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Collapse Poems - Poems about Collapse

Collapse Poems - Examples of all types of poems about collapse 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 collapse.
Premium Member Such a Time as This
...[The Lord] "Why do you throw up your hands at Me? Turn around and take what I give you!" [The Defeated] "These people stubbornly refuse your grace. Their brazen-faces threaten violence. They ......Read the rest...
Categories: collapse, bible, christian, conflict, corruption,
Form: Free verse



In the odyssey of days that mercilessly run like grains of sand
...In the odyssey of days that mercilessly run like grains of sand, An unseen battle is foretold that we shall wage in the shadow. The war within our hearts, a citadel besieged by falling stars, Wher......Read the rest...
Categories: collapse, fantasy,
Form: Free verse
April 16 Rain
...April 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......Read the rest...
Categories: collapse, america, angst, anxiety, change,
Form: Political Verse
Eminent domain, manifest destiny, usurpation
...Eminent domain, manifest destiny, usurpation... Maternal grandfather of mine long since passed among the living; He left his Motherland before onset of Holodomor, a policy of the Soviet Union......Read the rest...
Categories: collapse, abuse, age, anger, bereavement,
Form: Free verse
Love is all that remains within me
...Love is all that remains within me, A lonely torch burning in the crypt of oblivion, A heart mocking the times, a soul at war with silences, Lost in a canvas of shattered illusions, Poor love, yo......Read the rest...
Categories: collapse, fantasy,
Form: Free verse



Transient Pastures
..."As furry as sheep’s clothing; It’s thick, fluffy, and profuse. As timid as a white woolly. I think it all fits you. The greener the pasture, The greener the opportunities await. But frien......Read the rest...
Categories: collapse, friend, friendship,
Form: Vaasokht
Animals and Insects
...Animals and Insects My evolution story and the life of living things in the universe. The results of the experiments were increasing. Animals and insects were not bred with the intention of ea......Read the rest...
Categories: collapse, life,
Form: Free verse
Why I Wrote this Poem
...I didn’t write this poem Because I was supposed to. I didn’t write this poem to talk about my feelings. I didn’t write this poem to talk about the world. I didn’t write this poem to make anyo......Read the rest...
Categories: collapse, 7th grade, 8th grade,
Form: Free verse
Tell Me How to Box-Breathe
...Breathe in, 1, 2, 3, 4. Hold it, 1, 2, 3, 4. Breathe out, 1, 2, 3, 4. Hold it, 1, 2, 3, 4. Breathe within the box Feel as your lungs expand Swallow the planet 1, 2, 3, 4. Exhale your br......Read the rest...
Categories: collapse, anxiety, growth,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Anomie
...In a never sleeping metropolis, In the dungeon of a room, My days and nights are locked! I am a traveler on a street, with no end in sight, But just the bustle of the moving crowd, And a handfu......Read the rest...
Categories: collapse, betrayal, discrimination, heartbreak,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Yellow
...old newspapers, stacked, saved yellow and crumble with age something significant, lost if touched chemical reaction with mere air maybe once it was there for all to see an element of fame, reco......Read the rest...
Categories: collapse, age,
Form: Free verse
drugs
...they're funny, but not always like that. they're laughing, but sometimes its hard. it's so touching to see them collapse. i'd stop them, but they would get mad. they're diving s......Read the rest...
Categories: collapse, addiction, anxiety, depression, drug,
Form: Rhyme
Your indifference, the breath that sparked the fire beneath bridges
...Your indifference, the breath that sparked the fire beneath bridges, Where my once sure steps now breach bonds and ridges. Your scars are but an alluring landscape, Their call, an echo urging me t......Read the rest...
Categories: collapse, fantasy,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member A Betrayal Of Innocence
...A betrayal of innocence leads to emotional collapse. Every fledgling heart trusts its wings before its flight feathers get clipped. Nothing's more devastating than a betrayal of innoce......Read the rest...
Categories: collapse, angst, betrayal, crush, emotions,
Form: Quatern
Premium Member From the Felt
..."Lee, you awake?" Yeah, sorry. "Where were you?" Nowhere, my call? Fold. Looking around the table, I couldn't have drifted that long, Wouldn't have known from the stares, whatever the faces. The......Read the rest...
Categories: collapse, care, dance, fire, life,
Form: Free verse

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