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Addiction Poems | Examples of Addiction Poetry

Control
I finally found the source to re-gain control in my life Control against addictions or afflictions even the ethereal It directly correlatives to the rheostat of my faith Not just gripping my faith keeping it safely central Decades of trial and error have come to bear fruit A new chapter in my life but with an actual binder Ability to embrace...

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Categories: addiction, hope,
Form: Couplet
Premium Member CAT DOG OUCH-
cat hisses at dog dog retaliates growls at the fending purring 07/14/25 Written words by James Edward Lee Sr.2025© ...

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Categories: addiction, adventure, anxiety, cat,
Form: Haiku



Premium Member NECTAR SAVOUR-
gentle bee lights feeds beside me as I am sighting colorful floral ~ aromatic bud enters flower and just sucks the tasty nectar 07/14/25 Written words by James Edward Lee Sr.2025© ...

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Categories: addiction, deep, engagement, food,
Form: Haiku
What doesn’t
agree to disagree At a young age, I started to realize that the only way to make my mom happy was to agree with her.?When you agree, everyone is happy… right??But no.?I was so busy thinking about keeping everyone else happy,?I forgot to ask myself what made me happy. It wasn’t people.?Wasn’t drugs.?Wasn’t love.?And it damn...

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Categories: absence, addiction, age, analogy,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Kaleidoscopic Chalice
clouds coiling, slithered words cat-eyes glare, strangest world burgundy vines style best metal melodies hurled from the sky captain's loft — drained by love, brain birled...

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Categories: abuse, addiction, drink, hurt,
Form: Verse



Premium Member On Drugs and Alcohol Use
7/13/2025 Many people use drugs or alcohol of any type, to point of ambered, infused, intoxication! They see it as an innocent past time? Or, excuse for a deadly, human abrogration. Yet heavily overused at the most beautiful of celebrations ! But..I mean nobody, will admit they were ever caught at times. In a not so cool participation! Yet if a drunk...

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Categories: abuse, addiction, conflict, courage,
Form: Rhyme
85 years of oppression
they kill 1200 in rage you kill 200.000 for what to show you are just ...

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Categories: 9th grade, abuse, addiction,
Form: Haiku
Premium Member poof and the pain is gone
Who takes brain hits diabolic? The child of an alcoholic! With the mind’s botox Pain’s now in a box Not flummoxed the kid can frolic ...

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Categories: addiction, child abuse, children,
Form: Limerick
Trust
How can True trust Faith when lies begin to escape, You are the reason why I hide my face with a Smile or a Cape, Because I can't forget what you Took and what you keep Taking, My Heart keeps on breaking daily, that is why I am Inhaling, These Drugs I Breath, I just can't Believe, Life is full of...

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Categories: abuse, addiction, butterfly, child
Form: Dramatic Monologue
The Melancholy Color
They say blue is the warmest color. So I fell in love with you. They say blue is the warmest color. But it tore my heart in two. Dangerously Blue. The waves are crashing down again its true. Dangerously Blue. The pleasure and the pain it comes from you. They say blue is the warmest color. So I fell in love with...

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Categories: abuse, addiction, allegory, allusion,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Lost in a Daze
On Kensington Avenue, many lose their souls Drugs have consumed them, and they've lost control They are walking like zombies in search of a high They need one more 'hit' just to get by They seem to have passed the point of no return All hope seems lost, and their bridges burned They stay...

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Categories: addiction,
Form: Rhyme
The Boy With The Cardboard Heart
When you have nobody you have somebody and that somebody is yourself. Because you’re all you’ve got. So why need anybody? Anybody being nobody. Nobody being somebody. Somebody being anybody. Somebody. Somebody. Somebody. Nobody. Nobody. Nobody. Anybody. Anybody. Anybody. Does anybody understand why the I feel like a nobody? Even though deep down I...

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Categories: addiction, 10th grade, 11th grade,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Life On The River
A balance in life can solve the riddle. To find the balance, start in the middle. Distractions from the banks may lead us wrong. Go with the flow where the current is strong. The banks are sirens calling to our ears, offering us pleasures relieving fears. The emotion of love, the fear of pain, tossing and turning, driving us insane. Too much...

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Categories: addiction, adventure, beauty, freedom,
Form: Sonnet
Go Home, Haley
Go Home, Haley If you could see what I see— A soul that’s wild, but meant to be So much more than smoke and flight, You’d turn your face back toward the light. Your laughter once lit up the air, You danced like you belonged nowhere, But you belonged—you still belong, Where hearts are weak, but roots are strong. Your baby’s eyes are growing...

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Categories: addiction, beautiful, beauty, care,
Form: Free verse
l'appel du vide
A void within me calls wanting only what I've never had, but I've always seen. The taste of a possession so illegal, It's to die for. as literal and figurative as the jaws of the idea itself surrounding and consuming me. Oh, I've seen it. The ecstasy of true bliss multiplied only their best moments. The promise of nostalgia and a feeling of home. An easiness...

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Categories: addiction, childhood, death, environment,
Form: Free verse

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