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Shock Poems - Poems about Shock

Shock Poems - Examples of all types of poems about shock 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 shock.
The Postmortem
...The morning breaks with chatter everywhere and dignitaries making speeches over the air, I have heard a familiar voice that I know and I was shock to know that she was part of the show. I have not se......Read the rest...
Categories: shock, america, beautiful, best friend,
Form: Narrative



Premium Member When silence speaks
... Somber clouds form - rain spits.  His mother clenches freshly laid soil, screaming his name. Three crows glare. His daughters, shivering, hold each other, their gaunt eyes, still sore from shoc......Read the rest...
Categories: shock, death, suicide,
Form: Free verse
Mein kampf synonymous as a blooper
...Mein kampf synonymous as a blooper Writer of these words, a former Lower Providence inhabitant, who dwelled within darkest depths of Dante Alighieri's inferno for most of his outlandish, impis......Read the rest...
Categories: shock, 12th grade, abuse, adventure,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member A Paradox of Time Reborn
... The sun, resplendent in its blazing might, Burns fiercely o'er a barren, lifeless waste, A desert dry and vast where earth is scorched By searing radiation, deathly bright. No sign of life bu......Read the rest...
Categories: shock, allegory, creation, death, destiny,
Form: Blank verse
Premium Member A Whole Lot of Cruis’n Going On
...Who could cruise on in, play Jerry Lee? One deck is frozen, in disbelief. A titanic hit off the old block. Fingers grooving, what a shock. He’s not jealous of Billy Joel, he’s his own piano ......Read the rest...
Categories: shock, music,
Form: Free verse



G And T Blues
...She sits there in seclusion Recalling her glory days Before internet and SATNAV So changed the Mariners ways. Sat on her eponymous rock All the year long She’d lure poor sailors with A temp......Read the rest...
Categories: shock, adventure, fun, humor, myth,
Form: Free verse
A Sestina on old growth forests
...Old growth forests are a sight to behold Humans wiping them out makes me angry Politicos who support this can go to Hell Angel Oaks,giant cedars and Redwoods ......Read the rest...
Categories: shock, anxiety, nature,
Form: Sestina
Premium Member Magdalen Christmas Eve Mass 1984
...Busy time very frustrating watching my husband and ciro gargano go over the blue prints over and over again during the 1984 elections for lake county Daniel Furlan Bobby Thompson Ernest Fishe......Read the rest...
Categories: shock, america, christmas, city, evil,
Form: Free verse
Parents
...Our parents take us just so far And then we find our way, No longer captive to the rules They taught us to obey. So where we live or what we eat Or wear or do for fun Must be decided by ourse......Read the rest...
Categories: shock, parents,
Form: Rhyme
I Wonder
...I wonder… ?? I wonder if you love me? How does one know If you like someone over love? Do feelings just grow? You say I’m perfect I wish I could see through your eyes It’ll help me under......Read the rest...
Categories: shock, appreciation, desire, emotions, i
Form: Free verse
On being emotionally bankrupt
...On being emotionally bankrupt Sentient beings distraught psyche rent asunder courtesy false accusations heated words exchanged like gunfire pox upon the house of Deborah Hunter, a vicious vin......Read the rest...
Categories: shock, anger, anxiety, april, betrayal,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Unfounded Hatred Toward a Young Stranger
...The subway station heaves with muffled noise, The shuffle of countless feet against the grime, I am aware of unfounded disdain, Coursing between strangers in the city's bowels. The ancient fluo......Read the rest...
Categories: shock, discrimination, hate, prejudice, racism,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Maybe We Can Use Electrolysis Instead of Immolation
...to free this specter from its host caught in a body like bear trap a house made of arms that can't let go my hearth’s flame is selfish, unwilling to part with smoke without separation i will cho......Read the rest...
Categories: shock, absence, break up, loss,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member KNOWN JUST TO GOD AND ME
...KNOWN JUST TO GOD AND ME The Unknown Soldier Rows and rows of snow white stones, no names upon their face. Thousands more who went to war and left no earthly trace.......Read the rest...
Categories: shock, death, grave, history, patriotic,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Monica DeVil
...(To be sung to the tune of the Original Song - Cruella DeVil) Monica DeVil, that's it! Monica DeVil, Monica DeVil. She is sister to the dear Cruella Devil. To see her is to have a sudden thri......Read the rest...
Categories: shock, song,
Form: Lyric

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