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In A New Season of FavorIn a new season of favor, we stand
With open doors to our destined land
It is time to bridge the mind-body gap
Letting go to embrace the new field map.
Transitioning into the unknown
Where tabernacle and miracles are...
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Categories:
fear, anxiety, celebration, change, confusion,
Form: Free verse
The Factory
As a child I was warned
that if I looked at the light
for too long it would send
me blind and yet
the stuttering flash
and eerie blue light
from an arc welder
that crackled deep inside
the factory would tempt...
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Categories:
anxiety, childhood, dream, fear,
Form: Free verse
As Cruelly As People ReactAlways control your temper,
don't explode in fits of anger;
not all appreciate kindness.
There are a few good people
and there are lots of bad ones
with different moods and tones:
there are those who worry less,
all they do is...
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Categories:
fear, anger, anxiety, emotions, evil,
Form: Lyric
Brave SamAt noon, Sam saw a masked man at his door
Fear was in his eye, yet tried to ignore
Trying to peep, heard- "I'm Death"
"Have come to level your breath"
Like a racecar, he ran. Rest is lore!
...
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Categories:
anxiety, courage, fear,
Form: Limerick
Shakes and twistShaking like soda
It plunges my heart with claws
Assaults with its fist...
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Categories:
anxiety, death, fear, mental
Form: Haiku
Harrowing FigI hold on the fig upon the tree, it cannot fall too far from it
if I were to pull upon it, surely it will not stay in tranquility,
as I hold it in my bear hands,...
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Categories:
fear, 10th grade, anxiety, black
Form: Bio
A Child’s Night-CaveAt night
In my room
Curtains flap
Scraps of black
Look like bats
Then a snore
And a growl –
‘It’s a bear!’
‘It’s a ghost!’
‘It’s the fridge,’
says Dad.
...
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Categories:
child, fear, night,
Form: Free verse
choosing to suffer
Categories:
angst, desire, fear, hope,
Form: Than-Bauk
AgoraphobiaI wish to seek help
But I'm running out of time
Redemption is late...
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Categories:
fear, age, anxiety, conflict, confusion,
Form: Haiku
Backwards Spells of FEAR Part IIhanding 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...
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Categories:
fear, flying, inspiration, mirror,
Form: Free verse
Backwards Spells of FEAR Part I
so easy to fall, and so hard to break free
somehow as a child I knew
it was as if they knew my name before I had a clue
at 10 reading books about orphans
free from the...
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Categories:
abuse, addiction, child, fear,
Form: Free verse
Premonitions
Categories:
fear, image, imagination,
Form: Free verse
Thought of the daydiscarding fears that no longer serve us ~
oh worthy hermit, let’s board God’s bliss bus...
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Categories:
fear, god, joy,
Form: Couplet
To Shorten SuiteTo Shorten Suite
Paranoia
is
NOT!
An
Obligation,
Seagulls.
Fear Pundits
Convictions.
-Gray Squirrel
05-07-2024...
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Categories:
animal, fear, life,
Form: Free verse
When Silence SpeaksAmidst cruelty, bigotry, and hate,
silence amplifies a crocodile tear.
The sound of silence can influence fate;
it speaks loudest in the presence of fear.
You observe a drunk abusing his wife,
sizing you up; he glares as you pass...
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Categories:
anger, angst, anxiety, fear,
Form: Sonnet
Specific Types of Fear Poems
Definition | What is Fear in Poetry?
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