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Violence Poems | Examples of Violence Poetry

Violence Poems - Examples of all types of violence 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 violence.
For This Cause
Demons hatched from isolated shell Has brought down to us hell Simple men with simple lives Introverts, quiet and withdrawn Summoned to fight this cause Trained as suicide bombers Bomb strapped around their own bodies Airplane hijacked They blew up the twin tower Train...Read the rest...
Categories: violence,
Form: Free verse



Nightmare
Low below the foaming seam, Slowly grows a bright red gleam, Only known in my own dreams, Lonely drone of evil schemes. It swims fast, it wont last, But right now it's forever, It kills me, it always sees, Let me go?...Read the rest...
Categories: violence, dark, death, fear, how
Form: Rhyme
playground scars
Little Girl swings in the air, legs pumping, wind in hair the closest to flight she’ll ever be. freedom and fairytales whisper in her ears, telling her with each swing, she’ll be closer to the clouds. Little Girl and Little...Read the rest...
Categories: violence, abuse, anger, angst, child
Form: Free verse
Sunset of Reality
What is the feeling of being alone? Alongside with guilt Without anyone but a stone With your name engraved on it Death is like a torture With no hesitation There is uncertainty If it's all just cessation It's hard to return Especially in...Read the rest...
Categories: violence, break up, imagination, love,
Form: Free 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: violence, cry, death, loss, psychological,
Form: Free verse



Courage
It starts of quickly and subtle.. Ignoring the warning signs. You've soon become a victim.. Red Flags SCREAM between the lines! Don't allow him to hurt you.. Please listen to what I say! Leave now and be a Survivor.. This is not...Read the rest...
Categories: violence, abuse, fear, hope, relationship,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Justifying For His Revengefulness
Should he justify himself for his revengefulness, which was the outcome of a well-delivered response? How bitter is the farewell to youth... when one is close to scary death! He wished that the portrait on the wooden shelf remained sparkless... dusted by caring...Read the rest...
Categories: violence, daughter, death, evil, farewell,
Form: Rhyme
Final Strike
confusion overtakes you as the fog swallows the leaves above leaving wind soundless when you boil the sea rain falls and yet you ask why as a child shocked by thunder hiding like a rat gnashing your teeth on wood and wheat seeking a...Read the rest...
Categories: violence,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member They're 'Only Jews'
Where is the outrage over Hamas still holding 100+ hostages who might still be alive, who might all be dead -- ...Read the rest...
Categories: america, jewish, violence,
Form: Rhyme
SCHADENFREUDE -
The convinced sadistic silence manipulative action perpetrated, ...Read the rest...
Categories: violence, abuse, allusion, hate, mental
Form: Prose Poetry
Premium Member Incarnate
Boyhood days of bees, butterflies and songs, The protective range of my mother’s voice, A sweet, happy place where a boy belongs. A conch shell, a snow-white beach, and a choice. “Leave it”, she said, “this seashell’s...Read the rest...
Categories: violence, drug, mother, murder, sea,
Form: Sonnet
Premium Member I Hear the Boots of Krystallnacht
I hear the boots of Krystallnacht marching in our streets Heil, Hitler… Heil, Sinwar… Heil, Hitler… Heil, Sinwar… I...Read the rest...
Categories: violence, cry, god, history, jewish,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Democracy Takes a Beating
Attending an ‘SDS’ meeting Watched ‘Democracy’ take a beating Listened to strident, long-haired voices denounce the USA shilling for...Read the rest...
Categories: violence, america, conflict, education, freedom,
Form: Couplet
Premium Member Balance
Balance is difficult for me -- generally leaning one way or the other if not oscillate more apt to choose that additional cold beer, wanting to capture sunset squeeze several more blazing rays onto a fiery horizon – a tropical beach,...Read the rest...
Categories: violence, freedom, introspection, spiritual, truth,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Terrorists' Deity
Barbarity's own Deity, The "Black Knight" of perversity: Ascending through gross ignorance, Descending on to Hell's province. This callous god despises light And seeks the deepest, darkest night. It spawns a cult of terrorists - Impoverished, soulless separatists. This cunning god invites...Read the rest...
Categories: violence, dark, faith, fate, hate,
Form: Rhyme

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