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Best Drug User Poems

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The Function of Police
I hear a lot of shrill people these days
saying that we should defund the police,
as if these people just disappearing
would somehow make all of our...

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Categories: drug user, conflict, how i feel,
Form: Rhyme



Premium Member - Pop Music Icon John Lennon -
GIVE ME SOME TRUTH
John, was born October 9, 1940, in Liverpool
He met Paul McCartney in 1957 
John and Paul formed a close working relationship ......

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Categories: drug user, humor, tribute,
Form: Free verse
Oh, You Don'T Know the Shape I'M In!
Yes, indeed,
I'm not quite up to speed,
These days, anyway...
Let me tell you, if I may...
The 20 odd meds I must take,
Each and every day...
Hope you...

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© Tom Bell  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: drug user, adventure, angst, health, recovery
Form: Bio
Government Sanctioned Murder
Let's be real. Blues are the new crack and no one denies it, 
they reach basers with no sign of government confinement. 
This color kills...

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Categories: drug user, death, depression, fear, friendship,
Form: Light Verse
I Wonder (Page No. 2)
You know somethingJesus, You really have a sense of humor.  Hear I am living 
in The Salvation Army  Harbor Light Recovery Center. ...

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Categories: drug user, recovery from..., me, me,
Form: Ballad



We Put the Wrong Son Up For Adoption
My son is a thief and a drug user.
I'm not lying when I say he's a loser.
It's too much for my wife and I to...

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Categories: drug user, addiction, father son, funny,
Form: Rhyme
He Sure Had Held Her
He sure had held her in such high esteem
Which was long way to fall so it did seem
Not only that she now was love of...

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© James Horn  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: drug user, adventure, encouraging, fantasy, drug,
Form: Couplet
Premium Member Tribute To Jean Michel Basquiat
This intelligent artist had internal incongruity
Brilliant genius prancing around in his head
Was he having a psychotic break?
I followed him to outer limits well fed.

Unlimited by...

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Categories: drug user, art,
Form: Free verse
Why Not
4/26/21



No
Don't blow up my phone
With nonsense
Such hateful comments
So quick to take things out of context

On a nightly basis, I smoke and drink until I am...

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Categories: drug user, dark, deep, life, poetry,
Form: Rhyme
The Words That Go Unheard
These are the words that go unheard. The voice of a little girl crying for help 
because her mother is a drug user and her...

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Categories: drug user, childhood, sad, words, girl,
Form: ABC
Cellophane Bags
(This is a fictional poem)
When I was a child, I ordered action figures through the mail.
They sent them in cellophane bags and I always caught...

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Categories: drug user, father, funny, mother, me,
Form: I do not know?
Why Is This World Such a Shame?
Why do we all fight?
Is it to show that we are right? 
Or is it to be on the spotlight.

Why is their racism?
Some people hate...

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Categories: drug user, people, social, urban, hate,
Form: Dramatic Verse
Honestly
I got many rivals
I’m always hiding in shadows
Searching for scripture to read
And meditate from my bible

I have a diagnosis 
Your thinking a poor prognosis
But that...

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Categories: drug user, abuse, anger, anxiety, bible,
Form: Rhyme
Chased By a Dragon
Our parent brought us all up good
Morals were taught and understood 
Received right thought, a modest mood
When flawed fate court the neighbourhood
And then we heard...

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Categories: drug user, urbanme, drug,
Form: I do not know?
John Wayne Brown Ii
Just one month ago, you were walking around.
But now you're dead and buried in the ground.
So much can change in just the blink of an...

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Categories: drug user, death, death of a
Form: Rhyme

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