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Shame Poems - Poems about Shame

Shame Poems - Examples of all types of poems about shame to share and read. This list of new poems is composed of the works of modern poets of PoetrySoup. Read short, long, best, and famous examples for shame.
Why People Who Drink Become Violent
... In the twilight’s amber glow, Where secrets of the bottle flow, Reason dims, and shadows creep, In liquid courage, demons sleep. A whisper in the mind’s retreat, Echoes loud, distorting be......Read the rest...
Categories: shame, 12th grade,
Form: Rhyme



Premium Member He's All I Need
... Mist on the river, breathless, aching, Prayers and praises, A sense of gentle Kissing away the past… Fresh dew, glistening on the thoughts, Forever amazing, Drowning the ni......Read the rest...
Categories: shame, appreciation, christian, faith, hope,
Form: Free verse
Bake
...My plate is always piled yet my fork has nothing on it, beamed up by sensory overload onto a different culinary planet. Please don’t think me rude for leaving most of each meal, it’s simply an ......Read the rest...
Categories: shame, addiction, analogy,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Being held
...I can see so much sky Like an open mind But I'm unable to float off into it Weighted by old, unnecessary shame Wedged in place by caring who cares None of it matters None of it matters None ......Read the rest...
Categories: shame, sad,
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 to anyone who wil......Read the rest...
Categories: shame, corruption, hate, humanity, riddle,
Form: Free verse



Overcoming
...If not force, then strategy But not just a speech prodigy Talking about what is and what should be Against God and men you set yourself free Blaming and accusing Jeering and smearing After ......Read the rest...
Categories: shame, christian, freedom, strength,
Form: Rhyme
HAPPY WOMEN'S DAY
...To the women who; Endure pain to bring life to earth; Carry empty bellies, pale skins and heavy hearts, To fill their little ones’ stomachs. Conceal their fears, consume big lumps of anger, To m......Read the rest...
Categories: shame, women,
Form: Free verse
SILENT DEATH
...Silent tears filled her broken heart Her emotions and feelings were torn apart She could have become more Yet society and its notions forbid her from making the move. She could have done better, ......Read the rest...
Categories: shame, mental health, women,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member The bride groom cometh--
...His evil malicious taunting's Lucifer shifts minions and demons; Spiting on the womb of the bride; Embracing her soul windows closed; The bride groom cometh Tried and tied i......Read the rest...
Categories: shame, analogy, anxiety, betrayal, devotion,
Form: Dramatic Verse
Crying Shame
... It has just come to me, As I lay here thinking, How sorry it seems to be And what a crying shame That I am left behind, A fish washed up on shore, A lonely cub separated And abandoned by ......Read the rest...
Categories: shame, abuse, anxiety, conflict, depression,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Naked Unashamed
... Naked Unashamed Standing here, here am I, Can no longer feel comfort, can no longer cry. This has all been too much for me, No one to no longer turn to Oh God, but thee. I stand he......Read the rest...
Categories: shame, forgiveness, god, love,
Form: Rhyme
My Name
...My name is so special; I would not exchange it for a bunch of flowers or a day’s political power, it is very common and I get very angry when you miss-spell it, miss-pronounce it or use it in vain. ......Read the rest...
Categories: shame, appreciation, best friend, business,
Form: Narrative
On a Train None Knows Whither
...In the sunset eve of my life A recurring thought plagues my mind: How can I like a parting soul, Discard one day and leave behind My shame, as shoes put off in porch, Prejudice, pain like clothe......Read the rest...
Categories: shame, death, life,
Form: Free verse
Dauntless
...Quote: 'Put on the dauntless spirit of resolution' (King John, act 5, scene 1, lines 48–53) - William Shakespeare Mutterings of awful shame (a child’s bones) vie for supremacy. Yet here you ar......Read the rest...
Categories: shame, character, courage, england, history,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member THE DEVIL WANTS YOU IN YOUR UNDERWEAR---SCARED
...The devil wants to see you in your underwear; That's when he knows your not in public; You are covered in shame and you're scared; The piece of minor cloth covering, under your covering; For he k......Read the rest...
Categories: shame, analogy, anxiety, confidence, endurance,
Form: Dramatic Verse

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