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Pain Poems | Examples of Pain Poetry

Pain Poems - Examples of all types of pain poetry to share and read. This list of pain poems is composed of the works of modern poets on PoetrySoup. Read short, long, best, and famous examples of pain poetry. This list of works about pain is an excellent resource for examples on how to write pain poems.
Turbulent Seas
Turbulent seas, Down deep we go, How I yurn to be free, Deep down we go Oh Let me breathe Deep 'Into the, vo i d 'Let' me be at 'p e a c e' Deep into the dark I want to 'b...Read the rest...
Categories: dark, lost, ocean, pain,
Form: Rhyme



Epiphany
Reflecting its neighbourhood, The lake water shone yellow. Resembling a synchronisation of saturation With the setting sun. Seizing green colour of the grasses The Sun painted them gold. Gazed pines dance spectacularly, Only awakened with Sparrows' chirps, And Robins' melodious songs. Perched on...Read the rest...
Categories: death, imagery, pain, sad,
Form: Free verse
Plain Affected
The forest around her story damning the plains— The littlest girl seen by the wind through the plains. Green honey passes just by a bee's swirling wings; The gold smoothed by her heart; fingers reading the plains. The likelihood...Read the rest...
Categories: pain, angst, future, goodbye, introspection,
Form: Ghazal
Premium Member SHE
She looks down her nose At the locals in the town square As she sips tea from her fine china cup Pinky in the air Criticising and complaining Judging one and all Negativity runs through her veins Only she matters….all others insignificant...Read the rest...
Categories: judgement, pain, sad, silence,
Form: Rhyme
Voices
Mom, Dad, I hope you are doing well. Because honestly I am going through hell. And I don't expect you to understand. Because NOBODY else can. I can't even say that I'm fine. Because honestly that's another line. Another line that...Read the rest...
Categories: pain, 10th grade, 11th grade,
Form: Elegiac Lyric



Universal Remote
I wish I had a remote to control my thoughts It would be great to change the volume, mute or source If only I could change the negative thoughts channel to the sports channel. Or even change...Read the rest...
Categories: pain, deep, devotion, feelings, mental
Form: Free verse
Under Clearer Skies
Underneath cloudy morning skies, we can touch the rain, we can feel our pain, we can witness sorrow. Underneath clearer afternoon skies, we can observe the light, we can experience warmth, we can feel the sun, then maybe everyone, will somehow see tomorrow. ...Read the rest...
Categories: metaphor, morning, pain, rain,
Form: Rhyme
Shakes and twist
Shaking like soda It plunges my heart with claws Assaults with its fist...Read the rest...
Categories: pain, anxiety, death, fear, mental
Form: Haiku
Premium Member The Tea and The Bee Limerick Set
How about some delicious tea I want it with crackers and brie Honey is very sweet Better than sweaty feet I got bit by a yellow bee That bee just flew far far away Guess the bee did not want to...Read the rest...
Categories: pain, drink, food, friend, giggle,
Form: Limerick
Phantom Pain
at night, when the blue moon calls out to all wild things, its azure a calming wave in the bottomless screaming night I walk in time and with each furthering step, sweeping strides which pay more mind to...Read the rest...
Categories: pain, analogy, anxiety, gender, lonely,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member When Silence Speaks
The devil sleeps in the hearts of men, When silence speaks no need of pen, Veiled, a puppet master pulling strings, Empathy dangling as the devil sings. Humanity resides in dreams despair, Hope futile against the growing swell, Frothing, the raging...Read the rest...
Categories: evil, pain, silence, sorrow,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Emotive Eloquence Of Silence
Enchanted by the mirage of florid ecstasy, the flower in my desiccated heart blossomed when your charisma drizzled on me like the soothing rare summer rain of oasis. The flame of my heart was stoked by the...Read the rest...
Categories: analogy, lost love, pain,
Form: Free verse
Appearances
The distress... fatigue, combined with restlessness, tossing, and turning. Assuming I possess more energy than I truly do because what is worse, exhausting oneself or lying there, depleted? Many of us meet our end wishing...Read the rest...
Categories: pain, city, cry, dark, death,
Form: Free verse
Whispers of the Forgotten
In the shadowed alcove of memory, Where forgotten dreams curl like smoke, I wander, a spectral seeker, Tracing the edges of existence. The moon, a pale witness, Hangs low, its silver gaze unyielding, As if it...Read the rest...
Categories: pain, age, anxiety, death, destiny,
Form: Free verse
When Silence Speaks
"When Silence Speaks" poetry contest. Sponsor: Craig Cornish 2nd Place. Date Submitted: 07/05/2024 the air conditioner soothing my heated skin fire brick curtains with their red dyed orange bumblebee rays peeking through gaps in between, they have so much...Read the rest...
Categories: pain, change, metaphor, mirror, nostalgia,
Form: Free verse

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