Categories:
abuse, allusion, perspective, sin,
Form: List
Habakkuk 1:2He doesn't answer when I scream
Into the dark, into my pillow,
Into the hollow between breaths
Where prayers rot.
Everyone says He listens.
But maybe He doesn't listen to girls like me.
Maybe I'm the mistake in the plan.
The broken thread. The shadow on the altar.
They told me He loves the brokenhearted,
But He watched when it happened,
He watched, and...
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Categories:
abuse, bible, christian, dark,
Form: Free verse
Feedbacks**Feedbacks**
A poet must strive for perfection—his work is destined to reflect the world and his identity. With each line, he confronts procrastination head-on. With every verse, he engages in reactions, probations, and anticipation, leading to necessary debates and the reconstruction of his latest pieces, even in the face of favorable reviews.
I will read it out...
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Categories:
absence, abuse, allegory, anti
Form: Narrative
Harried Harris heir still feels horrid courtesy heist he doth declareHarried Harris heir still feels horrid courtesy heist he doth declare...
Earlier this merry month of May
a goniff who possibly did gossip
about his/her surreptitious exploits
when he/she brazenly
accessed ATM machine
situated at 13 West Ridge Street
Lansford Pennsylvania 18232
pulled off outright theft
found him/herself
in possession of debit card
with Mastercard logo
(I deduce mail meant for us -
particularly the missus
got sent to...
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Categories:
absence, abuse, anger, anxiety,
Form: Free verse
bondagetrapped in bondage
walked through doors unwillingly....
emotions work free ...
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Categories:
abuse, psychological, work,
Form: Senryu
Alive, But Gone
I love you both with all my heart,
But Mum, you tore that love apart.
You made me choose, you made me cry,
While Dad was left to wonder why.
You spoke of him with poisoned tongue,
Bad words for ears still far too young.
You painted him in shades of wrong,
And made me feel I don’t belong.
He wasn’t perfect, neither...
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Categories:
child abuse, dad, family,
Form: Rhyme
Game onI really thought you had my best interest at heart.
Now I see you were just playing the part.
Never thought all you saw was a game to try and beat.
Never actually attempting to get to know me.
All you needed was to know I aim to please.
And that I've searched my entire life
to...
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Categories:
abuse, deep, games, imagination,
Form: Rhyme
If You Are LoveO God of blistered stars and silence,
I crawl to You with blood beneath my nails—
Not theirs, my own.
I tore at shame like bark from skin,
But it rooted deeper still.
Do You see me now?
A cathedral of cracked marrow,
Where hallelujahs rot before they bloom—
I cannot pray without trembling.
The night — I dare not name it —
Stitched its...
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Categories:
12th grade, abuse, angst,
Form: Free verse
Woman , YoursOh dear ! You are better off
I’m not a smiling doll
to play with you
Don’t stain me
with your fingers and words
I’m possessed by a holy evil
Don’t yell my dear !
Even as an embryo
the world knows -
I’m a witch
I didn’t bewitch you
Don’t think too highly of yourself
You were a nomad
who lost...
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Categories:
abuse, angst, betrayal, courage,
Form: Free verse
Truth Be ToldTruth be told: I am just too old
For all of this
Betrayal.
Because you have left me
Countless times
While being right there.
I needed a man who wasn’t afraid of me, a man who would fight for me, a man who could hold the complicated blocks of my soul for a moment and help me arrange them...
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Categories:
abuse, feelings,
Form: Free verse
the califateThe Caliphate (2015)
Let us think about the unthinkable.
Let ISIS have their caliphate and be a state
The Zionists took Palestine and called it Israel
European settlers killed off the Indians
And now it is called the USA.
The brutalities and horror of ISIS are terrible
But from a historical perspective
Worst things have happened, and will again, it is
The human burden...
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Categories:
absence, abuse, age,
Form: ABC
Bones Beneath the TowerInspired by Bob Dylan's "Mississippi"
I was the backbone of your dream—
ribs shaped into beams,
my blood seeping slow,
cementing your tower’s base.
You promised a sky of stars,
a rise beyond all shadows—
but I was just a ghost
etched in your blueprint,
a whisper beneath your tower.
We built forever on lies,
stacking stones on my shoulders—
I was your ground,
your silent sacrifice,
the...
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Categories:
abuse,
Form: Free verse
The Devil PhilosopyThe parties were in full swing.
The doorbell rang, yet no one knew it.
In that instant, everything changed for the party guests.
Speak softly, lean in closer, and turn down the volume.
A sudden death—another soul has taken its last breath.
Did he pass the test? Sniffing cocaine, he...
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Categories:
abuse, allusion, analogy, anger,
Form: Epic
monsterDaylight. Thank God. The monster comes at night.?
For now, I shake the strings loose,?
And try with my whole might.
Reflections of the night before—?
My eyes are swollen shut,?
Bruises, scars, maybe broken bones.?
Don’t show you’ve had enough.
The mirror reflects the bruises;?
I stare a bit too long.
?The monster's wrath shows on my face.
?Stay strong, girl. Stay strong.
I will...
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Categories:
abuse, courage, depression, violence,
Form: Free verse
TELL ME THE COLOUR OF WORDSTell me words are red
And I'll tell of the lives
We lose everyday in the middle east
Of the lives in danger in Northern Nigeria
The Sahel, Ukraine, Russian and Syria.
Tell me words are white
And I'll tell you how a world of peace is
I will tell you how you go to bed at ease
And how deeply...
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Categories:
12th grade, abuse, africa,
Form: Free verse
Specific Types of Abuse Poems
Definition | What is Abuse in Poetry?
Poems Related to Abuse
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