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Distressing Poems - Poems about Distressing

Distressing Poems - Examples of all types of poems about distressing 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 distressing.
Premium Member After The Flood
... On a drowsy dusk in summer the air suddenly stops to flow, the trees seemed stilled fossils, their boughs drooping low. The horizon turns a slate draped with onyx cloud layers, the thunder spl......Read the rest...
Categories: distressing, analogy, storm, weather,
Form: Free verse



Premium Member News, Blah, Blah
... News, Blah, Blah Miracle Man 4/19/2024 I begin each day, watching the morning news. I watch two channels, and get dissenting views. I ponder the question, why aren’t both the sa......Read the rest...
Categories: distressing, how i feel, trust,
Form: Quatrain
After the Floods
...Water! Water! The entire landscape submerged Grave silence! Except the torrents swift and huge Intimidating sights, plains and valleys merged Rushing above the tops of roofs with a surge Clergy......Read the rest...
Categories: distressing, storm, water,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member The Man in the Mirror
...Into an opposing mirrored world That is not always what it seems, I look for a pattern near or far, That reflects my fate and dreams. But what I see is not me, It is something vague a......Read the rest...
Categories: distressing, identity, introspection, mirror,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Devil Comet Diamond Ring-Welcome April
...April showers may dampen Dallas Texas torrents glooming deluge on path way Priceless zooming presence; shrouds blend violets and daisies blooming in May Rain forecast an encumb......Read the rest...
Categories: distressing, april, moon, star, sun,
Form: Acrostic



A Man and his Song
... A Man and his Song Such were the booming cheers The hailing and dancing That heralds the melodies daily Meditations to the lyrics Has become a harbinger of hope As the musical fire ......Read the rest...
Categories: distressing, music,
Form: Bio
Premium Member The Stir of Dry Bones
...These lines were written for a contest about aging on another poetry site. They do not reflect my attitude about the process, nor should you allow them to affect you. My sorrowful thoughts w......Read the rest...
Categories: distressing, age,
Form: Free verse
The encouragement to be my best
...We all need help, kindness and support. No one can get through life alone. Remember that you're worthy of kindness and encouragement; love and happiness. Blessings. The encouragement to be my bes......Read the rest...
Categories: distressing, blessing, confidence, encouraging, friendship,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member A COLD WINTERs STEAMY
...The staticky-stars climax under intense blanket of Winter glow. Your spouse can’t see your spirited green eyes that burn slow. The friction of campfire sticks, the satiny slipperiness of moon. F......Read the rest...
Categories: distressing, metaphor, sensual, winter,
Form: Couplet
Premium Member Arguing With Inanimate Objects
...Arguing with inanimate objects Can be very distressing To them My Roomba drove itself down the stairs The Keurig switched to decaf Alexa told me where to go Siri filed for a restraining order......Read the rest...
Categories: distressing, humor, technology,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Guilt Trip to Alaska
...My eyes watered so heavily To the music sounding so heavenly I’m the perfect state of mind To cry at every sound This time around What’s sad is the wreckage is falling apart Pretty soon......Read the rest...
Categories: distressing, angst, conflict, extended metaphor,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Vibrations of heart - Blitz with Ink Empress
... Can't stop flashbacks Can't stop vibrations Vibrations like echoes Vibrations irritating wounds Wounds that bleed Wounds that torment Torment the mind Torment emotions Emotions of guilt ......Read the rest...
Categories: distressing, angst, anxiety, mental illness,
Form: Blitz
Hypergraphia
... Simpler and synplir words… Distressing me more and moor… Then the scribbles start. It’s like- poking and prodding. And the poking and prodding is distracting me. My hands are burnt......Read the rest...
Categories: distressing, anxiety, mental illness,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Encounter With the Wild
...stains and paints a deer after distressing the wood - husband’s a hunter her encounter with the wild finds a buckshot in deer’s chest......Read the rest...
Categories: distressing, animal, art, imagery,
Form: Tanka
Chaos
...Chaos Into the maelstrom of blood flinging and flooded diarrhea Swirling amidst a vortex of needle and . There I stand at the middle of it all. The central point of this orbit of noxious madness.......Read the rest...
Categories: distressing, anger, anxiety, confusion, crazy,
Form: Free verse

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