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shipwreckShipwrecked
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...
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Categories:
anxiety, 8th grade, absence, angst,
Form: Blank verse
Why Did I Become a PoetI 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...
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Categories:
anxiety,
Form: Rhyme
Young OneIn 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...
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Categories:
abuse, anxiety, child abuse,
Form: Free verse
To you, I'm sorryTo her, I hope you don't take it to hard
My intentions were harmless
Me, I'll wait out the pain...
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Categories:
anxiety, depression, for her,
Form: Kimo
Inhale ExhaleIt'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...
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Categories:
anxiety, dark, depression, mental
Form: Couplet
Women’s rightsMy 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...
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Categories:
abuse, anxiety, beauty, celebration,
Form: Rhyme
An ode to a wounded childO 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...
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Categories:
abuse, addiction, anxiety, betrayal,
Form: Free verse
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...
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Categories:
angst, anxiety,
Form: Abecedarian
little did I know
little did I know
this way then would be familiar
without all the wanting
...
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Categories:
anxiety, confusion, depression, sorrow,
Form: Free verse
All these things I could doI 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
...
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Categories:
anxiety,
Form: Free verse
silent cathedralMy 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...
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Categories:
anxiety, cry, death, evil,
Form: Free verse
momz - or what r u going to doI’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...
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Categories:
anxiety, humor, mom, parents,
Form: Free verse
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...
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Categories:
abuse, anxiety, confusion, life,
Form: Dramatic Verse
Whole AgainYou 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...
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Categories:
abuse, anxiety, feelings, heartbroken,
Form: Free verse
DAYANLet 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...
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Categories:
anxiety, betrayal, courage, dark,
Form: Rhyme
Specific Types of Anxiety Poems
Definition | What is Anxiety in Poetry?
Poems Related to Anxiety
nervousness, restlessness, apprehension, suffering, uncertainty, disquiet, unease, misgiving, mistrust, angst, jitters, doubt, uneasiness, dread, misery, suspense, trouble, panic, concern, distress, foreboding, heebie jeebies, goose bumps, pins and needles, nail biting,