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Drug Poems | Examples of Drug Poetry

Drug Poems - Examples of all types of drug poetry to share and read. This list of new poems is composed of the works of modern poets on PoetrySoup. Read short, long, best, and famous poem examples for drug.
I want to peel his skin back, and eat it like the meat of a grape
In the cool light, I want to peel his skin back And eat it like the meat of a grape In the heat summer, I’m painted, red as Cardinal And stuffed full of Sparrow’s ecstasy At the summit of hysteria He holds...Read the rest...
Categories: drug, angel, dark, death, depression,
Form: Free verse



Forgotten Nights Lead To Forgotten Promises
I'm promised to your finger tips The ones that run through my hair and run across my skin When there's space between that skin and the cloth that hangs off me My shirts aren't tucked into my pants...Read the rest...
Categories: boy, desire, drink, drug,
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 so deep; they can't breathe. they're gasping for air - getting weed. they're flying above, in the skies. they're here, but really- they're gone....Read the rest...
Categories: addiction, anxiety, depression, drug,
Form: Rhyme
Escitalopram
Artificial means of controlling my own depression For all of these old feelings I've contained through suppression. Sadly never forgetting how others left such an impression....Read the rest...
Categories: depression, drug, mental health,
Form: Sijo
Premium Member Help Me
Help me please! I'm a kid, and I'm confused. Something's wrong with me - I like to run wild and free 'neath the sun, And climb a willow tree. I ask too many questions, that...Read the rest...
Categories: child, dog, drug, education,
Form: Rhyme



Premium Member Just Dropped In
I tripped on a cloud and fell-a eight miles high I tore my mind on a jagged sky ~Mickey Newberry compartments and partitions in through daydreams ...Read the rest...
Categories: drug,
Form: Free verse
Cigarettes
There will simply never ever be enough cigarettes To erase all of my biggest losses and old regrets. No matter how many I smoke, not enough to erase my frets....Read the rest...
Categories: addiction, drug,
Form: Sijo
YouTube and Chris Hodge
YouTube and Chis Hodge It came as a surprise to me that Chris Hodge has been banned on YouTube, a man of knowledge worth listening to He is an honest intellectual; as such, it is hard not...Read the rest...
Categories: absence, birthday, confidence, drug,
Form: Blank verse
The Devil in the Wind
Sometimes I fall, and it seems easier just to fall than to climb back up. Because when I fall, I feel free. I feel as though I can fly, but I can't. I simply fall...Read the rest...
Categories: change, drug, evil, poems,
Form: Rhyme
LAUGHTER
Today I broke out in laughter Two beers Were enough to heal my spirit I am an addict but for medicine A drug user but for sanity You have no idea How down I am here Always and...Read the rest...
Categories: drug, addiction, care, depression, drink,
Form: Free verse
Come try this
Here come try this you will have soo much fun. You will loose everything you have every material posession and every loved one. Up all night riding bicycles and treasure hunting through other people’s trash. Cuz ya don’t...Read the rest...
Categories: abuse, addiction, drug,
Form: Rhyme
The Liquid Euphoria
Lost in a bottle Blessed with an all seeing eye Pain out of the window Inconsequential, to live or die The world's your oyster And mankind your playground To see with the eyes that's not your own Silence is the new...Read the rest...
Categories: drug, addiction, conflict, dark, drink,
Form: Free verse
Crossroads
"Come," whispers a friend, with a grin sly and svelte, "To the realm where the grandest of marbles do melt. Take this ticket, no charge, it's a magical key, To the dance of the cosmos, just you wait...Read the rest...
Categories: drug, abuse, addiction, best friend,
Form: Rhyme
Succubus
Intrinsic behavior I am my own savior Love's a joy Not a labor Rather be in your good favor Kiss me I'm not real Or so it seems to me Nothing's all I feel Or so it seems to be What you're chasing...Read the rest...
Categories: desire, dream, drug, how
Form: I do not know?
Premium Member Anomie
Written: April 10, 2024 For Edward Ebeh Contest “Raise your words, not voice. It is rain that grows flowers, not thunder.” — Rumi ...Read the rest...
Categories: analogy, drug, identity,
Form: Rhyme

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