Angst Poems - Examples of all types of angst poetry to share and read. This list of new poems is composed of the works of modern poets on PoetrySoup. Read
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Incarnate
Angels are unable to handle
these 'Sylvia Plath' sorrows,
hiding their halos -
mute to my concerns.
Love has abandoned me,
left me to decay in an open grave,
where flesh eating insects
devour my motionless corpse.
Yet, I'm a victim of...
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Categories:
angst, dark, pain,
Form: Free verse
What is the truth, merely a reality one minute to the next aka snapping out of itstart writing-she said
as if she knew
about the contents
of her head
...
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Categories:
angst,
Form: Free verse
down belowBuilding up terrible turbulence in my brain
Resurrecting rain in my lonely lane, driving me insane
Going down below, low, low, low
The darkest night has glow, oh, oh
I don’t understand why-why-why
I feel below you…you…you…
I don’t know why,...
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Categories:
angst, emotions, endurance,
Form: Lyric
April 9The animal world Death to All Humans
The Parliament of Animals
met one day in a secret undisclosed location
“We are assembled here
to judge the actions
of the human race.
the human race is being charged with
crimes against nature,
destruction...
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Categories:
analogy, anger, angst, animal,
Form: Narrative
April 8 DelayApril 8—Delay (any kind)
There is always a two to three-month delay
Between economic news
And people’s perception of the economy.
Most people feel the economy sucks
When in objective fact
The economy is doing just great.
I hope that...
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Categories:
america, angst, political,
Form: Political Verse
April Personal grooming Ending Daily Shaving in RetirementApril 4—Personal grooming…
Ending Daily Shaving in Retirement
When Sam Adams
retired from
the U.S. Department of State,
he made five vows
which he kept for years.
first, he would quit daily shaving
shaving once or twice a month
second, he would never...
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Categories:
angst, anxiety, remember, retirement,
Form: Free verse
LifeLiving is easy, so the saying goes
I don't know, but time, it flows
Forevers are inconsequential, everybody knows
Earthed, to be scattered then eventually sowed...
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Categories:
angst,
Form: Acrostic
I Hate this WorldI hate this world I'm living in
I hate it to the core
I hate this world I'm living in
Can't take it anymore
The hate that sparks a genocide
Does anybody care?
The theft, the lies, the cover up
Is there...
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Categories:
anger, angst, planet, world,
Form: Quatrain
playground scarsLittle Girl swings in the air,
legs pumping, wind in hair
the closest to flight she’ll ever be.
freedom and fairytales whisper in her ears,
telling her with each swing, she’ll be closer to the clouds.
Little Girl and Little...
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Categories:
abuse, anger, angst, child
Form: Free verse
America Needs A Multiparty System RantGrandstanders are crooks as far I can tell
Some grandstanders aren’t what can I say
A mixed system is needed I do yell
Dems weak and do zip homie. did foretell
Biden’s Israel mid-east plan good. I...
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Categories:
america, angst, political,
Form: Villanelle
Love~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~
Tanked temps pools inky smears ere striking lights,
nightstand shelved as bed post warming invites,
facade postpones ceiling beams gold strike streaks,
soleless soul flits swarming countenance cheeks,
dance preps off-Broadway show and a bit more,
mirror laughs hushed, smiles aloud, assured score.
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~
Hogwarts...
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Categories:
allusion, analogy, angst, anxiety,
Form: Sonnet
I FELL IN LOVEI fell in love with words. This verb
That URGE! was all of the most powerful
Emotion of everything I knew. I FELL
HARD! Such a CHARGE!
I knew a GOOD GROOVE NOW!
The knowing and WISDOM of...
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Categories:
allusion, angst, beach, best
Form: Free verse
Shifting Relentless Time(FICTION, PLEASE. It is easy for me to write in the first person, but nearly all my poems are fiction. Please don't attribute this poem to me. I loved my wife to...
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Categories:
abuse, angst, betrayal, death,
Form: Free verse
BROKEN TOKEN SAUSAGE BISCUIT-broken token
despise disguise
~
holly-Holy
trouble double
~
eating bleeding
sausage biscuit
5/1/24
Written words by James Edward Lee Sr. 2024©...
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Categories:
analogy, angst, food, longing,
Form: Footle
EmptyI am so empty right now
That I have nothing to offer.
I am so alone right now
That in my company;
even loneliness would suffer.
There was a time
I was so full of life
That being with me was a...
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Categories:
angst, depression, pain, poetry,
Form: Rhyme
Specific Types of Angst Poems
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