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Best Uncomfortable Poems

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


Premium Member Once Upon A Time In Milton Creek
The sun was rising high in the east over the town of Milton creek
It was the eighteenth day of December, the start of Christmas week
All...

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Categories: uncomfortable, america, anniversary, christmas, remember,
Form: Narrative



Premium Member Plethora of Poetry
~STRIP TEASE~     Featuring:) SKAT

Silver Skimpy Ink, String, A POET DESTROYER's bling, bling
Think of me as a human ditty delicious decoration,
Something along...

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Categories: uncomfortable, addiction, adventure, beauty, passion,
Form: Alliteration
What Only Angles Hear
Daddy never did understand.
That violence doesnt bring comfort.
A lost soul seeking acceptance from a unwelcome hand.

She was silent no one ever knew.
The secrets behind her...

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Categories: uncomfortable, angst, death, depression, life,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member What Is Stopping You
What is holding you back?
What is stopping you?
What is making you uncomfortable 
about asking?
about wanting?
about dreaming?
about wishing?
about expecting?
about planning?
about setting new goals?
about learning new things?
about...

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Categories: uncomfortable, 10th grade, 11th grade,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Unstoppable
My hope/wish for mankind is that 
a small ember or flame would 
ignite causing a fire in our hearts
worldwide.

Causing a fire that can not be...

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© Alexis Y.  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: uncomfortable, how i feel,
Form: Free verse



Premium Member To My Dearest Children - Potd
Dear Children,

I can only give you a deep love that lasts
The span of my lifetime, nothing less.
On a quotidian basis, you will feel 
The warmth...

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Categories: uncomfortable, encouraging, meaningful, wisdom,
Form: Didactic
Premium Member Quick Encounters
Some people are just uncomfortable
She is putting on a smile
under her mask
I don’t know if it’s her
or it’s me
She’s nice, a little hurried
Even her son’s...

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Categories: uncomfortable, people,
Form: Free verse
Color Blind
Is it the color of my skin that keeps you from being my lady friend?
Tell me my African American Queen; Maybe I just lack self-esteem.
...

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Categories: uncomfortable, black african american, girlfriend-boyfriend,
Form: Rhyme
Life Is Not That Complicated.
Life is so short and grand, 
to time, we are one grain of sand. 
In our lives we carry around so much pressure, 
this is...

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© Chris Matt  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: uncomfortable, hope
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member The In-Between
"The In-Between"

I ripped the pages of 
that tired old story 
from the heart, a body of work

buried the misdiagnosed slanders
then wiped their mouths
with the back...

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Categories: uncomfortable, imagery, life, muse, poets,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member - Empty Summer Home -
Let us be the rays of the sun that scatter the rays of joy
   … even if the «devil" never ends…
  ...

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Categories: uncomfortable, earth, life,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Justification
JUSTIFICATION

Oh, what a distressing frustrating situation,
I’ve suddenly lost all my poetic imagination,
Nothing tickles me pink, no stimulation,
I want to create a poem of deep inspiration,
Which...

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Categories: uncomfortable, muse,
Form: Verse
Premium Member Reflecting On My Paintings
A mesmerizing purple and pink unicorn with an orange mane is staring at me.
I cannot feel uncomfortable. 
Because….
I created her.

I also drew and painted the...

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Categories: uncomfortable, art, nostalgia, self,
Form: Free verse
Watch, See, Listen, Hear
You watch the tears fall from her eyes.
You see her walk out and away from the crowd.
You listen as she tells how unwanted and useless...

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Categories: uncomfortable, depression, loneliness, poetry, sad,
Form: I do not know?
Black and Unapologetic
I am not sorry for my brown skin , a magical mix of honey , gold , and the perfect hue of melanin 

 I...

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Categories: uncomfortable, beauty, black african american,
Form: Free verse

Book: Shattered Sighs