Best Crisis Poems
Below are the all-time best Crisis poems written by Poets on PoetrySoup. These top poems in list format are the best examples of crisis poems written by PoetrySoup members
12-31-23: A Number's Existential Crisis'Twas the twilight of the year, a twinkling tiara,
December 31st, digits dancing dunes in the Sahara.
One, two, three, one, two, three, it's a prance,
A numerical...
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Categories:
crisis, celebration, hilarious, holiday, humor,
Form:
Lyric
Categories:
crisis, hope,
Form:
Diminished Hexaverse
Angels and Demons
"Angels & Demons"
The Soul never sleeps
battered and lonely, the lesson
Life spent in The Hard Sell
Soft-served you become
melting Insomnia
mouth sucking a loaded gun
blue ribbonned...
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Categories:
crisis, abuse, addiction, angel, depression,
Form:
Free verse
The RefugeeRunning from an economy full of hate
hunger will place him behind bars unless he relocates
war and crisis lingering with the hope to end soon
have pocketed...
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Categories:
crisis, adventure, africa, death, depression,
Form:
Couplet
Let's All Drink To LockdownLet's All Drink to Lockdown
by Jan Beaumont ©
I'm normally a social girl
I love to meet my mates
But lately with the virus here
We can't go...
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Categories:
crisis, encouraging, friendship, fun, giggle,
Form:
Light Verse
The Power of OneThe Power of One
Slowly shadows devour the day’s light,
The silhouette of fear draws breath
From the soul left gasping,
A firestorm of fury gathering,
Like mists of...
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Categories:
crisis, courage, hope, power, sick,
Form:
Free verse
Vicious, Is the Unwelcomed StrangerConclusive is the board meeting by death’s merchants in Wuhan
the planet is rich, now placed in a temporary ban.
Grey hair is condemned in the statistics...
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Categories:
crisis, anxiety, bereavement, death, earth,
Form:
Couplet
A Mountain-Moving LoveRumi Verse
("I want that love that moved the mountains.
I want that love that split the ocean.
I want that love that made the winds tremble")
...
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Categories:
crisis, analogy, appreciation, love, mountains,
Form:
Free verse
People Who Feel Like Hugs
they are unusually soft inside
with a smile that flourishes
at the sight of you
they take everything in stride
nothing is ever a crisis....
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Categories:
crisis, appreciation, people,
Form:
Free verse
I Am a 4President Barack Obama
Credited for getting Osama
Now along comes Isis
"Lord help me, another crisis!"
path - 12/1...
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Categories:
crisis, conflict, leadership,
Form:
Clerihew
Salieri SoliloquyYou give me the desire
a love for composing
word symphonies
yet you give me
the cross of mediocrity
to bear
day by day to know
there are others
who are...
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Categories:
crisis, poetry,
Form:
Dramatic Monologue
Skin DeepI love you just the way you are
(after they buff that awful scar)
and laser the tattoos over your heart
I'm sure we're destined never to part
...
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Categories:
crisis, business, health, life, love,
Form:
I do not know?
Kingdom of Ruin
Rising from the desert sand
was a shimmering mirage
of a thousand shouts
Heated winds of fanaticism,
intense and blowing violently loud
Shrill calls to blood prayer seethe,
breathing fiery invocations
of...
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Categories:
crisis, death, judgement, religious, truth,
Form:
Elegy
Free Falling
"Free Falling"
You have to believe in Magic
to believe in the poetry of You
If you don’t believe in Magic
you are nothing but a black line
bleeding...
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Categories:
crisis, christmas, family, journey, life,
Form:
Free verse
Categories:
crisis, caregiving,
Form:
Free verse