Best Survivor Poems
Below are the all-time best Survivor poems written by Poets on PoetrySoup. These top poems in list format are the best examples of survivor poems written by PoetrySoup members
Lone survivorLone survivor
July 3, 2015
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I sit alone in my basement all hunkered down
My faithful dog with me
Because tonight is the night of firecrackers
And firework, yep...
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Categories:
survivor, death of a friend,
Form:
Free verse
SURVIVOR
Lying in my bed one night ,
I hear the quiet,
It does not feel at all right,
Something is about to take place,
In this disunited human race,
And...
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Categories:
survivor, humanity, universe,
Form:
Free verse
Their SurvivorThose who have hurt me the most
Brought me the deepest
Most affecting and lingering pain
Have all died away
As their own pain is buried
So does mine...
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Categories:
survivor, family, introspection, pain,
Form:
Free verse
Amberina Ballerina
A born lioness
my untamed heart.. ha!
wild this pulsing token ruled by unruly wants
at times given, traded or stolen - sometimes
thrown down on a dare...
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Categories:
survivor, destiny, emotions, inspiration, introspection,
Form:
Free verse
AnxietyThis is what it feels like to have your heart racing
and not knowing when or if it will ever slow down.
Your fatigued body can...
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Categories:
survivor, anxiety, slam,
Form:
Free verse
By God's GraceI, who always used to gravitate toward health and fitness,
would flatter myself that I was too healthy to ever get a bad disease.
Then it happened!...
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Categories:
survivor, cancer,
Form:
Free verse
Survival
We boarded the Carnival Cruise in Miami with excitement,
our destination was Montego Bay- with a promise of great...
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Categories:
survivor, cute, imagination, lost, strength,
Form:
Narrative
QuestionsGrand-father speak to me of life.
"We are all trapped in the skin of our birth,
seeking refuge in a world where time is motionless
and heartbeats are...
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Categories:
survivor, poetry,
Form:
Prose
DAYDREAMING SOULSEEKERS
Looking outward.
She’s had a hard life, yet can still laugh and smile,
making it look effortless and genuine.
Looking bubbly and youthful, glowing from happiness
like she knows...
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Categories:
survivor, happiness, humor, inspirational, introspection,
Form:
Free verse
I, am a Warrior
I am a survivor, a warrior,
no matter how far I fall in this life!
My short time full of hurts and scars,
all my journals read like...
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Categories:
survivor, courage, life, strength,
Form:
Ballad
My Seven ''Deadly'' Sins
Oh pride, pride, I do have pride
Pride of my country, pride in my siblings, and my nephews and niece
I am proud of me too, I...
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Categories:
survivor, anger, emotions, life, lust,
Form:
Free verse
USHER ME BYUsher me by, the power of the tidal wave, for beneath
You’ve crushed my heart and soul, washed away is resistance.
I’m a vanquished current, swept within...
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Categories:
survivor, devotion, emotions, imagery, inspirational,
Form:
Free verse
Hit Me With Your Best ShotC'mon you ole devil, take your best shot!
You kidding? That's it? Is that all you got?
I know where I'M going; He's saved me a spot
I'll...
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Categories:
survivor, cancer, inspirational,
Form:
Monorhyme
The One Who SurvivesThe On Who Survives Contest
Sponsor: Sara Kendrick
Goodbye...
couldn't save her
live to tell her story
...
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Categories:
survivor, sister, suicide,
Form:
Cinquain
The Silence of WarThe Silence of War
Behind the Curtains of a church window
Men in Prayer, orchestrated by sweat and Lice
Find relief from snipers gaze
Beside the cross sits the...
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Categories:
survivor, history, war, words, war,
Form:
Free verse
School bullyShe is slowly slipping away,
She sees no point laying waiting to decay,
Tired of the names shes starting to beleive,
The thought of leaving for good...
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Categories:
survivor, abuse, anger, betrayal, bullying,
Form:
Lyric
Silver StrandsSilver Strands
Platinum it was, not a hint of gold
Silver tiara was grandma’s crown
Brushed over her head, to a bun rolled
She always refused to wear it...
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Categories:
survivor, family, war,
Form:
Rhyme
''A Chaotic- World''
I have many cousins that share my life,
There is Happiness, Sadness, and Grief holds the knife;
There is Love, Hate, Compassion, but oh yes, Chaos,
My cousin,...
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Categories:
survivor, confusion, how i feel,
Form:
Rubaiyat
Categories:
survivor, beauty, creation,
Form:
Free verse
Malala
In Swat valley in Northern Pakistan
Malala, a young female teenager
Stood against the might of the Taliban
And earned the respect of those who knew her...
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Categories:
survivor, courage, education, girl, hero,
Form:
Iambic Pentameter
Chemo FunSitting in the backseat ~ yackety
she drives like
crackers ~ wackedy
speeding to the movies?
we can’t be late?
Driver ahead asleep at the
...
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Categories:
survivor, friendship, funny, life, love,
Form:
Free verse
The HuntAfter Legend got blown up along with
all of the city zombies,
I was now the sole survivor and sick and tired of
hiding out at Hobby...
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Categories:
survivor, adventure, humor, murder,
Form:
Light Verse
Desiring to know the Totem Guiding Me
Desiring to know the totem guiding me,
I fell to sleep and dreamed, and in my dream,
a creature brightly painted crept its way toward me.
It spoke...
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Categories:
survivor, animal,
Form:
Prose
FROM SUNSET TO SUNRISEFROM SUNSET TO SUNRISE
Her clinging mermaid-figure, auburn hair - french braid-chaste.
Pearl’s arms circumnavigate his nautical-neck. Strong arms gird her waist.
His hands, like the current, draw...
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Categories:
survivor, love,
Form:
Rhyme
Two Spirits Watching The Ocean Of TurmoilLife is like being a passenger on a luxury ocean liner
That is sails across a Sea of Turmoil.
Passengers feel safe by putting...
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Categories:
survivor, boat, corruption, life, recovery
Form:
Free verse