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Anxiety Poems | Examples of Anxiety Poetry

Anxiety Poems - Examples of all types of anxiety 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 anxiety.
shipwreck
Shipwrecked  He was Japanese, smiled politely  and took his shoes off I smiled also, it was the right thing for us to do,  shipwrecked sat in a rubber raft of the type leaving Tripoli  Libya, where we murdered Gaddafi and made a mess in...Read the rest...
Categories: anxiety, 8th grade, absence, angst,
Form: Blank verse



Premium Member Why Did I Become a Poet
I don't want to inflict myself on you It would an awful thing for me to do But these emotions fill me to the brim I can no longer keep this anguish in Then written down it's not so...Read the rest...
Categories: anxiety,
Form: Rhyme
Young One
In my mind There lives a child Scared, trembling Wounds still bleeding Young one, I did not wish this fate on you But the world is cruel There is no safe place to hide They will always find you Young one, do not...Read the rest...
Categories: abuse, anxiety, child abuse,
Form: Free verse
To you, I'm sorry
To her, I hope you don't take it to hard My intentions were harmless Me, I'll wait out the pain...Read the rest...
Categories: anxiety, depression, for her,
Form: Kimo
Inhale Exhale
It's hard to speak when my mind uses experience and thoughts as a whip The sleepless nights I've created for myself and others I can't omit I can close my eyes to imagine grassy fields but I...Read the rest...
Categories: anxiety, dark, depression, mental
Form: Couplet



Women’s rights
My childhood was meant for innocent adventures, Climbing trees and chasing dreams, not living traumatic ventures. But you stole that blissful promise with your heinous deeds, Planting seeds of fear only a shattered soul...Read the rest...
Categories: abuse, anxiety, beauty, celebration,
Form: Rhyme
An ode to a wounded child
O tender soul, o innocence defiled, What cruelties did your youth upend? Tormented by she who should cherish her child, Instead her addictions made her your fiend. Those eyes that should have beamed with a mother's love, Grew cold and...Read the rest...
Categories: abuse, addiction, anxiety, betrayal,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Rooted in Thought
"I shall be like a tree planted by the river ... " Psalm 1:3 Anchored for now but watching the drift Bend down to reach what forever does shift Content in a moment, but mind always...Read the rest...
Categories: angst, anxiety,
Form: Abecedarian
little did I know
little did I know this way then would be familiar without all the wanting ...Read the rest...
Categories: anxiety, confusion, depression, sorrow,
Form: Free verse
All these things I could do
I wish I could scrumerge your vista hurt your emotional calibre pique your errant sojourn Run counter to your plans Turn off your sunshine tap Un mistletoe your golden spleen accommodate you in a cave the sole occupant adamantly theoretical unconversationalist ...Read the rest...
Categories: anxiety,
Form: Free verse
silent cathedral
My shadowed heart a silent cathedral Only abandoned asylum have ground Oh twilight lady fingers made of ravens Carrying all the forgotten memories, unspoken dreams Haunted church bell rings, the darkest emotion in me Sitting on fallen leaves under craziest...Read the rest...
Categories: anxiety, cry, death, evil,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member momz - or what r u going to do
I’m enjoying spending time with my mom - we have an intimacy braided like rope. I forgot how funny she is. At the same time, we’ve been softcore arguing for days. She wants me to accomplish...Read the rest...
Categories: anxiety, humor, mom, parents,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member MUTTERED VESSEL IN A GLASS SUIT-
In my heart it sees presently My eyes beat silently; My brain energy; My soul cries, laugh ps and sighs I mutter by Vessel encased in a glass suit 5.28/24 Written words by James Edward Lee Sr © 2024...Read the rest...
Categories: abuse, anxiety, confusion, life,
Form: Dramatic Verse
Whole Again
You broke my love, my loyalty, my confidence and mind, You left invisible wounds, broken, trauma and anxiety, You told me I was imagining all the things you did, that it was my fault, I was to...Read the rest...
Categories: abuse, anxiety, feelings, heartbroken,
Form: Free verse
DAYAN
Let me tel you a story of a dayan Devastated beauty carrying her broken heart Being a victim of decline Willing to cut her throat with a knife Immense blood is swelling from her neckline Dynamism expresses her soul Lighting...Read the rest...
Categories: anxiety, betrayal, courage, dark,
Form: Rhyme

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