Best Hypervigilant Poems
Below are the all-time best Hypervigilant poems written by Poets on PoetrySoup. These top poems in list format are the best examples of hypervigilant poems written by PoetrySoup members
Childhood Inequality In SchoolSome children come into the school building dancing, singing, hopping, bursting with uninhibited glee.
They exchange giddy, happy stories about their day at the mall, dropping...
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Categories:
hypervigilant, child, child abuse, children, family, school,
Form:
Narrative
ADDled
Restlessness, impulsiveness,
loquaciousness, compulsiveness,
distracted inattentiveness
and tangent railway tracks.
Complexities, anxieties
and dopamine deficiencies.
Instant gratification please,
relief for my synapse.
Procrastination, wired sensation,
biochemical frustration,
forget to take my medication.
Frontal...
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Categories:
hypervigilant, anxiety, emotions, feelings, fun, psychological, rap,
Form:
Rhyme
Grandma's Faithful FriendSewing machine, I wish you could talk.
Grandma’s last friend on her final walk.
Sewing machine, I wish you could say,
What happened to her on that...
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Categories:
hypervigilant, grandmother,
Form:
Rhyme
I Stand HereI stand here in front of myself, yelling, stop.
Loudly, authoritatively, sometimes meanly.
Because I know the damage I can do with an angry face, or a...
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Categories:
hypervigilant, how i feel,
Form:
Free verse
Maternity Ward BluesThe woman was older, had black hair, angry brown eyes, and wore a perpetual frown on her face. Chel had heard the nurse on the...
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Categories:
hypervigilant, baby, hope,
Form:
Narrative
Self TerrorTerrorized by self
Out of control thoughts
Hypervigilant
Angry suspicions
Worked into frenzy
No evidence
Only feelings
Terrorized by
Silent stalker
Text message
Cowardly
Evil mind
Accused
Without
Proof
...
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Categories:
hypervigilant, fear, self,
Form:
Diminished Hexaverse
WatchWatch what you do.
Children are watching.
Watch what you say.
They hear you.
Watch your stance.
Children are hypervigilant.
Watch your face.
They pick up on every little wisp of emotion.
Watch...
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Categories:
hypervigilant, mother daughter, mother son, parents,
Form:
Free verse
She Wore a Skull on her BeltShe wore a skull on her belt, but it was small
And it did not have hair on it or flesh,
so the parents thought it...
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Categories:
hypervigilant, 10th grade, 11th grade, 6th grade,
Form:
Light Verse
Herone Within Trumps Bad LabelA delicate ego, fragile, hypervigilant, easily broken.
A frightened ego.
Hidden in self shadow, scared,
Not easily lured out.
A well-built wall,
Constructed slowly, during hurt felt times.
A new persona....
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Categories:
hypervigilant, child abuse,
Form:
Free verse
Shush Did You Hear That
Shush! My dog ears caution me. Did you hear that? I stop sorting coupons, and listen, hard.
My husband is gone, and there are adult footsteps...
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Categories:
hypervigilant, horror,
Form:
Free verse
Slivers of Body Language
voice
and tone
inflections
gives away mood
sometimes shows sorrow
stress conveyed quite clearly
in tiny conversations
in slivers of body language
hypervigilant children read you
...
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Categories:
hypervigilant, life,
Form:
Nonet
The Hawk is Angry Fierce Ready to KillThe nation is burning in the form of a hawk
Rising toward the heavens in fiery redness
The rest of the world watches, sadly helpless
Billions...
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Categories:
hypervigilant, extended metaphor, fire,
Form:
Prose Poetry