my name and is calling to me like a lover making a pledge; darkness I promise is soft and enthralling. My heart is pounding out thoughts in...Read the rest...
Categories: angst,
Form: Sonnet



If only you knew
If only you knew How, like a wallflower, I have wished for you. Too shy to lift my eyes to yours. Your wrists. Your shoulder. I lean on you to steady me, Wobbling above, I wish we were in love. Maybe...Read the rest...
Categories: angst, crush,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Reap This Walt Marie
I walked in to my least favorite words, ‘Last call.’ We didn’t have an alternate plan; What now? So the streets will meet our mayhem; Inflamed; Should have given us your refuge; Reap this! Now we burn what you told us to...Read the rest...
Categories: angst, emotions, feelings,
Form: Other
If only you knew
On the eve of that somber, stormy night, I began to see strings of spring swirling soundlessly along the thread-thin blade of this culinary cutlery. Why does gravity lay on thick in this silver steel accessory? If only you...Read the rest...
Categories: anger, angst, dark, deep,
Form: Free verse
If only you knew
Written for the poetry contest "If only you knew" Sponsor: Silent One This poem is inspired from the song “liability” by Lorde. sat down with my brother the other day asked him if my smile screamed heart ache he...Read the rest...
Categories: angst, cry, dance, death,
Form: Free verse
Clique
Sort of morning that Though dark jubilates in blue, A worn out welcome....Read the rest...
Categories: angst, blue, dark, introspection,
Form: Haiku
Untitled Sonnet
I'm coming as storm shadowing your grief, The atmosphere bursting where you need me; We're in the middle of the push of rain That is streaked between inches of our pain. A whirring draft of the glass on our...Read the rest...
Categories: angst, dark, identity, innocence,
Form: Sonnet
My head is not working
I want to do all so I don't do anything at all. My heart is beating fast and I don't know why. I am not attending at tutoring every monday because I am scared people in my...Read the rest...
Categories: angst,
Form: Free verse
Therapy and Tea
I was 16. I already hated this room. I would wipe my finger across the table with magazines. Expecting dust, but it was clean. I wondered if someone cleaned it at night. At night, I’d be sad. And they’d be cleaning. In...Read the rest...
Categories: angst, anxiety,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Awakened
Awakened "Silence fills all the spaces between the soft flutter of fragile butterfly wings. There one second and then gone, the faint breeze in a syncopated song. As twilight gatherers...Read the rest...
Categories: angst, crazy, depression, hope,
Form: Dramatic Verse
Are We Ghosts
when i reach out I touch aether when i hold you im clutching a cloud when we talk hours float by and when youre gone i still feel you by my side but sometimes when you leave a part of me my incorporeal hands clutch grains of...Read the rest...
Categories: angst, anxiety, girlfriend, longing,
Form: Free verse

Specific Types of Angst Poems

Definition | What is Angst in Poetry?


Book: Shattered Sighs