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Guilt Poems - Poems about Guilt

Guilt Poems - Examples of all types of poems about guilt 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 guilt.
the words not said
and so words not said like rusty nails through my palms crimson glares, ablaze ...Read the rest...
Categories: guilt, silence,
Form: Haiku
Present, here
Regret is to feel sad, repentant, disappointed over something that has already happened, especially a loss or missed opportunity. See Regret is just another way for the darkness to cloud your future days. How...Read the rest...
Categories: guilt, blessing, faith, god,
Form: Rhyme



Premium Member bad dog
bad dog's guilty eyes doomed awaiting master's wrath ~ treasured memories posted on March 18, 2025...Read the rest...
Categories: guilt, dog, memory, time,
Form: Haiku
Forgetting Me, Remembering You
Guilt over resolution, Guilt over change— Guilt over accepting, That no matter how hard I tried, I’d always be the one to blame. Maybe you were meant to. Maybe I was the one who was bruised— All I know, Is your choices hurt...Read the rest...
Categories: guilt, anger, friend,
Form: Free verse
-I Will Always Be With You- 1
“I fell in love with one whom I believe to be my only soulmate; she showed me the world-- she was my world. And my world was taken from me. Love stories have never appealed to...Read the rest...
Categories: guilt, abuse, adventure, angst, anxiety,
Form: Narrative



Guilt
Feelings were lost. i feel angry once more but not sad. Only guilt. I hate myself for it. My mental state of cause sent me to beings someone’s interest… when the tables turned No interest was...Read the rest...
Categories: guilt, anger, corruption, feelings,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member What will it take
What will it take? People taking stock admit their failings try to redress the damage done but it's too late ~ Our planet clearly violated it's easy to see Beyond shame and guilt there's you and me Submitted on March 9, 2025 to contest...Read the rest...
Categories: guilt, nature, planet, pollution, world,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Legacy
what kind of world are we leaving behind for future generations forbidden dreams out of their grasp within unchartered confines of unprecedented realities i see their trusting innocence and share a mix of guilt and shame as failed custodians AP: Honorable Mention 2025 Posted on...Read the rest...
Categories: guilt, future, innocence, loss, world,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Love you like a Brother
We were canoeing on a sunlit stream A shadow of a willow, then a golden gleam We entered a cathedral, white branches made a cover And I hit you on the shoulder and said I loved you like...Read the rest...
Categories: guilt, brother, family, friend, friendship,
Form: Lyric
Daughter
I wear the cords around my neck like jewelry. I cry my tears as if I could drain the whole sea. Mommy will be terrified by what she’s about to see, While dad falls to his knees,...Read the rest...
Categories: guilt, sad, suicide,
Form: Free verse
My addiction, depression, heartbreak, and guilt
My addiction depression heartbreak and guilt are only a few struggles I face while at least up my chucks and take a deep breath I step into the real world where this all repeats itself...Read the rest...
Categories: guilt, addiction, betrayal, depression, drug,
Form: Dramatic Verse
Premium Member GRACE VERSUS GUILT
“And God is able to make all grace abound toward you; that ye, always having all sufficiency in all things, may abound to every good work.” 2 Corinthians 9:8 of the King James Bible;...Read the rest...
Categories: guilt, blessing, christian, faith, forgiveness,
Form: Triolet
An Aware Apology
I’m sorry. That you are suffering. That you are misunderstood. That you aren’t shown the love you should. I’m sorry. For not noticing. For not hearing you. For not seeing your struggle. I’m sorry For listening Only to turn around And tell someone else. I’m...Read the rest...
Categories: guilt, 11th grade, friend, grief,
Form: Free verse
I Drank the Blood
I drank the blood. Shuffled up to the altar, pearly white shoes scraping over faded white tile dirtied by the footsteps of countless sinners. (I knew, even then, that that same grime already claimed my soul.) I accepted the...Read the rest...
Categories: guilt, angst, christian, discrimination, god,
Form: Free verse
WITNESSES
The bed will testify of what you did on it. The wall’s silent ears. Foreclosed window eyes. Onomatopoeia from door’s Half opening mouth, The night you switched off the light Drew all blinds but darkness stood there as a witness, watching you...Read the rest...
Categories: guilt, africa, america, emotions, england,
Form: Lyric

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