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Best Self Destruct Poems

Below are the all-time best Self Destruct poems written by Poets on PoetrySoup. These top poems in list format are the best examples of self destruct poems written by PoetrySoup members


Premium Member Moon and Sea
~Moon & Sea~

Hey, boy won't you open that door?
Let's sing and walk by the shore

Come and spread out your eyes
Block looking for reasons, and ways?

The...

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Categories: self destruct, adventure, art, beauty, journey,
Form: Couplet



Premium Member Self Destructive
SELF DESTRUCTIVE

The lies, 
I laugh
I look at you
I can't stand you
I hate you
I can't believe you
I can't believe it!
How I allowed 
You in my life
Almost...

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© Skat A   Create an image from this poem.
Categories: self destruct, abuse, celebration, heart, love,
Form: Free verse
Home of the Hang Man
Home Of The Hang Man

The children are so full of doubt
No one is allowed to speak
No one is allowed to shout
Opinions are driven underground
Seems that...

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Categories: self destruct, brother, childhood, confusion, family,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member ~vision~
~VISION~

Way in to my vision
I can see it all over again! 
What once has left me,
has found my soul again.
My life has hit the boiling...

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© Skat A   Create an image from this poem.
Categories: self destruct, confusiondesire, life, me,
Form: Dramatic Verse
Premium Member Robot
Robot 

Tin-can man. 
Input, circuit, and overdrive.
Shadow of the future and the past.
Movement hidden, you are not alive.
Programs burned and running fast.

What else can you...

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Categories: self destruct, lifeself, self,
Form: Free verse



Broken England
Broken England
By Steven Cooke

My Brave ancestors of England,
Look away, for I offend thee.

For your England is no more.
Decay eats away at this fallen empire.
Your people...

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Categories: self destruct, sad, england, green, life,
Form: Free verse
Lemons
When life gives you lemons, you never give up, keep on believing, and don’t self destruct, a minute in time, is all it could take,...

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Categories: self destruct, angst, anxiety, dark, depression,
Form: Rhyme Royal
We Have a Problem
Communication has gotten erratic,
there's a lot of outside interference
Aluminum yawning creates constant static
I can't hear you ... can you hear me?
Stonewalls separate us,
frequent bathroom stalls
breaks...

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Categories: self destruct, anxiety, divorce, love hurts,
Form: Dramatic Monologue
Premium Member Consider Then
News flash
Paris attacks;
Violence strikes

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Innocent deaths
Terror unveils;
Death delivers

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Madness conspires
Human debris;
Bigotry unleashed

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Evil men scheme
Distorted agendas;
Self-destruct roams

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Good people die
Bloodbath escalates;
Terror unleashed

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Signs of our times
Deceptive turbulence;
Mortal casualties

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Moods swayed
Fear catapults;
Distorted...

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Categories: self destruct, change,
Form: Haiku
Premium Member Forbidden
“No matter how low we fall, God holds our hand ~
All’s enabled, if this truth we understand”
        ...

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Categories: self destruct, desire, god, heaven,
Form: Quintain (English)
Android
I can’t remember everything, I can’t recall my birth
Aimlessly I wonder what my goal is here on earth
The prospects here are wide and vast, I...

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Categories: self destruct, angst, imagination, life, people,
Form: Couplet
This Is a Test
This is a test
It's only a test

wait ... this can't be a test
if this were a test
you'd be directed to your seat

This is not a...

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© Tim Smith  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: self destruct, fun, humor, nonsense,
Form: Free verse
Seeing the Mistakes You'Ve Made
Finding your way out of places...            You never meant to go...   ...

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Categories: self destruct, inspirational, on work and
Form: I do not know?
Be the Change
Demons longing to be released from their cage
Unleash their fury in a fist of rage
Life's not as simple as turning a page
Cycling rapidly these thoughts...

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Categories: self destruct, anger, anti bullying, hate,
Form: Rhyme
Blood On the Pad
for the peace I hope to gain in the future there's a lot of Pain i need to remove from my past 
I used to...

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© Alex Duffy  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: self destruct, deep, depression, growth, inspirational,
Form: Free verse

Book: Reflection on the Important Things