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Despair Poems - Poems about Despair
Despair Poems - Examples of all types of poems about despair to share and read. This list of new poems is composed of the works of modern poets of PoetrySoup. Read
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Awakened Longing
... The scene you render, serene and sublime, Awakens a longing, untouched by time. Symbolic and sweet, your desires so true, My soul aches for the soft touch of you. Perchance an angel from re......
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Edward Wraith
Categories:
despair,
dark, gothic, hope, hurt,
Form:
Rhyme
LIFE IN THE TRENCHES
...VERSE 1 We were young and strong, We were only kids when we started striving At 8 I left my parents for friends, together we voiced the streets paving ways for a future we know nothing about Endan......
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Desire Obaroyeregbe Agbeyiwa Ikoyo
Categories:
despair,
africa, allegory, anger, black
Form:
Lay
Gemini Garden, Silent One
... “hope floats from purple petals to ebony buds” - Silent One Surging whirl storm billows in the slate sky, tracks the tormenting course of scare in the air. The stratified placid wind doe......
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Subimal Sinha-Roy
Categories:
despair,
analogy, hope,
Form:
Rhyme
Always On My Mind
... Not a day passes that I do not think of you, when I open my eyes in the morning; when I am going about my daily activities, and when I lay my head upon my pillow. You we......
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Constance La France
Categories:
despair,
lost love,
Form:
Verse
The Empty Room
...Alone the bones of the room bear no weight of responsibility nor does it bare its breast of secrets a broken pane provides a breath with a pang of lavender a wistful inhale inhabits the lungs......
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Susan Ashley
Categories:
despair,
baby, flower, girl, grief,
Form:
Free verse
Y I became a poet NOT FOR CONTEST
...I believe that at first I had a thirst for word As a child I’d create my own style And make up words to popular songs Especially when I wanted to sing along But did not have the vocabulary at ......
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Karen Jones
Categories:
despair,
america, angst, anxiety, appreciation,
Form:
Free verse
PRAISE BE TO GOD WHO PRESERVES US
...June 8 Praises to God Bible Meditations Based on Job 29-31 Key Verse – Job 29:2 Oh that I were as in months past, as in the days when God preserved me. PRAISE BE TO GOD WHO ......
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Beata Agustin
Categories:
despair,
bible, blessing, christian, faith,
Form:
Alliteration
I have come to believe that the entire world is an enigma
...I have come to believe that the entire world is an enigma, An innocuous enigma, turned into a monster by the mad attempt To interpret it as if it had an underlying truth. But perhaps this attempt ......
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Dan Enache
Categories:
despair,
fantasy,
Form:
Free verse
The Empty Room
...Eight minutes in, dream-debut decomposing, marred in mad mud. Barely begun, his brutish block, a tackle that tore through time, trailed by the walk of shame. Elation fades, deflation reigns, ......
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Sean Kibble
Categories:
despair,
angst, loneliness,
Form:
Free verse
The End of Heartbreak
... "Our vision is so limited we can hardly imagine a love that does not show itself in protection from suffering... The love of God did not protect His own Son... He will not necessari......
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Regina Mcintosh
Categories:
despair,
appreciation, christian, faith, inspirational,
Form:
Rhyme
THE EMPTY ROOM
...Chipped and hacked, cold chisels cut and shape my facade, Inflamed old scars unhealed, drunk on lifes past rejections, Eyes glazed majolica brown, deep lines eyes sunken dead, The mirror twisted s......
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Daniel Caplin
Categories:
despair,
fate, fear,
Form:
Rhyme
My Dove, you are always on my mind
...My Dove, she flies above it all, In the face of despair she smiles, Solving all the problems she can. My Dove, she has deep chocolate hair, With fair skin, And eyes like a maze. My Dove, s......
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Grace Ferguson
Categories:
despair,
crush, cute, longing, love,
Form:
Free verse
In a world of flowing shades, my hands stained with waves of ruby
...In a world of flowing shades, my hands stained with waves of ruby, A tapestry of pain and sacrifice, in suffering I drown. Through the shadows of despair, true love emerged, A gift of agony, a dre......
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Dan Enache
Categories:
despair,
fantasy,
Form:
Free verse
The Dance of Jealousy
...I saw them dance the Second Waltz, so lovely, so fine, Oh my Lord, how my jealous heart did despair and pine. On the terrace, in the dark of night, moonbeams shone bright. Curse them, a perfect co......
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Victor Buhagiar
Categories:
despair,
anger, dance, jealousy,
Form:
Sonnet
In the night that swallows distances with a rustle of wings
...In the night that swallows distances with a rustle of wings, I let myself be carried over the vast expanse of whispering dreams, Seeking the holy light in the webs of destiny, On the edge of this ......
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Dan Enache
Categories:
despair,
fantasy,
Form:
Free verse
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