Best Addictions Poems
Below are the all-time best Addictions poems written by Poets on PoetrySoup. These top poems in list format are the best examples of addictions poems written by PoetrySoup members
Small Addictions
“Small Addictions”
bit by bit
the hunger begins,
the time when everyone,
it would seem, is giving in
to those small addictions
inevitably they become
your sole purpose for living,
your...
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Categories:
addictions, love, muse,
Form:
Narrative
Sexual Addictions Are Destroying Our FamiliesSexual Addictions Are Destroying Our Families!
Many families are being destroyed by sexual addictions!
As they bring into their homes unneeded afflictions!
There are affairs of adultery of...
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Categories:
addictions, culture, divorce, faith, family,
Form:
Rhyme
A Poem For My Algebra TeacherI know I promised
no more ‘Make you Cry Poems’
I said I'd never write another
‘Wipe your eye poem’
And for three years
I tried...
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Categories:
addictions, 6th grade, abuse, betrayal,
Form:
Free verse
The Peace of Wild ThingsAlone and left to contemplate,
had I a pair of wings,
I’d fly away and search the world
for the peace of wild things.
To live among...
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Categories:
addictions, peace,
Form:
Quatrain
The Songs & the MakersMy soul understood Lynyrd Skynyrd
Like Ronnie I had monkeys to
Just simple boys chasing life’s joys
With our needles playing our blues
My soul understood Pink Floyd
For I...
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Categories:
addictions, dedication, inspirational, life, music,
Form:
Rhyme
The MemoryIn the garden she said goodbye.
A kiss filled with remorse.
Moonlit memories she asked to forget us
as I promised to try.
Time and addictions.
A change in...
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Categories:
addictions, angst, introspection, lost love,
Form:
Rhyme
The End of the RainbowRemember the days when we all felt free
Back in the days when we were happy as can be
Not a worry in the world,where all our...
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Categories:
addictions, addiction, betrayal,
Form:
Rhyme
Unheard PleaShe could bring sunlight to the darkness
Warmth to the cold
Joy to the sorrowful
The inner child to the old
She had such a passion for life
Viewed through...
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Categories:
addictions, addiction,
Form:
Rhyme
You Gotta Have HeartTag words: advertising, bebop, bird, bottle, Charlie
Parker, Coca-Cola, Cole Porter, Dizzy Gillespie,
door, flag, heart, jazz, light bulb, Louis Armstrong,
Miles Davis, palette, Pepsi Cola, pluralism...
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Categories:
addictions, art,
Form:
Ekphrasis
The Greatest AfflictionAddictions, restrictions, afflictions, decisions,
A needle, a bottle, step down hard on that throttle!
Disaster, no more laughter, destruction for years after.
Placate, eradicate, fornicate, masturbate,
Addiction. Restriction....
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Categories:
addictions, addiction, body, corruption, health,
Form:
Prose Poetry
Tape Measuretape measure in hand
soft spoken,"Can't believe it"....
dust upon treadmill
Inspired by the contest about addictions
not an entry....
Since my back problems and then the surgery,
I...
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Categories:
addictions, addiction,
Form:
Senryu
Kids' TableLaying my head back, eyes closing,
reminiscing, the years falling away into decades ago
to the 1950s at my grandparents' grand home
for Christmas.
It was a gracious dining...
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Categories:
addictions, christmas, cousin, family, friend,
Form:
Free verse
Affliction of AddictionThe feeling of a mind in a constant rotation
Regardless, the effect is a sensation
Erratic thoughts and a foggy haze
Trapped within an infernal...
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Categories:
addictions, addiction, introspection, lost,
Form:
Rhyme
Jesus Christ Has the Power Over Any AddictionJesus Christ Has the Power Over Any Addiction!
I often hear of people who battle addictions.
This often leaves many scars and afflictions.
There's counselors to help, "a...
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Categories:
addictions, addiction, faith, freedom, god,
Form:
Rhyme
Eternal Struggle For SerenitySerenity, the gift I’ve forever longed
To be peaceful as a lily in a still pond
My fear drops away like raindrops down a windowpane
Love flows like...
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Categories:
addictions, life, philosophy, recovery from...,
Form:
Rhyme