Tragedy Poems - Poems about Tragedy

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...

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...

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...

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...

A violin within an April stream-listen to the masterpiece ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ An Autmn frost -the silent white satin of a coming tragedy...Read the rest...

that year when I turned fifty, we had a cause for celebration our new house was almost finished, it's had a brand new renovation when the work was finally over, and the last few touches done It's going...Read the rest...

On a beautiful day, skies clear and blue, stood two tall towers, twins so true. But up above something was awry, a boeing 767 had taken to the sky. But in this big plane all...Read the rest...

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...