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Depression Free Verse Poems

These Depression Free Verse poems are examples of Free Verse poems about Depression. These are the best examples of Free Verse Depression poems written by international poets.


Today Class
Educational systematic analysis idiocy,
cogs to craft humans into mice chasing cheese.
Stand sit raise hand or don’t speak,
and we decide your level of stupidity.

Shake your head...

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Categories: america, change, dark, depression,



I Think Too Much
I never wake up to silence,
It is as if my brain wakes up before I do–
I am already thinking before I can even comprehend it.
I...

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Categories: deep, depression, i am,

Neural Pathways
Sometimes my brain deludes me into believing that I am utterly unlovable. 
Like a dog who has been in the shelter for far too long,...

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Categories: depression, emo, feelings, how

Walks and Dishes
Dishes are piling.
I go on a walk, instead.
It rains, but…
It can’t hurt me, like the scalding water from the sink..
Watching puddles grow.
Worrying.
If I wait long...

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Categories: anxiety, depression,

Crying Shame
It has just come to me,
As I lay here thinking,
How sorry it seems to be
And what a crying shame

That I am left behind,
A fish washed...

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Categories: abuse, anxiety, conflict, depression,



Self-hatred
It is addictive.

Used to it
like the wicked bitter pills
that one swallows to numb the pain,
to block the feelings.

Lethargic yet nerve-wracking;
A tightness in the chest that
never...

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Categories: deep, depression, endurance, feelings,

Premium Member the grand masked ball
We’re in Paris, staying with my Grandmère (Grandmother) for a few days around Mother’s day.
Peter (my bf) is getting to know my Grandmère. They’ve started...

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Categories: boyfriend, fun, grandmother, mothers

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...

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Categories: angst, cry, dance, death,

Healing Replied
(Aniyah Smith's "Healing" had to be replied.)

She said, "Write me a poem instead."
I complied and I wrote of matters of the mind and of the...

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Categories: appreciation, confidence, courage, dark,

Premium Member Phases of falling
Falling for you 
 in Love 
 out of love 
falling into depression 
on my face
 into failure 
hitting rock bottom
 before climbing to the...

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Categories: emotions,

The urge to fall
I want to disappear into oblivion 
Into an abyss so deep, I forget my own name
I wish to fall so far, I no longer know...

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Categories: dark, deep, depression,

Nothing left to give
The world is burning
And there is nothing that I can do to make it stop
I have no money
So I share posts in hopes of someone...

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Categories: anger, angst, corruption, dark,

Dark fight
Demon hauls
Silent Loud screams
Unheard screams
Echoes of a silent dark room
My demons 
Lark 
Inside my dark mind
Trapped in my sanity
Piercing screams
Seeking refuge 
Refuge from my fears
These...

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Categories: dark, death, depression, grave,

is it real?
i was never her favorite.
what if she despises me and she believes 
i’m just another person
who will go away and she’ll never see again,
who she...

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Categories: 8th grade, angst, anxiety,

Elegy of the Night
In the quiet depth of our shared despair,
You vanished into the cool night air.
My soul cried out, in the stillness, for thee,
Yearning for the comfort...

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Categories: anxiety, deep, depression, desire,


Book: Shattered Sighs