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Violence Poems | Examples of Violence Poetry

Violence Poems - Examples of all types of violence 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 violence.
Springtime on the Donets
Clownish yaw engines Spin us about The blue sphere we inhabit Its future in doubt Our cumulus cloud shroud Conceals the pain Of tanks, missiles and pogroms And unburied slain...Read the rest...
Categories: space, violence, war,
Form: Rhyme



this isn't me
What am I doing? This Isn't me. I'm watching myself Commit the unthinkable in The name of duty and I hate it. Everyone is heralding me A hero When I only feel like the villain Who actually wins. This isn't Me. When...Read the rest...
Categories: corruption, political, repetition, violence,
Form: Free verse
What Am I?
It is a Flame so brilliant I dare not grow close But still, I fear it may Burn me So I Smother it. I throw upon it layers of hatred, isolation, vitriolic disgust. I Curse its name...Read the rest...
Categories: violence, corruption, hate, humanity, riddle,
Form: Free verse
TOO CLOSE TO THE EDGE
TOO CLOSE TO THE EDGE Whether one is in a state of fury Or even lost in sad desperation Never to antagonise the jury When they review all the information And they approach their deliberation The verdict can be either good...Read the rest...
Categories: anger, dark, violence,
Form: Dizain
Tears in Gaza
The wives wail for their fallen husbands' embrace, The children's tears fall on their mothers' lifeless face, Men beg for mercy from soldiers in the fray, I weep, powerless to save them from this dismay. Displaced and far from...Read the rest...
Categories: violence, faith, freedom, grief, humanity,
Form: Rhyme



Rose Red Pyre Black Petals
Visceral incantation from onyx velvet lips, moan, groan, to twist my bits as a witch. Salem pyre ancient oak standing the edifice, wrist shackled chains gather round vile cultist. Breast bang dolorous dirge ignition of limbs, Rictus permeated rancor give...Read the rest...
Categories: violence, dark, death, horror, murder,
Form: Free verse
Journey Of A Heroine
My journey of blood Sword of viscera and steel ...Read the rest...
Categories: violence, dark, gothic, horror, metaphor,
Form: Haiku
The Weight of Time
I feel the weight of time Pressing down on my neck I thought the weight of stress would dissipate with time but the frosting no longer tastes better than the cake. How could the snow no longer look the same? Santa nothing but...Read the rest...
Categories: violence, betrayal, dark, death, fear,
Form: Prose
Sensitive Behavior
Last night together baby, pains my core. One two three four, one two three four. La la la la la, la life is gonna stop. La la la la la, la husk is gonna rot. Festering in my basement,...Read the rest...
Categories: violence, dark, death, gothic, sensual,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Here We Go Again
What is going to take our legislators to put in safe gun laws The ones we have on the books in most states are so deeply flawed Everyone should have the rights to defend their homes But assult...Read the rest...
Categories: life, violence,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member The Predator
Denying reality not to feel guilty, doesn't mean being free of misery; he sits alone, he grumbles, he detests the pathetic glances they flash at him; he fills his tall glass to the brim... and spit out all the...Read the rest...
Categories: violence, addiction, anger, death, emotions,
Form: Lyric
Premium Member The Predator
Denying reality not to feel guilty, doesn't mean being free of misery; he sits alone and grumbles, he detests the pathetic glances they flash at him! He fills his tall glass to the brim... and spitss out all the untold...Read the rest...
Categories: violence, addiction, anger, death, emotions,
Form: Lyric
As My Body Rots
As I succumb to the wounds you've inflicted gasping for air, for life, eyes bloodshot, cheeks wet, Will you love me then? My cold, bloodied body will lay lifeless in your bed, my crimson seeping into the sheets. What will you...Read the rest...
Categories: violence, conflict, dark, heartbreak, love,
Form: Free verse
Another Midnight Massacre
All through wee hours of the morning Laminga wail their missing persons, mourning And the track road leading into Amurum forest Stained with droplets of blood down the terraced Searching into sunrise by Lafon river parts headless corpses, dissected body...Read the rest...
Categories: violence, war,
Form: Epic
Value for Life
When law and order broke down on the street, And people run riotous, with no retreat, Looting and destroying city's core, Youth, in their recklessness, yearn for war. But only those who've witnessed war's cruel face, Can truly cherish peace...Read the rest...
Categories: death, scary, violence,
Form: Rhyme

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