Best Relief Poems

Where Man Walks Blindly And Heart Begs Relief

In the gnashing of teeth rests 
a curse hurled at infinity
with its smug cannons of false piety
and impudent airs of erosion.
Where that mystical Chalice of Hope
walks upon its three broken legs
seven poison arrows await delivery
unto Dawn's wide and...

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Tear 
ooze
in drops
carries scads 
gliding down contours 
at the edge it drips with a plop 
ease the mind of the woes, a sigh elude unawares

© Nadiya (10 March 2015)

* Chosen Poem of the Day on 12 March 2015
* Placed 2nd in the contest 'Fibonacci' by...

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When words don't help
Knit and purl the agony out
Your hands will learn how


10/6/11
Inspired by Ann Hood's book "The Knitting Circle" (one of the saddest books I have ever read)...

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Let winter come 
And freeze the sky 
No more will shadows cast  
Let showers turn to heaps of snow 
With gardens hidden deep 

Let working cease 
Migration fly  
Let herds to safety dash 
Farmers idle, fires glow 
No fields left to reap 

My...

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I think I'll open a tragedy club
where people can come to weep
I'll tell the saddest stories around
admission will be cheap

I'll call the venue Tragic Relief
where heartache is the norm
and "open mike night" amateurs
can mournfully perform

To be a standup tragedian
has been a lifelong dream
No longer caring...

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When All Hope And Relief Seems Gone
        ( Loss of Hope) (Part One)

Today my sad spirit rides long dark rails
as massive storms lash and churn great blue seas
Lost in deepest of blues, Hope's sweet hand fails
as I crash...

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When stress about work started showing
He smoked some of what he was growing
Showed up at work
No pants or shirt
Not sure if he was coming or going!

His stress he still managed to be numbing
Even though dismissal was forthcoming
He said, "It's cool man,"
"I'll live in my van,"
As...

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Emotional scars can cut deep,
manipulating how you feel.
And at night, when you try to sleep,
phantom tears suddenly turn real.

Everything seems so surreal,
when demons empower the blade.
And exonerating the steel,
your inhibitions slowly fade.

With every cut, blood oozes thick,
while the tides of guilt ebb and flow.
And time,...

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Death's Often Promises A Needed Relief

Death oft' walks paths both light and dark,
desperately shallow and sometimes deep,
riding on purest truth so eternally stark
sometimes revealed in dreams we sleep.

So often as feared as a mad tiger raging,
with fangs showing and claws so long,
oft' a remedy to...

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Avoid the stress of feeling exasperation,
     by finding the patience for toleration.
...

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Written: March 31st, 2024 for Matt Caliri Coagulation Contest

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Finally, my blood began to coagulate;
I am initially concerned over poor fate,
Right away, I...

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I filled a bottle of tears today,
While a rainbow danced across the page,
Then in the final line that bled,
Each tear I cried turned crimson red.

I filled a bottle of tears today,
For every heartache that come's my way,
And every word spilled from my lips,
Burned wildly through...

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In the world of sadness, 
I search for happiness.
In the world of grief,
I search for relief.
In the world of hate,
I search for care.

In the world of discrimination, 
I search for a together nation.
In the world of corruption,
I search for education.
In the world of blue,
I search...

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I hesitated
Sorry I brought up the subject
I choke up
But he insisted
So I blurted it out
In the end I bared it all
He listened
He said he understood
And sympathized
I didn’t buy it but
It felt good to tell him
The weight off my shoulders



AP: 3rd place 2022

Posted on March 8,...

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The scent of wet paper flops in my grasping hands.
Careful fingers tear mail open slowly to guard its contents.
A handwritten note from a woman I don't know
flows with sweet meanderings, too delicate to repeat.
Who is she that would lure a faithful wife's husband? 
I trusted...

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