Angst Poems - Examples of all types of angst poetry to share and read. This list of new poems is composed of the works of modern poets on PoetrySoup. Read
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The Government Killed My Dog
This is basically the update regarding the toxins and my dog.
She was a happy girl, by my side 24 hours a day for 10 and half years
We walked every day, inspiring many of my...
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Categories:
angst, death, dog,
Form: Narrative
A Mother’s Guide to the Perfect Performance of ParentingIt wasn’t the life she wanted.
This life drained the light from her eyes,
Turning them to deep gray circles,
Her voice lost its tone,
She lost herself.
Mothering was not a part of the plan.
She was supposed to get...
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Categories:
angst, mom, mother, mother
Form: Free verse
LeafI've been trying to find balance in the sheets,
but they keep scolding me.
For action to be taken, my dreams shall disappear.
And the knife is forced up to my very soul.
When will this torment end and...
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Categories:
angst, anxiety,
Form: Free verse
Who am IWho am I,
but a woman with atlas's burdens on her shoulders.
Who am I,
but a little girl trying her best in life's arena.
Who am I,
but a flower waiting to bloom in withering winter.
Who am I,
but...
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Categories:
angst, anxiety, career, encouraging,
Form: Free verse
LingerAre we strangers now?
With memories neither of us can let go
And smiles we know
Were never really true
As we walk past each other
In empty corridors
I wonder
Will you ever
Realize
My...
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Categories:
angst,
Form: Free verse
PRELUDE TO LONELINESSWe let time go by thinking that we will remain the same.
As we were together each day became a change within itself.
The change within us gradually occurred.
Separation was not our plan.
What we did not see...
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Categories:
angst, conflict, goodbye,
Form: Free verse
Air Scented with TacosThis happened a few years ago. Lucky me.
My husband was sick and I’m stuck with Pa.
A celebration with this one wee flaw.
I couldn’t have a drink,
...
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Categories:
angst,
Form: Limerick
What is the karma of HumanityWhat is the future of the Human race
The USA’ is no leader today
Wrecking the natural world -a disgrace
Netanyahu is a war thug forevermore
The mid east war -total insanity
Humans act horrible I do...
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Categories:
america, anger, angst, destiny,
Form: Rondeau Redouble
a day in OctoberA Friday in October
This morning was green and mild, with
no sand, in my eyes, wind from Morocco blew
Once, I was in Casablanca, I bought a pair
of traditional slippers with long toes
it is what one does...
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Categories:
adventure, angst, blessing,
Form: Blank verse
April 16 RainApril 16—Rain
No Rain
In 2025, the world ended
With the collapse
Of the worldwide climate system.
Monster storms of the century
devastated half the world.
But the other half of the world
Had no rain or snow
For almost a whole year
The once-green...
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Categories:
america, angst, anxiety, change,
Form: Political Verse
April 15 Lament Watching the NewsApril 15 Lament Watching the News
While watching the news
I am constantly lamenting
The sad state of political discourse
In these increasingly
Disunited United States of America.
Where we have retreated into enemy tribes
Blue, red, and purple states
With each convinced...
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Categories:
america, anger, angst, moving
Form: Political Verse
april 14 my computer is plotting against me
Sometimes I think
My computer is plotting against me
And only me!
Trying deliberately to drive me mad.
My computer knows
When I am busy,
Then it throws a hissy fit.
Constantly Crashing
It often refuses to boot up,
And crashes constantly.
It loses data...
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Categories:
abuse, anger, angst, anxiety,
Form: Free verse
April 12 Dire Prediction Civil War 2Civil War 2.0
Reading the latest polls
Showing that President Biden
And Ex-President Trump
Tied in a dead heat
In the polls
Particularly in the swing states.
. I realize there is
Real possibility
That Donald...
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Categories:
america, analogy, anger, angst,
Form: Political Verse
Comfort ZoneIn shadows deep, she seeks her rest,
Where pain's embrace feels like a test.
Her heart, a fortress, cold and still,
Where echoes of her anguish fill.
The girl, once bright, now lost in night,
In comfort found in endless...
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Categories:
angst, confusion, dark, depression,
Form: Rhyme
The Wounded HeroYesterday's heartaches fade away,
but their memories tend to stay.
And though love has no guarantee,
it's the key to setting you free.
Clinging to unreconciled fears,
you blame fate for your years of tears.
And erect emotional walls,
discouraging love when...
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Categories:
allusion, angst, anxiety, emotions,
Form: Rhyme
Specific Types of Angst Poems
Definition | What is Angst in Poetry?
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