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Misery Poems - Poems about Misery

Misery Poems - Examples of all types of poems about misery 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 misery.
The song of sorrows
Life is but a song of sorrows, Days can feel like miserable melodies. Our heartstrings plucked, Chords that resonate with tragedy. The beating drum, a dark percussion, Can serve as rhythm to the chorus of our love and...Read the rest...
Categories: misery, deep, philosophy, poetry, sorrow,
Form: I do not know?
Premium Member Smuggler's Boat
Migrants on the move from violence their only possession breath-space on a smuggler’s boat secured with back-bent harvests in pretzel-bent systems weight of crates of strawberries on Hell-bent backs just trying to reach Spanish-shores’-east from Moroccan beach with a camel-mystique —the...Read the rest...
Categories: misery, boat, death, hope, journey,
Form: Free verse



WHAT IF
Is a chance either against fate or destiny, It often looks like a planned movie that might end in everyone's favor, The words are beginning to be buried in our heads, The pledges ain't really made, they are...Read the rest...
Categories: misery, africa, confusion, crush, fate,
Form: Free verse

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Premium Member Bordering on the unbelievable'
A petition has intiaton.' On border soverigenity.' Midst angst And supposition ? In one dimention flow of people..Has Been a staple, before Noah sailed over the silenced; and hidden Creations.' Yet subject to conditions i e ( travellers...Read the rest...
Categories: misery, appreciation, conflict, courage, december,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member The sad Happy New Year
Categories: misery, new year,
Form: Free verse



Farewell to Poetry
I have inked my verses All day for so long Poured my soul in pages But got nothing in return For being a full time poet Poverty has ruined my life Crippled my very spirit Humiliation and...Read the rest...
Categories: misery, death, imagery, memory, metaphor,
Form: Free verse
Mr Misery
Mr Misery Mr Misery wants to give himself over wholly to wild and uninhibited pine cones. ...Read the rest...
Categories: misery, humor,
Form: Free verse
The unread misery of a poet
I bleed my pens ink I stab my paper until I wound it with my pens I break my diary's back I torture my art my writing kills me with all emotions I let my...Read the rest...
Categories: misery, desire, muse,
Form: Free verse
MISERY pidgin
Misery : intro: afta all di wealth and fame im accrued, afta all di wild parties im threw, afta all di promiscuous and gypsy women im chewed, afta all di aba made friends im drew, and afta all di recreational places...Read the rest...
Categories: misery, addiction, adventure, bereavement, inspiration,
Form: Lyric
Megaphone Misery
I used to be concerned as to if my voice would be heard. As if the silence I've been hearing has been searing my mouth shut. I'm always leaning to yell my feelings out and...Read the rest...
Categories: misery, 11th grade,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member I Breathe Misery
Sadly I breathe misery From all that’s happened to me It’s difficult to forget What’s played in the minds cassette. I amble along in fog Can’t glimpse the sun for the smog Or grass of green, it’s unseen If only it was...Read the rest...
Categories: misery, character, perspective,
Form: Rhyme
the lizard of misery
The Lizard of Misery  He had traveled long distances  before going back to when child Stopped at what had been his parent's house someone else lived in their flat perhaps, a child sleeps in his bed and dream his dreams. He was overwhelmed by...Read the rest...
Categories: misery, age, beautiful, blessing, blue,
Form: Free verse
Of These Things I Sing
Ask me not to sing of happiness, love, and pretty things of freedom, justice, equality, of wealth, even of friends’ loyalty. Doubt me not. Like you I have desired these, too, but their lyrics elude me, or, I haven’t had my...Read the rest...
Categories: misery, emotions, loneliness, song, sorrow,
Form: Free verse
To Daisy
When the world seems to me an unbearable place And troubles weigh too heavily on my shoulders And try as I may there can be found no solace For my pain, my anguish, and my sorrow to soothe;...Read the rest...
Categories: misery, depression, inspiration, true love,
Form: Free verse
Its a liar made so we spin
I am the Ouroborus of trauma Thorned scales of each red flag So add them up and feed me my flaws Among clutter in a hand me down bag Let's laugh as I divulge my wounds I look a...Read the rest...
Categories: misery, anxiety, art,
Form: Rhyme

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