Best Afraid Poems
Below are the all-time best Afraid poems written by Poets on PoetrySoup. These top poems in list format are the best examples of afraid poems written by PoetrySoup members
Broken PeopleI wish to be with the broken people
the get in your face challenge me people
The sometimes hidden
sitting in a dark corner kinda people
The don't you...
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Categories:
afraid, people,
Form:
Free verse
Will You Tie My Shoes When I Grow OldYou were beautiful,
my tiny child,
wrapped tightly in my arms,
close to my heart.
I listened to you breathing.
I counted your fingers
and your toes.
Helpless,
you...
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Categories:
afraid, caregiving, childhood, daughter, growing
Form:
Narrative
In Strangler's WoodIn forest's night, the trees bend low
beneath a slice of half moon’s glow;
silent shadows waver...
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Categories:
afraid, death,
Form:
Rhyme
Categories:
afraid, death, depression, hate, hope,
Form:
I do not know?
Letting Go"Letting Go!"
Behind that garden rail
Where worms squirm and roam,
They dig into every bad part of my day
I feel them crawling, making my hide their home
They...
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Categories:
afraid, depression, emotions, hate, immigration,
Form:
Dramatic Verse
Love In the Silence of the SoulAs a young boy
Sitting in a pew
The winter darkness pressing down
Candlelight waves from hidden drafts
Shadows danced on the walls
I heard the words destined to me
“Be...
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Categories:
afraid, death, love, sorrow,
Form:
Narrative
Poor Peter PumpkinPoor Peter Pumpkin had a very itty bitty head.
So the farmer made him stay inside the garden bed.
The farmer said that he was going to...
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Categories:
afraid, fantasy, halloween, humorous,
Form:
Couplet
Old ManSilently he sat in darkness, flinching at the sight of light.
Which created a glow reflecting on his balding head.
His cold glare did not help my...
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Categories:
afraid, angst, dark, life,
Form:
Prose
Silent PageSilent Heart
Sad, as it maybe, I had to break my OWN heart,
Too many nights, I sat there all torn apart
A dream girl,
Sitting under...
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Categories:
afraid, confusion, corruption, dark, deep,
Form:
Free verse
Shepherd Who Forgot His FlockIt's raining again, grey neon skies,
washing away suppressed surfaces,
to reveal unhealed wounds,
to scars the eyes cannot see
sometimes they bleed.
Some say words heal,
but I resist to...
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Categories:
afraid, childhood, emotions, father son,
Form:
Free verse
When Eyes of Turquoise Dyed the SkiesI see you ‘cross the vast expanse,
a love disguised in dreamy whirl
and clothed in raiment sun-spun gold
as wispy cirrus wraps your dance
the music of your...
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Categories:
afraid, beauty, death, grief, longing,
Form:
Lyric
Boy Oh Boy and a GirlI wish to claim
My boyness
My yesterday sillyness
Innocent shyness
My crinkled nose grininess
That hide and seekiness
Spin the bottle
kind of geekiness
Getting caught
My hand in the...
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Categories:
afraid, adventure, boy, childhood, courage,
Form:
Rhyme
The Male Menopause - Please Feel Free To Join In the CollaborationTed’s libido has now gone astray
He refused a quick roll in the hay
So what could be the cause -
It’s the male menopause...
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Categories:
afraid, age, body, humorous, men,
Form:
Limerick
Even In Silence We Have Our Wordssometimes
we are afraid to jump
but we take the leap
sometimes
when we fall deeply
it's not our limbs injured
sometimes
what is meant for us
hurts too much
sometimes
nothing makes sense
confusion reigns...
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Categories:
afraid, philosophy, poetry, wisdom,
Form:
Free verse
Plastic Narcissist Collaboration With the Silent OneWhen we search for answers from egotistic minds,
life is full of meaningless questions that lead us nowhere.
You sabotaged the sandman who brought me my dreams,
corrupting...
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Categories:
afraid, abuse, angst, anxiety, emotions,
Form:
Free verse