Tragedy Poems - Poems about Tragedy

At Night, A Response to the Vanderbilt Suicide, At Night, alone in my home, I am afraid, For in the dark, though God says fear not, I fear, For the horrors I have known in my mind, Though they have...Read the rest...

Before a hurricane, tornado, earthquake, fire or flood… we seem to have evolved into the kind of society… that sees as an enemy anyone with whom we disagree. Politics, religion, the right to choose, gender identity,…. we position ourselves...Read the rest...

the blue dress she wore the blue words she swore the blue tears she tore the blue baby she bore ...Read the rest...

NINE ELEVEN MEMORIES Like the glorious Twin Towers that fell, I fear that day, was our descent into hell. Our American values seemingly dashed. Amongst all the rubble from the fiery crash. Giant spotlghts up to the heavens glared. The...Read the rest...

Thought this was a fairy tale, Thought you were my happy ending, But this is a tragedy, an epic fail, I'm broken and bending....Read the rest...

I will try and hide the mushroom cloud and restore the skinless bodies, I will un-char the charred, reassemble the dead children, I will then un-vitrify the rocks and the sand and rebuild cities and cafes and hope; undoing your...Read the rest...

When Tragedy Strikes Tragedy's dark shadow fell one day, Without even a warning, it swept away All joy, all laughter and all delight, Leaving behind sorrow, pain and an endless night. It struck without mercy, favour and without shame, A blow...Read the rest...

In these shadows of life's calamities, The drying tears of my slilence Remain the reminder of the past and present; Memories and moments so painful and hurtful. The comforting smile on my face Hides deep and heart-piercing agonies No one...Read the rest...

Piles of ashes mountains of bones The smell of flesh burning crematoria’s home ...Read the rest...

When you are washed away by the tides of life, Swallowed whole by the anonymity of the sea, Forgotten about, -as meaningless as codfish-, -Battered and bloodied by the ruthless ocean Remember; I will be waiting when you wash...Read the rest...

In my limbo betwixt death and rebirth on eternal errand I'm not alone - a journey through circles of Hell on earth in the inferno that leads to the throne. A last pilgrimage in Purgatory ...Read the rest...

they're cold but they don't judge blue lights respond to everyone even her, so small, hiding in a wardrobe tree lights are other lights sparkling joyously, festively it was difficult watching my own play after her, so small, smoke filled, never getting to...Read the rest...

FAMILY TRAGEDY Another tragedy started A lot of our family members have departed Next day for some of us life will remain the same And some of us will show little pain While some of our family members their lives...Read the rest...

The tragedy of our times is not the tragedy of reason, but the triumph of reason, A cold triumph, cloaked in mantles of pure logic, That suffocates the whispers of hearts, lost in the echo of sterile...Read the rest...

monoku 4 none dance in rainshowers where tears flood the streets...Read the rest...