Angst Poems - Examples of all types of angst poetry to share and read. This list of new poems is composed of the works of modern poets on PoetrySoup. Read
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Sculpted
Life, are you a blessing or a punishment?
I'm trying to understand how I'm
a slave to the sculpted version of me.
A prisoner without chains,
upon a path forged with my own hands,
feeling lifeless, drained from
premeditated...
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Categories:
angst, pain,
Form: Free verse
BlondeI hate that Nellie Olson
—Laura Ingalls, Little House on the Prairie
I’ll fix her. You’ll see.
—Nellie Olson, Little House on the Prairie
(regarding Laura)
Season 6, Episode 2: The two get muddy fighting over a man. Nellie gets...
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Categories:
angst, jealousy,
Form: Acrostic
Once again the missus did volunteer yours truly as master of ceremoniesOnce again, the missus did volunteer yours truly as master of ceremonies...,
when triumvirate (Kathleen Bergen,
Pamela Floreen, and Richard Jett)
constitute Grosse and Quade
real estate management cutting crew
for Highland Manor Apartments in Schwenksville
conduct requisite yearly property inspection
(the...
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Categories:
adventure, america, angst, anniversary,
Form: Rhyme
Bloody NestI can't believe I thought that.
In the shadows of my soul the whispers lingered. It murmured and elegantly sat massaging my last ego in the stool of regrets. My being was lied to, stomped at,...
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Categories:
abuse, anger, angst, anxiety,
Form: Free verse
Raining in Summer
If the sun married the rain - It would become a rainbow (quote by poet)
This aquamarine aquarium is a prismatic prison,
reflecting a reality of a pseudo persona
and I've become tired from pretending
behind this veil of...
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Categories:
angst,
Form: Alliteration
GrannyGranny, I know you love me so,
But please just let me be, just let go....
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Categories:
angst, grandmother,
Form: Crystalline
Too Close To The Edge
I walked the garden path holding all the intimate hands,
nurtured in the impermanent world the hope of durability
of me loved and belonged, and me owning and retaining.
Times changed, didn’t know why storm of dismay...
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Categories:
analogy, angst, introspection, life,
Form: Free verse
Too Close to the EdgeMemories of a bleak childhood haunted him ever and anon.
Whenever he thinks of that dark day, a thousand blades cut through him.
Shocked by the ferocity of that memory, his mind still goes insane.
Old wounds are...
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Categories:
angst, death, depression,
Form: Haibun
MONSTER
I am your monster
I hunt the wolf; I hunt the apex
Ancient and hungry
Ripping and biting
I am your monster
I eat your warmth and weakness
Nourished and brutal
It’s survival lest I vanish
...
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Categories:
anger, angst,
Form: Free verse
one of these daysA job defines bits of our life
Though it often causes us strife
We’ll find a new fit
If we choose to quit
And not slit our wrists with a knife...
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Categories:
angst, career, cry, dream,
Form: Limerick
Angel is a hidden devilCrying, screaming, blaming?
It's never your fault
Irk beneath is flaming
And outpouring daunt
Close your eyes, hey goddess
And let it burn
Open them again
And behold them burn
The avarice in their lusty eyes
The...
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Categories:
anger, angst, blue, depression,
Form: Free verse
Gracious GraceGotta Love Alliteration 5-21-24
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Gracious Grace
Endless effervescence of grace,
In riots of radiance, infected by innocence,
Seeks out the heart harassed by humiliation –
Wrapped in sleepless shrouds of incensed worry –
When alliterations of angst plunder soiled spirits with...
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Categories:
angst, love, peace,
Form: Alliteration
DisasterIt's not a disaster, it never is
It's a waiting time, pending analysis
Weighed up, perhaps we learnt a lot
(I'm in the camp of learning not a jot)
Except it was a non event (my brain advised)
Told...
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Categories:
angst,
Form: Rhyme
Unsheared sheepMost are familiar with the stereotype of "an older woman who constantly gripes".
We seldom here about "the older man complainer", in spite of the fact
many are not sustainers..
Some aging men are petty, angry, full of...
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Categories:
age, angst, men,
Form: Rhyme
Impoverished courtesy scam artists Harvey SpecterImpoverished courtesy scam artists Harvey Specter
Entrapment videre licet fiendish
gnarly hustling scheme erector -
sent me to the poor house, where alms
not forthcoming to ease financial affliction,
where yours truly money matters still stymies
ways and means to relocate
to...
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Categories:
absence, abuse, anger, angst,
Form: Free verse
Specific Types of Angst Poems
Definition | What is Angst in Poetry?
Poems Related to Angst
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