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Psychological Poems | Examples of Psychological Poetry

Psychological Poems - Examples of all types of psychological 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 psychological.
Backwards Spells of FEAR Part II
handing me over through the next door waiting for my fight to give in injections to soothe it all away demons flowing through my veins changing my DNA from careless want to endorphin need purgatory the space between caring and giving...Read the rest...
Categories: psychological, fear, flying, inspiration, mirror,
Form: Free verse



PLEASE HEAR ME
You don't seem to understand The truth I clutch in my hands I never wanted to hurt you I just wanted to show my virtue It's the only thing I can do I'm on my floor laying dead My heart knows...Read the rest...
Categories: psychological, age, anxiety, conflict, feelings,
Form: Lyric
Premium Member When I Am Up - For Mental Health Month
When I am up, every sky is a boundless, cloudless expanse of brilliantly blinding blue. When I am up, I am William the Conqueror and William Shakespeare and William Jennings Bryan all in one. When I am...Read the rest...
Categories: psychological, how i feel, love,
Form: Free verse
Destroy your mental health!
Destroy your mental health and your dark brain! Kill your nervous system, mine is intact, and gene. I am a gene, stay away, you are a psychopath fate. A psychopath, a sociopath, a monster, and a fake. You are...Read the rest...
Categories: mental health, psychological,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Eternity in Seven Acts
"Eternity is the simultaneous whole, seen all at once. This is the character of eternity, and this what the past and future are in God." - Augustine of Hippo "Eternity is not the hereafter. This is...Read the rest...
Categories: future, philosophy, psychological, universe,
Form: Blank verse



All Turns Silent in the Meadows
It was the strangest thing I saw that day A grassy grove and a man shouting mad I didn't even know what to say His face dragged down by his eye bags His feet slept on the dirt, twigs...Read the rest...
Categories: cry, death, loss, psychological,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member An Old Hand Reveals Itself
I see no sign of forced entry... just copper suns and cornflower blue, have you been here all this time? I don't remember inviting you, and now all my voices are a chatter, with threats I cannot construe. ...Read the rest...
Categories: psychological, confidence, deep, extended metaphor,
Form: Lyric
Premium Member Marionette of Flesh in a Borrowed Dress
"Marionette of Flesh in a Borrowed Dress" - Daniel Henry Rodgers The hourglass, a skeletal jester, mocks in the tomb's chill, Each falling grain an emaciated sigh, "Soon you'll cease to be." The mirror's cold reflection, a Gorgon's ghastly...Read the rest...
Categories: psychological, death, loneliness, mental illness,
Form: Dramatic Verse
Premium Member Mountebank
Do you know the movie “Catch Me if You Can?” DiCaprio stars as the perfect con man. His exploits of impersonation and fraud had me - as I watched the film - feeling awed. In this film,...Read the rest...
Categories: psychological,
Form: Rhyme
Anxiety
Tears fill my eyes Sadness fills my lungs No one else can see The things I am running from Shadows start to move Voices start to yell It’s like a grand ole’ staircase To my own personal hell I shut myself off from...Read the rest...
Categories: psychological, anxiety, depression, mental health,
Form: Free verse
Mirror's War
In the weeping crack of dawn, a battleground unfurls, Reflected in the mirror’s gaze, a storm behind two girls One, a wisp of tattered light, eyes shimmering with tears The other, a vicious shadow, barbed smile and pointed...Read the rest...
Categories: psychological, confusion, dark, hurt, mental
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Metaphors in Psychedelic ink
Quote: “To fathom hell, or soar angelic, just take a pinch of psychedelic” -- H. Osmond In the realm of metaphors, where words take flight, A kaleidoscope of colors, a psychedelic delight. Like whispers of...Read the rest...
Categories: psychological,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Forgiving the Unforgivable
(Lights dim, single spotlight illuminates the speaker, dressed in simple attire. Voice starts trembling, building in intensity) Can forgiveness mend, a childhood, fractured in the dark? Where the scars are a map, etched, not just in...Read the rest...
Categories: psychological, child abuse, father son,
Form: Dramatic Monologue
CROSSROADS
Well, here I am again… at my crossroads I can tell they are mine The marker I.D. reads “Between a rock and a hard place” “What a shameful disgrace As usual, I am not alone We are not born alone So,...Read the rest...
Categories: psychological, destiny, journey, mythology, perspective,
Form: Prose Poetry
Emotionally Disturbed
In the depths of my mind, a tempest brews, A relentless battle, emotions confused. Caught in the whirlwind of inner strife, I grapple with demons that threaten my life. Each day is a struggle, a war within, As I fight...Read the rest...
Categories: anxiety, depression, emotions, psychological,
Form: Rhyme

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