Best Bleak Poems
Below are the all-time best Bleak poems written by Poets on PoetrySoup. These top poems in list format are the best examples of bleak poems written by PoetrySoup members
Thats When I Fall Down Upon My Knees, Song VersionUpdated lyrics May 19,2020 to flow better.
THAT’S WHEN I FALL DOWN UPON MY KNEES
There’s no way-
I’ll see another sunrise
My hope is gone-
as I'm contemplating...
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Categories:
bleak, depression, feelings, god, hope,
Form:
Lyric
Categories:
bleak, loneliness, love, love hurts,
Form:
Rhyme
The Tower RebuiltI shall resolve to leave this
Place now...
And steadfastly search out,
Nestling between ridge and bluff
Amidst the folds of a foreign
Land,
Several acres of unkempt ground
Fallow and...
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Categories:
bleak, hope,
Form:
Rhyme
RestRest now
O restless heart
released in ebb to flow
ride the other side of the king tide rising
buoyant your movement in rise with the waves
Rise!...
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Categories:
bleak, death, freedom, heaven, journey,
Form:
Free verse
I Slipped On a Tear DropI s l i p p e d on a teardrop and landed in her arms. She never knew how much I needed...
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Categories:
bleak, death, sister, suicide,
Form:
Haibun
Day of Reckoning
Above bleak pastures,
A cobalt coliseum:
Warriors are unleashed.
·
Aggressive brave clouds,
Battle for the dominance:
Vanquishment is vague.
·
Conquest of power,
Clash of divine elements:
Battle in the sky.
·
Sun and clouds collide,
On...
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Categories:
bleak, nature
Form:
Choka
A Wild RoseThis bridge has arched the lake's narrows
for a century, flanked on either side
by Autumn trees shedding their faded leaves,
blowing with the first snowflakes
across worn gray...
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Categories:
bleak, death, memory, winter,
Form:
Free verse
Winter's AntidoteO Winter, why this desolation? Trees, once verdant now stand bare
Flowers, long in hibernation; clouds that frown with ominous stare,
Bleak winds chill the rain-soaked bones...
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Categories:
bleak, bereavement, community, death, grief,
Form:
Rhyme
The Wounds of WarDear Mother, should my footsteps never tread
The pathway which would lead to your embrace,
Know this, though many words were left unsaid,
Your love has pierced the...
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Categories:
bleak, fear, love, mother, war,
Form:
Sonnet
Categories:
bleak, imagery, nature,
Form:
Rhyme
Midnight Brings the DawnIt seems that all my life I’ve seen some darker times
Now and then the times I knew were more than I could stand.
But, learn we...
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Categories:
bleak, introspection, life, lost, lost,
Form:
Rhyme
Now I Lay Me Down To SleepSoft is the pillow beneath my head
as dread sweeps over the world
Haunting dreams with chilling screams
shrill as a lonely wind
Crisp and cool is the linen...
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Categories:
bleak,
Form:
Free verse
Fragile Is Life"Life is fragile and temporary. The faces of today quickly become the faces of the past. Sorrow, pain, and anger... it all fades, except love....
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Categories:
bleak, death, nature, wind,
Form:
Free verse
Ageless Seeds of Simple JoysAgeless Seeds Of Simple Joys
When walking in splatter of Spring's anticipated rains
blessed is the youth in you, if wearing no shoes;
further given if you can...
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Categories:
bleak, appreciation, art, beautiful, creation,
Form:
Rhyme
Sacred GratitudeSacred Gratitude
Rockin and Rollin inside my soul
Beckoning musical notes float within me
My heart surrenders and opens
Expanding
When the world outside dances in tension
Feeling bleak and...
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Categories:
bleak, appreciation, beautiful, dream, fantasy,
Form:
Free verse