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Angst Poems | Examples of Angst Poetry

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 short, long, best, and famous poem examples for angst.
Premium Member 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...Read the rest...
Categories: angst, dark, pain,
Form: Free verse



Premium Member What is the truth, merely a reality one minute to the next aka snapping out of it
start writing-she said as if she knew about the contents of her head ...Read the rest...
Categories: angst,
Form: Free verse
down below
Building 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,...Read the rest...
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...Read the rest...
Categories: analogy, anger, angst, animal,
Form: Narrative
April 8 Delay
April 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...Read the rest...
Categories: america, angst, political,
Form: Political Verse



April Personal grooming Ending Daily Shaving in Retirement
April 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...Read the rest...
Categories: angst, anxiety, remember, retirement,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Life
Living 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...Read the rest...
Categories: angst,
Form: Acrostic
Premium Member I Hate this World
I 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...Read the rest...
Categories: anger, angst, planet, world,
Form: Quatrain
playground scars
Little 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...Read the rest...
Categories: abuse, anger, angst, child
Form: Free verse
America Needs A Multiparty System Rant
Grandstanders 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...Read the rest...
Categories: america, angst, political,
Form: Villanelle
Premium Member 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...Read the rest...
Categories: allusion, analogy, angst, anxiety,
Form: Sonnet
Premium Member I FELL IN LOVE
I 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...Read the rest...
Categories: allusion, angst, beach, best
Form: Free verse
Premium Member 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...Read the rest...
Categories: abuse, angst, betrayal, death,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member 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©...Read the rest...
Categories: analogy, angst, food, longing,
Form: Footle
Empty
I 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...Read the rest...
Categories: angst, depression, pain, poetry,
Form: Rhyme

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Definition | What is Angst in Poetry?


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