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Hurt Poems | Examples of Hurt Poetry

Hurt Poems - Examples of all types of hurt 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 hurt.
Reserved Nature
I used to feel your fingers wrapped around my ribs, like you were trying to hold my heart still. You’d say the sweetest things like you meant it sweet like the piss after a long night. But now it’s...Read the rest...
Categories: hurt, anxiety, desire, for him,
Form: Free verse
7th of the 7th
2.8.2024. Approaching Lunar calendar, month of spirit and devils. Must be extra careful. Why do I sense some troubles. If one does not believe in it, Does one be affected? Why people have so many superstitions. Must keep my sanity and integrity. Not...Read the rest...
Categories: hurt, blue, discrimination, evil, farewell,
Form: Free verse



I Thought
I thought perhaps you'd gone away I cried for you the other day I thought about what I should do I didn't want to message you I thought you'd call but after 4 I knew you wouldn't anymore I thought...Read the rest...
Categories: hurt, i love you,
Form: Rhyme

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Another Damned Moon Poem
i am double rainbows. i am the streaks of silver in the old man's hair, i am spiny and bug-eyed. i am the rainbow around the moon on misty nights. i am cactus eyes with a...Read the rest...
Categories: beautiful, desire, hurt, i
Form: Free verse
Protection vs Stolen
For a consecutive 6 weeks, You helped a project of "putting the lipsticks on the pig". Has the fence not damaged by the strangers, We would not have worked together. You helped keeping me safe from outsiders, Prevent people...Read the rest...
Categories: blue, feelings, house, hurt,
Form: Free verse



Rearrange The Hurt
Kate: Stand tall, Light - Line falling The sun is calling So lets ride the rain and go Let’s go Lets ride, Michelle Lets ride Michelle: Kate took control of every trip, We took, Buying into non-conformity, She drove us, She rode us, She saved us And once we were...Read the rest...
Categories: hurt, anxiety, death of a
Form: Rhyme
Facing Time
Do you ever think about others Who've been in your shoes How many have suffered Not knowing the truth Theres choices we make Struggles some face We do what it takes Consequences to pay Some act...Read the rest...
Categories: hurt, abuse, change, depression, drug,
Form: Rhyme
Without you
I don’t know what I’d do, if one day I found out I wouldn’t live with you, you wouldn’t be 10 steps down the hall, in fact you wouldn’t be there at all, your sheets...Read the rest...
Categories: family, hurt, love, sister,
Form: Rhyme
In The End
I never want to feel that again, I saw your darkness in the end, I never understood how you felt, Until I saw you turning into someone else, Trapped beyond what I could comprehend, I was shown the severity behind...Read the rest...
Categories: change, feelings, hurt,
Form: Light Verse
A Soft Soul
All I wanted was someone to be gentle with my fragile heart. I don’t want to throw away my soft soul. I just want someone to make me a safe place, where I won’t have to...Read the rest...
Categories: hurt, abuse, feelings, heart, heartbreak,
Form: Free verse
Silence Cuts Deep
Words rest on my tongue, sharp and heavy, like shattered glass, aching to spill. But as they press against my lips, ready to slice their way out, a voice pulls me back: They are not worthy of your fire. And I pause. I ask...Read the rest...
Categories: betrayal, conflict, fire, hurt,
Form: Free verse
Fix me change Fix you change
Words never to be uttered to another Fix you. Fix me? Fix you? Change? For whom? Society? Why for? Because i’m abnormal? Abnormal to whom? Society? You? Words never to be uttered to another. Change you. Change me? For...Read the rest...
Categories: anger, change, friendship, hurt,
Form: Free verse
Flower hands
Your hands that once felt like flowers blooming under my skin now just feel like hot embers being placed on me Your scent once so sweet and beautiful turned ugly and putrid Your arms which I would...Read the rest...
Categories: hurt, 10th grade, abuse, betrayal,
Form: Free verse
Heartquake
Rivers run from the corners of his eyes, Heavy currents ramping over high cheeks. No longer present is the stoic guise, Evidence of a broken heart from deep within it leaks. Windows of a beaten soul, Once distinctly opaque. Now, a...Read the rest...
Categories: hurt, angst, betrayal, conflict, heartbreak,
Form: Rhyme
Colors
Colors Blue the color of her eyes That hid the pain The ones that ahead the tears When no one is near The ones that have the glow even When the tears flow Red the color of her...Read the rest...
Categories: hurt, color, depression, emotions, mental
Form: Spoken Word

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Definition | What is Hurt in Poetry?


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