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Existential Angst Poems - Poems about Existential Angst

Existential Angst Poems - Examples of all types of poems about existential angst 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 existential angst.
Premium Member Poe’s Hourglass: A Melancholic Decree
...Poe’s Hourglass: A Melancholic Decree Once upon a midnight dreary, As sands slip through life’s hourglass, eerie, I pondered upon my penitent past, And the regrets that will forever last......Read the rest...
Categories: existential angst, dark, gothic, introspection, life,
Form: Rhyme

I And Me
...Fighting against external enemies is natural. Isn't my fight against myself a Herculean task? Desires and drives that decrease me into an animal In my predicament, my consciousness is in a mask. ......Read the rest...
Categories: existential angst, conflict, life, self,
Form: Sonnet
Premium Member ''When Doubt and Existential Angst Meet Faith'' Iii
...When angels war against Lord of the Flies, and saints oppose profane demons of doubt, the skeptic, cynic, and the worldly-wise, the terror within consumes God's devout: fear, disease,......Read the rest...
Categories: existential angst, angst, christian, conflict, eve,
Form: Sonnet
Premium Member ''When Doubt and Existential Angst Meet Faith'' Ii
...When doubt and existential angst meet faith, the saved hold on and cleave unto their God through prayer; like Job's wife, apostates oft' saith “Curse God and die!” when lightning strikes......Read the rest...
Categories: existential angst, christian, death, faith, god,
Form: Sonnet
Premium Member Once a Spring Breath
...Dapple, broken rainbow upon my heart, A light within and existential angst. Once a spring breath that danced, now falls apart. Dapple, broken rainbow upon my heart, A moment of you ca......Read the rest...
Categories: existential angst, moving on,
Form: Triolet

Premium Member Silence In the Garden of Olives
...Silence reigned….for the moment. Nothing stirred in the garden. No owl screeched. No bird flew. And inky darkness seemed to spread. Even the moon hid itself in shame. A light breeze rose s......Read the rest...
Categories: existential angst, jesus,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Salt Craze
...Food issues bring odd stealth (not obsessed with broccoli inexplicable phobia of brussel sprouts) It's potato chip indulgence pandemic binge eating supersedes......Read the rest...
Categories: existential angst, addiction, angst, food, fruit,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Goodhumor Issues
...I've felt it said here time and again That a personal issue is also about political tissue reconnecting economic responsibilities risks opportunities fiscal annual perennial Centers of ......Read the rest...
Categories: existential angst, earth day, health, integrity,
Form: Political Verse
Premium Member The Age of Social Distancing
...The age of social distancing, rife with existential angst and discontent. People with cabin fever break quarantine, take to the streets to vent. Date written: 07/16/2020......Read the rest...
Categories: existential angst, anger, anxiety, people, perspective,
Form: Couplet
Premium Member ''When Existential Angst Tests Faith''
...When existential angst tests faith, we hope that in the new-risen day there's a God from high above Who inspires us to cope, tho' life strikes us as if we're lightning rods. When exist......Read the rest...
Categories: existential angst, angst, creation, faith, god,
Form: Sonnet
Fragile
...What is life's meaning? What is the purpose in life? I'm afraid humanities insatiable appetite for answers Is creating existential angst in our lives A brain hardwired on the savannas Full of......Read the rest...
Categories: existential angst, allegory, analogy, appreciation, conflict,
Form: Rhyme
Why I Love Poems: the Satori Effect
...Why do I love poetry? Well, it's none of the usual: beautiful words, lofty thoughts, noble sentiments. I can get all that from Tolstoy or the Bible. No, I love poetry, good poetry, because it is effi......Read the rest...
Categories: existential angst, allusion, analogy, appreciation, creation,
Form: Prose
Deadened Frisson Explains
...Absent Motility Against Staid Inertia impossible to describe listlessness bedeviling this body electric aye attest motivation to counter glumness seizes motility temporarily t......Read the rest...
Categories: existential angst, 11th grade, 12th grade,
Form: Lyric
Thee Grim Reaper As Pedagogical Savior
...(fear not stalwart reader, the sword of Damocles just grazed thy chest when fate found us a place to call home). to avoid the pitfall of prospective homelessness which near future prospect i......Read the rest...
Categories: existential angst, angel, dark, destiny, farewell,
Form: Enclosed Rhyme
Thee Grim Reaper As Pedagogical Savior De Jour
...written just a couple weeks before the lease at prior abode would expire, and no affordable habitat....just by happenstance and a thankful invisible hand of destiny. * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * ......Read the rest...
Categories: existential angst, age, angst, birth, christmas,
Form: Personification

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