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Addiction Poems | Examples of Addiction Poetry

Addiction Poems
Addiction Poems - Examples of all types of addiction poetry to share and read. This list of addiction poems is composed of the works of modern poets on PoetrySoup. Read short, long, best, and famous examples of addiction poetry. This list of works about addiction is an excellent resource for examples on how to write addiction poems.
Go to sleep
I'm playing killer games. BAM. Headshots, one-hits, epic plays. Satisfaction vibrates through my body. I'm playing strategy games. GROWTH. Annihilation of the enemy. Satisfaction vibrates through my body. I'm playing hack'n'slash games. OPEN. A chest of legendary quality. Satisfaction vibrates through my body. I'm playing computer games. KNOCK....Read the rest...
Categories: addiction, computer, father, games,
Form: Free verse
Vanilla Shadows
There's a sweetness in the suffocation, like vanilla clinging to my skin, promising warmth, yet whispering dread, as silence wraps me from within. The scent once filled my restless nights, a balm against the creeping fear, but now it thickens, heavy, each...Read the rest...
Categories: 12th grade, addiction, allusion,
Form: Rhyme



Forgotten
We are the enemy of a state of mind. The truth is now so hard to find. With societies that have broken down. The people in each forgotten town. Cities riddled with monkey dust and governments that we can't...Read the rest...
Categories: absence, addiction, anger, anxiety,
Form: Rhyme
a childless future
The childless future The modern way of living has made us soft we forget life is a struggle to survive  when we are safe and have reached the top of the pyramid, the long view that is  short and...Read the rest...
Categories: absence, abuse, addiction, angel,
Form: Blank verse
Premium Member WE WHO ARE HIS BEAUTY-
WE WHO ARE HIS BEAUTY Gracious awakening Good New Day; Father, giver of our life and breath; "ALWAYS" We who have, awaken beautiful; Purposefully provides His glory, for us; " Hallelujah" His is our promised keeper of, His glorious grace, peace,...Read the rest...
Categories: addiction, blessing, deep, devotion,
Form: Rhyme



Premium Member Autumn Air
Smoking in the cool autumn air before the arising of dawn. Never believing the summer time is already gone. Standing in the cool autumn air within its takeover....Read the rest...
Categories: addiction, autumn, drug, nature,
Form: Sijo
Premium Member Commuting At Sunset
Smoking cigarettes while remaining patiently waiting For the next bussing southbound to my local neighbouring. Sun is setting while many warm colours in the sky are blending....Read the rest...
Categories: addiction, city, drug, imagery,
Form: Sijo
Life And Lasting love in the night
Creeping in the shadows Keeping it from bad hoes Reaping in the benefits Keeping em in to it Fall in to the zone alone All the The road to grown Call on that phone at home stall on that stone to loan Cash...Read the rest...
Categories: addiction, adventure, analogy, career,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member FACE OUR SOUL-
face eyes so I look into your eyes I see your heartbeat sweet of the ears listens toll soul hued eyes glistening nurturing mindsets sweet I see you in truth my Father's child the face...Read the rest...
Categories: addiction, appreciation, encouraging, life,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member FOREVER LIFE
I am promised by the water that is part of my makeup but I'm energy I am light I am fire Eternal have no beginning I have no end I am the the embediment of...Read the rest...
Categories: addiction, blessing, life,
Form: Dramatic Verse
Call for Corn Awe
I wanted to make something drawn from bosom You & I gemini'd, From the wells extract'd virginity untouch'd by compounds— Forgot to send it out, forgot...Read the rest...
Categories: addiction, allah, anti bullying,
Form: Free verse
The Devil
Loneliness but with people around me, Mistakes made that can't be corrected, The Damage that has been done to people you had close to you at one point, You always felt such a rush of goodness, But this you...Read the rest...
Categories: addiction, depression, love,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member POSITIONED PAST RESIDUE SURVICAL-
Been incarcerated in a house; Displeased in surrounding clout; Walls sadden painted windows covered in 50's paint; Ridiculed and stagnated Accustomed to be alienated I walk outside still alive vertical choice I received my voice Contemplating Residue survival 10/10/24 Written words...Read the rest...
Categories: addiction, analogy, destiny,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Different
Heavily, I lay down my head. You said this time would be different. As blue as the evening sky, this is true. Each bruise is in a different place. My face faces southward to the lowest degree, dirty from your...Read the rest...
Categories: abuse, addiction, betrayal, hurt,
Form: Free verse
A Fellow Poet Wrote Her Obit In 2020
She said that the stars were listening. She said that her gift was a curse but that was four years ago. She said that she hoped we would understand. She added that she was proud that her daughter had a child but...Read the rest...
Categories: absence, addiction, friendship, loss,
Form: Free verse

Specific Types of Addiction Poems

Definition | What is Addiction in Poetry?


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