Best Distressed Poems

Throughout the night distressed, unblessed by sleep, 
I turn and writhe and toss, and vainly watch
The seconds and the minutes slowly stretch
To hours; and long since done with counting sheep,
Despair of morning.  All alone I pitch
And sweat and wanly see the clock-hands sweep
Inexorably on....

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Distressed by Rob Barratt

My furniture is all distressed
It's unusually unstable
The oak bookcase is quite depressed
As is the coffee table

The worktop has a thin veneer
It seethes beneath the surface
The taps know how low they can… sink
And think life has no purpose

The painted window frame's been stripped...
Of...

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Type,
Type,
Click, Click,
Poet await
Error page instead
Lost link, lost poems, see? What a day!...

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Riding a local train 
through the Bangladeshi scorching heat 
an old man told me 
how his houses were submerged 
into the Bay of Bengal at night....

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His spouse leads an idyllic life, nothing ruffles her much.
She attends her clubs, cooks, sews, tends the kids and such.
But today he received a call at work that shook his orderly life!
'Twas a frantic call from his highly agitated wife!

"What is it honey? Did you...

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“I, Being Born a Woman and Distressed” (Sonnet XLI)
by Edna St. Vincent Millay

I, being born a woman and distressed
By all the needs and notions of my kind,
Am urged by your propinquity to find
Your person fair, and feel a certain zest
To bear your body's weight upon...

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Disheartned by misery, I went to sleep
without praying and laying down so restlessly,
then awful thoughts drowned me in sadness:
the strongest soul that always warded off demons...
suddenly became the weakest and most miserable of all!

O serene night, return to my consciousness
and brighten these shadows hiding hope,
that...

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Endless days lost in thought,
my mind a brooding hole,
forever seeking that which is sought,
answers to soothe a aching soul.
As days dance strung together by time,
age catches up with my endless quest,
body decays each second I pine,
end in sight light flickers distressed ,
hope glimmers as eyes...

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When the demon walked in,
the child froze,
as he saw its hard eyes and mutilated skin,
and hatred that shows,
haunting images swam before his eyes,
lost souls begging, and he could hear their cries,
he drew a breath,
hoping to avoid death,
he had to force himself to breathe,
hoping the demon...

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Dark, departing clouds waved their last goodbye
My smile transcends and then…descends
Brought down by unexpected departure

This weather stays with me for a while
But, with my trustworthy friends by my side, 
They’ll encourage me to move on—even if I’m sunk deep with regret 
At least I have...

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garbing sizeable anguish, now
soul ensues prime bliss.


Aug 14, 2020

Note: 2 LINE-Ziket poetry contest.
Sponsored by Line Gauthier....

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H-appy
A-crostic
Z-estfully
E-mploys
L-ine

R-elieving
O-ne
D-istressed
E-motion
O-penly

Topic: Birthday of Hazel F. Rodeo (July 26) 
Form: Vertical Monocrostic...

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so much pain in her eyes
 yet she didn't realize 
that his heart has stopped
 for he loved her so
 much enact.
 evening ties
 the daylight sunrise
 pull up
 sub nauseous
 just so hypnotic
Distress  and disheartening  

7/16/21
Written words by James Edward Lee Sr...

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Middle school
a failed transition

home screams
tantrums rave

no friends
no basecamp
no allies

upset touchy
twitchy angry
         
guys sneer weirdo
it hurts
       
girls smirk weirdo
it crushes
      
they're a part
I'm apart
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