Best Despaired Poems
Below are the all-time best Despaired poems written by Poets on PoetrySoup. These top poems in list format are the best examples of despaired poems written by PoetrySoup members
A Shout Into the VoidUpon the arc rises familiar visage of tenebrous dawn
As birdsongs protest, yet another day gone wrong,
In anguish of emptiness thrashing~ stygian, forlorn,
Screaming relentlessly of despondent,...
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Categories:
despaired, anxiety, emotions, life, stress,
Form:
Verse
If Only My Wish Would Come TrueImages of children dwelling in developing world
In plight of poverty~~ some two billion strong,
Fly a flag of existence, waving distress unfurled,
Crooning mournful song: is this...
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Categories:
despaired, children, hope, inspirational,
Form:
Rhyme
I Refuse To Count SillybullsThere once was a poet who despaired
though blessed with a fair amount of flair
that he was way too thick
to master limericks
counting words an arduous affair...
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Categories:
despaired, light, poetry,
Form:
Limerick
Categories:
despaired, humor,
Form:
Limerick
Allow Me To Dream Your DreamsAllow me ~ to be your dream of dawning
When song of love the robins are singing
While rustles of trees whisper to soft winds
And golden morning...
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Categories:
despaired, love,
Form:
Verse
What About the ChildrenDownward marriage falls seeking some relief
Children follow awkwardly, senses moan
Husband and wife acting out of belief
Three children entering chambers unknown
Locked in battle, the wife reaches...
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Categories:
despaired, children, divorce, hurt, husband,
Form:
Sonnet
Signs of MeI pause to breach this final night we share
To leave a darker rose among the wheat
A single bloom to mark, though unaware
Of vanishing with the...
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Categories:
despaired, death, goodbye, love, memory,
Form:
Sonnet
Memoriam For Donald B BuchananWho will weep for my noble prince? Who will cry
With belly swollen with sorrow, and tears long
As the Black River? Who will hear the clouds...
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Categories:
despaired, death, faith, friendshipdeath, death,
Form:
Elegy
CarelessI slept
full of hope and dreams
I awoke
empty and forgotten
Careless as I was back then
Morning sounds
swirling in my ears
Pointless thoughts
filling my head
"She can."
but will she...
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Categories:
despaired, forgiveness, girlfriend-boyfriend, introspection, lost
Form:
Free verse
Sedated HopeThe age of premonition and belief in false speculations…
A firm believer of the grace now devoted to inelegance…
All it stated was an untainted fib…
Darkened fiend...
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Categories:
despaired, hope, dream, dream, hope,
Form:
Lyric
RepristinationExtolling rebirth, dreams pristine cajole,
Resurgence to tranquility of frozen knoll,
Longing verdant-realms to enliven its soul
Where wintry-decay exacted dreary toll.
When warmth glistens avid golden rays
Glinting gloominess...
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Categories:
despaired, inspirational, nature, seasons,
Form:
Rhyme
DespairHe despaired. He was despondent and desperate.
He was impelled to violent action but restrained from acting out.
He had finally given up. He had lost all...
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Categories:
despaired, angst, depression, satire,
Form:
Narrative
CrushedFragile are crisp clean lines that edge an invisible thread
Carelessly crushed beneath the unknown forceful dead
Efforts of gripping the reality through truthful grief pained wash
Casual...
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Categories:
despaired, america, car, community, culture,
Form:
Couplet
The Christmas Spirit ViChristmas is here my friends, rejoice!
Let us be inspired by the coming of
Little Jesus
And
Let us incarnate the spirit of His love
By:
Feeding the poor
Sheltering...
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Categories:
despaired, christmas, jesus, love,
Form:
Free verse
To Where You AreAcross the miles to where you are
beyond the highways, however far
chasing love inside my dreams
daring to believe you were there for me
even if I may...
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Categories:
despaired, conflict, eve, youth,
Form:
Abecedarian