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Tragedy Poems - Poems about Tragedy

Tragedy Poems - Examples of all types of poems about tragedy 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 tragedy.
Premium Member The world feeds on tragedy, with an insatiable hunger for misfortune
The world feeds on tragedy, with an insatiable hunger for misfortune, They demand confessions, not out of care, but to dissect and devour the soul, When I reveal my pain, their eyes become glassy with disgust, And their...Read the rest...
Categories: tragedy, fantasy,
Form: Free verse
Loss Begs the Questions
LOSS BEGS THE QUESTIONS How many nights have you cried yourself to sleep How many days have you wondered why Are your Hopes and dreams intact Are your memories clouded Does anger fill your soul Does uncertainty stalk your steps Does your...Read the rest...
Categories: tragedy, bereavement, change, children, loss,
Form: Free verse



Tragedy of Mom
The true love of Motherhood is not for the weak. They speak of the joys and the toys But not of the lies and goodbyes. A part of you dies with the sound of the first infant cries, You will give...Read the rest...
Categories: tragedy, birth, love hurts, mental
Form: Rhyme
Buddy 4
There are two sides to my buddy, heartless and friendly. But if you stretch it to three there's diplomatically deadly. Heartless and deadly, it doesn't translate at all exactly, that she's mean and cruel, It's just that I can be forgettable. When friendly...Read the rest...
Categories: tragedy, feelings, friendship, love,
Form: Free verse
Cabernet Valentine
“Cabernet Valentine” Oh my sweet silent Valentine veins flowing life Secrets are meant to be kept my obedient wife Luscious ruby mouth perked open for kissing Shouldn't be too many acrylics inside missing Most special day of the...Read the rest...
Categories: tragedy, dark, gothic, murder,
Form: Rhyme



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 hoisted on hell-bent backs just trying to reach Spanish-shores’-east from Moroccan beach with a...Read the rest...
Categories: tragedy, boat, death, hope, journey,
Form: Free verse
Delusion
Never knew senses could deceive until now, seeing a bright I scurry . Nirvana makes my imagination go mere gesture. where I lay unaware of raucous voice , Is this the locus? A dear face I recognize, charming as allure itself...Read the rest...
Categories: tragedy, dream, i love you,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Night of Tragedy
The incentive to write the following verses came from my thoughts at the moment the 'president' addressed the country about the tragedy that took place over DC. The night many witnessed a collision over Washington, DC A...Read the rest...
Categories: tragedy, how i feel,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member California's Tragedy Exposed As The Fires Burn On
They love creating chaos that's their plan. Look at the wild fires out West, here we go again! Devastating families with no end in sight. Canceling their fire insurance, as their homes burn bright! No water in the fire...Read the rest...
Categories: tragedy, evil,
Form: Rhyme
Life in 2024
Life in 2024 . Ethics only on board... Educators are on roads......… Rich always freaky.. Poor always shaky.. Frauds seems always happy Life was in 2024 tragedy.. ...Read the rest...
Categories: tragedy, world, world war i,
Form: Rhyme
Life in 2024
Life in 2024 . Ethics only on board... Educators are on roads......… Rich always freaky.. Poor always shaky.. Frauds seems always happy Life was in 2024 tragedy.. ...Read the rest...
Categories: tragedy, world, world war i,
Form: Rhyme
Shayla, Part 1
The Wandering Heart (Shayla Part 1) by Bob Dylan, Ima Gen, and B. Marquardt-Alexander (Verse 1) On desolate highways, she stands alone A beauty worn, with eyes that once shone Near thirty summers, her heart does ache With every step, a...Read the rest...
Categories: tragedy, absence, addiction, western,
Form: Lyric
Premium Member Glorious Tragedy
Time chases space space chases time God sets the pace we breathe in between all things will expand all things will contract redwood and seed... blossom and planets heavenly and hellish will eventually perch on the head of a pin A fool will never waif the...Read the rest...
Categories: tragedy, humanity,
Form: Free verse
The Making of a Teenage Tragedy
I live, letting life’s events blow along with the wind; inhaling the scented, crisp breeze. I seldom sit down and question my purpose, instead I flow from the water which I arose from. Though the...Read the rest...
Categories: tragedy, abuse, age, depression, for
Form: Dramatic Monologue
A New Path
There is no happiness in living life as a tragedy With unfulfilled desires and dreams It's best to forget the past Forge ahead a new path A new destiny where the sun will shine on us Dispelling the darkness that...Read the rest...
Categories: tragedy, desire, dream, happiness, heart,
Form: Free verse

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