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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 My Bloody Valentine
You are the star of my mahogany heart For you gave me the blues the biggest scar Everything I let go of to win your trust Was my mistake for you take love for lust I am to blame...Read the rest...
Categories: angst, heartbroken, poetry,
Form: Rhyme
Empty Lungs
She alone shadows my outside heart in glass, Unknowns in saws and hands, a lifetime's goodbye That her memory's stay will still on us crash, Where the breath in both our wombs, this hollow light — A channel...Read the rest...
Categories: absence, angst, child, heartbroken,
Form: Rispetto



Premium Member FRIGID BITTER ATTITUDE SMUTTED WOMAN-
FRIGID BITTER ATTITUDE SMUTTED WOMAN- Wintry mix soul of emotion-- lack of compassionate no-show; ...So she was winter crisp chilling, stony unsympathetic heart' Disposition mean ice-queen part; Your cold, responsiveness lacking; 2/11/25 Written words by James Edward Lee Sr. 2025© ...Read the rest...
Categories: angst, character, conflict, confusion,
Form: Tail-rhyme

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shijie cai buzaihu!
Pain, now far It’s happened too much! I can’t feel it anymore! Getting hurt, so tragic If only I felt human! Time will pass With or without me Life, it moves, moves! It doesn’t matter if I’m here Nothing matters! My body, so horrid Medical...Read the rest...
Categories: abuse, angst, anxiety, depression,
Form: Lyric
Soup
I am a can of soup. I am being recycled. Because I was used up. Even as a can made of solid metal… I get tired. Of the clanging of other cans around me. Of the sounds of machines. A can of...Read the rest...
Categories: angst,
Form: Free verse



Bhami
Bhami Slow down take a run Wobbly—?dribble?— dabble addled eye balls gawking at.. what is that? First encounter of the second kind Clanging?—?clinging?—?cloistering—?changin colours in daytime Running lights off...Read the rest...
Categories: absence, allusion, angst, betrayal,
Form: Free verse
Bhami
Bhami Slow down take a run Wobbly—?dribble?— dabble addled eye balls gawking at.. what is that? First encounter of the second kind Clanging?—?clinging?—?cloistering—?changin colours in daytime Running lights off...Read the rest...
Categories: absence, allusion, angst, betrayal,
Form: Free verse
Did I Exist?
I was never part of it. Not for years. Not in the whispered secrets. Not in the plans made in rooms I wasn’t in. Not in the jokes that landed before I could hear them and felt like I was...Read the rest...
Categories: angst,
Form: Free verse
no mystery here
No Mystery here when I shut my eyes, I see millions of stars not bright stars they only bring light onto themselves static and unblinkingly. On the bottom half of what I see, is a mist called...Read the rest...
Categories: absence, angst, courage,
Form: ABC
Dartura
I drew burning stars Around her jagged scars I had never seen embers burn as bright As hers did into that endless night As she bloomed I seen her light I gazed upon it Basking in her unparalleled...Read the rest...
Categories: 10th grade, angst, crush,
Form: Free verse
New Things
I can learn new things. Although nothing comes to mind. Except maybe that math class I failed. I dropped out of college a few days later. I can learn new things, new things… I remember learning...Read the rest...
Categories: age, angst,
Form: Free verse
Sea of Roses
O n c e upon a medieval arc, when the coral night was engrossed in fuchsia epitaphs of fireflies, your fingers, embalmed in the fangs of february moon, shredded the love...Read the rest...
Categories: angst, deep, emotions, heartbreak,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member What's in your closet? Three poems
Oh, let me not think of the soiled dishes in my sink, and let me not posit the dirty secrets in my closet, or recall any of what brought me to this brink. Some things I don't want to think...Read the rest...
Categories: angst, anxiety, dark, identity,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member The hostages are human'
Its a reggresive sight to see the condition of hostages Being released by hamas?? Its a sad counterpoint to the Whole sad situation.' And gnaws away at hope of there Being any good solution, any way to sanity..For...Read the rest...
Categories: angst, conflict, courage,
Form: Narrative
Premium Member The Two Mothers in Me
Good mother, bad mother, locked in a war, ...Read the rest...
Categories: angst, conflict, fear, how
Form: Free verse

Specific Types of Angst Poems

Definition | What is Angst in Poetry?


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