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Best Tragically Poems

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


An Eternity Ii
And I begin my own steep climb into 
The Chalkland Downs              ...

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Categories: tragically, betrayal, , memorial,
Form: Rhyme



Premium Member Being Bullied
Sometimes we all say things we don’t mean
Private thoughts to be kept inside that should never be seen
Then others join to be part of the...

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Categories: tragically, anti bullying,
Form: Rhyme
Scarlett
Scarlett thought she was promised permanent security. 
Satchels of resilience bound her fragile wrists. 
Woodland deities hailed her.
Underworld demons feared her.
The curious townsfolk simply stood...

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© John Heck  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: tragically, irony, sad love,
Form: Free verse
My Declaration of War On Self-Imposed Stupidity...Who's Coming With Me?!
All this hyped up glam and glitz
  giggly girls break down in fits
    these mascara clad boys devoid of wits
The shallower...

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Categories: tragically, funny, people, social
Form: I do not know?
Premium Member The Execution of Paul Carter
My name is Paul Carter and I want to tell you my tragic story
About the wrong path I chose in life, that wasn't one of...

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Categories: tragically, america, dark, death, drink,
Form: Narrative



Premium Member The Alluring River
The river looks calm and inviting,
 a natural gift of beauty.


Waterfowl inhabit to feed and nest.
A gateway shared by creatures,
dangers hidden beneath.


The river is beautifully...

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Categories: tragically, appreciation, bird, nature, river,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member There Comes a Time
She was tragically wounded in her fragile heart
Betrayed by her lover, the one who tore it apart
with vile words and deeds he chose to impart
leaving...

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© Lin Lane  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: tragically, emotions,
Form: Monorhyme
Premium Member Eyes
Her delicate silhouette still lingers in my eyes, 
closer than these arms can embrace; haunting me. 
I breathe her in within the lull of a...

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Categories: tragically, loss, nostalgia, sad,
Form: Free verse
Silhouetted Stagnant Shadows
Silhouetted Stagnant Shadows


Stagnant shadows of night sequestered slaves in sight
Faces fading in fright as the fear feeds the lethargic light
Silhouettes of love in plight demons...

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Categories: tragically, longing, lost love, sad
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member If I Don'T Kill You, You'Re Going To Kill Me
Let me begin by saying that I'm so very sorry
but if I don't kill you, you're going to kill me.
I wish there was another way...

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Categories: tragically, education, friend, me,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member In Shame
IN SHAME

When I was a little girl father brutally beat me down with such severity, and humiliation, causing me to hang my head down low...

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Categories: tragically, abuse, angst, anti bullying,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Poetry Soup and America 2019
Poetry Soup and America, 2019

A country rich in schools and diversity.
Many here have esteemed college degrees,
Yet, why do Americans communicate by smileys?
Worse, we cannot hold a...

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Categories: tragically, america, how i feel,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Meant To Be, Therefore Will Forever Last
Meant To Be, Therefore Will Forever Last

Heaven was her first soft, passionate kiss
Begging, beg I for more, far more of this
Night's splendor, in her silk...

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Categories: tragically, appreciation, beautiful, blessing, daughter,
Form: Romanticism
Premium Member A Child's Only Christmas
On Christmas Eve an Angel
    felt the sorrow of the Lord.
Who wept for the many Children
   sentenced to perish by...

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Categories: tragically, angel, christmas, loss,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Have You Ever Thrown a Day Away
Have you ever thrown a day away?
There are many more, as you would say
There's always been and long shall be
tomorrows lining up for me

What guarantee...

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Categories: tragically, inspirational, life, perspective, spiritual,
Form: Rhyme

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