Best Mental Illness Poems
Below are the all-time best Mental Illness poems written by Poets on PoetrySoup. These top poems in list format are the best examples of mental illness poems written by PoetrySoup members
Sarah's Story - Mental IllnessSarah’s Story - Mental Illness
Sarah, the “Crazy Lady,” was a familiar sight,
roaming the streets any time of day or night.
Her foul body odor announced her...
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Categories:
mental illness, crazy, depression, hurt, mental
Form:
Rhyme
Counting Seconds-The Rewritei sit lonely.
the crowded restaurant is thick with sound
i pick away at it
moving back into the stagnant silence
of my own comfort
the...
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Categories:
mental illness,
Form:
Prose
Cruel Compassion, Collaboration With the Silent OneMy mind is a puzzle of cryptic metaphors.
whilst searching for my sanity,
I've become my own worst enemy.
In this cauldron of despair,
time is like sand in...
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Categories:
mental illness, angst, anxiety, mental health,
Form:
Free verse
Mary Rogers
*Had to bring this one back. Like my Poe poem, this one follows me wherever I go. It is my favorite lyric that I've written...
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Categories:
mental illness,
Form:
Lyric
Silence FelledSilence Felled
Lurking in dark corners
The swamp stirs in the night
As the deceiver rises
Begging to share his illusions might
Only behind the veil
Does he let his murky...
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Categories:
mental illness, art, dark, evil, integrity,
Form:
Free verse
Insanity MusicLast year, her imagination went double
So she ignored her previous schedule.
She put all her dreams inside of clear jars,
Decorated with different, assorted stars.
She believed if...
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Categories:
mental illness, change, character, conflict, confusion,
Form:
Rhyme
Marionette of Flesh in a Borrowed Dress"Marionette of Flesh in a Borrowed Dress"
- Daniel Henry Rodgers
The hourglass,
a skeletal jester
mocks in the tomb's chill
Each falling grain an emaciated sigh,
"Soon...
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Categories:
death, loneliness, mental illness,
Form:
Dramatic Verse
Vibrations of heart - Blitz with Ink Empress
Can't stop flashbacks
Can't stop vibrations
Vibrations like echoes
Vibrations irritating wounds
Wounds that bleed
Wounds that torment
Torment the mind
Torment emotions
Emotions of guilt
Emotions full of anger
Anger from the past
Anger from...
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Categories:
angst, anxiety, mental illness,
Form:
Blitz
You Cry Alone"laugh and the world laughs with you,
cry and you cry alone"
how true and sad these words once penned
for this I've learned, yet learn again
that when...
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Categories:
mental illness, sympathy,
Form:
Rhyme
Third PersonHe speaks metaphorically to avoid dealing direct,
shows the unknown hand he’s against too much respect,
writes about his bravery though it’s no where to...
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Categories:
mental illness, anxiety, depression, introspection, lost,
Form:
Rhyme
Maniac President's Song(A parody of the Modern Major-General's Song from "The Pirates of Penzance" by Gilbert and Sullivan.)
I am the very model of a very stable genius.
Compared...
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Categories:
mental illness, funny, humor, humorous, mental
Form:
Rhyme
The WallWinnie, wild-eyed, went insane
and sang “Happy Birthday” in the rain,
while she washed away her bloody pain.
Now all day long she sings that song,
she sings...
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Categories:
mental illness, birthday, character, child, child
Form:
Rhyme
Categories:
fear, mental illness, science,
Form:
Senryu
AutismI rise at the center of...
Is it a room? This is a face.
There is motion, too fast, too clamorous.
Cryptic and opaque. Shapes shift
into my field...
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Categories:
me, mental illness, self,
Form:
Prose Poetry
Winter Walking BluesTo Daddy, Mama, Billy-Bro, Punky and Massachusetts....
Glazed, deep snow, virgin crunched under my aimless walk
as I idle rambled onward through a vacant, bare-treed park.
Sun was...
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Categories:
mental illness, brother, childhood, dad, death,
Form:
Free verse