Get Your Premium Membership

Best Scars Poems

Below are the all-time best Scars poems written by Poets on PoetrySoup. These top poems in list format are the best examples of scars poems written by PoetrySoup members


Premium Member Alice Sweet Alice
~Alice Sweet Alice~

        *Like Sisters*
   Everyday -- Holding Hands 
Sunday Dress -- Pink Ribbons
  ...

Read more of this work...
Categories: scars, abuse, addiction, anger, art,
Form: Dramatic Verse



Her Masterpiece Is Her Story
Her paintbrush is a razor,
Her canvas, her wrists,
"I deserve the pain."
She shrugs and insists.

One day the brush will push down,
And it will cut so deep,
That...

Read more of this work...
Categories: scars, abuse, addiction, anger, body,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Letting Go
"Letting Go!"

Behind that garden rail
Where worms squirm and roam,
They dig into every bad part of my day
I feel them crawling, making my hide their home
They...

Read more of this work...
Categories: scars, depression, emotions, hate, immigration,
Form: Dramatic Verse
Premium Member The End
The End

Seeing through these cold dead eyes now,
This world looks much different.

The scars of one’s life entire,
Appear now for all to see.

What once meant everything,
Really...

Read more of this work...
Categories: scars, change, death, god, heaven,
Form: Lyric
Premium Member Shepherd Who Forgot His Flock
It's raining again, grey neon skies,
washing away suppressed surfaces,
to reveal unhealed wounds,
to scars the eyes cannot see

sometimes they bleed.

Some say words heal,
but I resist to...

Read more of this work...
© Silent One  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: scars, childhood, emotions, father son,
Form: Free verse



Premium Member - Haiku X 62 - Deep Wounded -
deep wounds that leave scars
    one moment much more must flow -
    shadows from the soul

   ...

Read more of this work...
Categories: scars, cry, hurt,
Form: Haiku
This Scar of Mine
There is a scar
                     ...

Read more of this work...
Categories: scars, nostalgia,
Form: Concrete
Premium Member Texian Macabre Arena
The First Texian Macabre Arena Ballad (The extended free-fallen edition)
 
In another life, is where I first saw your face!
One summer afternoon, lying wounded next...

Read more of this work...
Categories: scars, pride, sin, sorrow, symbolism,
Form: Ballad
Premium Member Hero
In a world where hearts ignore compassionate cries.
Acts of kindness become rare, so empathy dies.

As human nature loses the skill to listen,
his mission is to...

Read more of this work...
© Silent One  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: scars, inspiration, love,
Form: Rhyme
The Wind
I am the wind

You cannot see me but you can feel me

Breezing gently through your hair

Brushing slightly across your cheek

Whispering softly 'neath your ear

I am...

Read more of this work...
Categories: scars, love,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Wise Words To Ponder
just going  to church every week ~ does not make you a better Christian

be grateful for everything that you have ~ because many have...

Read more of this work...
Categories: scars, wisdom,
Form: Monoku
Premium Member Portrait
Paint me blue like the sky
rainbow's smile; thunder's cry
clouded curtains rife with rain
till shroud is lanced and bluebirds fly again
     Wistful...

Read more of this work...
© John Watt  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: scars, art, perspective,
Form: Rhyme
She Gathered Roses
~
She gathered roses,
one at a time,
choosing carefully,
for you see, they were her healing

A light breeze tickled her hair
as a brief smile curved upon her soft...

Read more of this work...
Categories: scars, flower, for her,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Where Do We Poets Go
Ink of life cannot bleed for eternity,
so I place dried petals in between,
crucial chapters of my memoirs.

When we stop breathing poetry,
our crestfallen pen, left in...

Read more of this work...
© Silent One  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: scars, death, life, poems, poetry,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Dream
Dream

My mirrored reflection silently speaks

You honor me with your vulnerability
Your scars of life
Your unhealed wounds of betrayal

Dream journals tattoo your body
Your open arms of desire...

Read more of this work...
Categories: scars, appreciation, blessing, child, dream,
Form: Free verse

Book: Shattered Sighs