Best Unwell Poems
Below are the all-time best Unwell poems written by Poets on PoetrySoup. These top poems in list format are the best examples of unwell poems written by PoetrySoup members
Black Diamond NightBlack Diamond Night (a coal miner’s cemetery)
Where the ebony, we call “NIGHT”,
Old black rocks sit under the twilight
Diamond shape eyes unclear and lonely,
Sinister...
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Categories:
unwell, body, death, history, lonely,
Form:
Epic
Hidden BeautyHidden beauty I know can dwell
within a body worn and frail.
I think of one who had been doled
great miseries, so once grown old,
his body seemed...
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Categories:
unwell, hero,
Form:
Rondeau
Inner Sanctum
Written: January 27, 2024
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"Remember, the entrance door to the sanctuary...
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Categories:
unwell, adventure, age, analogy, appreciation,
Form:
Rhyme
So Much About Living She Has Learned SinceGrit in her eyes beaming fortitude of vibes
Powers her dash from one end to the other
Handing out drinks: brandy, whiskey, beer;
Serving high rollers and surly...
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Categories:
unwell, angst, courage, dad, death,
Form:
Free verse
Escaping Rhymed DetonationMalevolent imploded uncontrollably,
twisting wildly maniacal posies
amid diabolically toasted brainstem,
angst uncompromisingly yanked tresses
purging stinging speech patterned...
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Categories:
unwell, allegory, hyperbole, imagery, imagination,
Form:
Imagism
Cloudy Days Doesn'T Mean There Is No SunLord you know all things
There is not even one word on my tongue
Or in my heart that you a haven’t heard
Before I have even...
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Categories:
unwell, faith, hope, heart, heart,
Form:
Free verse
To the Fallen of Covid 19To all the fallen of Covid 19
whose deaths were unrecorded and unseen
To those who languished in intensive care
where Fear unmasked itself to mock each prayer
To...
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Categories:
unwell, tribute,
Form:
Iambic Pentameter
Larking In the Mud With GrandadI, to the pasture's green could run,
and fly a kite beside the sun,
but choose, I do, to linger still,
among the dirt, what is...
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Categories:
unwell, childhood, fun, happy, joy,
Form:
Rhyme
Visiting Mum - ListMum has been in a care home since dad died . I try to see her every day except when I’m unwell or on holiday....
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Categories:
unwell, love, mother daughter, relationship,
Form:
List
My Guardian PoetA guardian poet you have been to me
Much like an angel, there protecting me
When I was silent, lost in dark of night
You read my words...
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Categories:
unwell, dedication, friend, mentor, integrity,
Form:
Sonnet
Corona - Revised a LotThere’s a thing called Corona that’s going around,
and the yakety-yak of it’s bringing folks down,
for it’s not like some circus that’s coming to town!
If you...
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Categories:
unwell, sick,
Form:
Rhyme
" the Life of Me " Page 1 of 2My name is James, born 1961
In Inverness, a small Scots town
To my father Andrew, and my mother Beryl
And Billy my brother, a pair of devils
...
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Categories:
unwell, brother, childhood, death, depression,
Form:
Rhyme
Pen Meet Paper
What in the ink whorl is papièr churl going on?
Ill quill vapors are trying to victimize me,
vex prose don’t belong
Word saber player haters trying to...
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Categories:
unwell, metaphor, philosophy, psychological, slam,
Form:
Alliteration
Uncle MichaelHis ramrod back, his brill-creamed hair
and waxed moustache gave him a certain air,
a certain dash, and a military bearing.
His speech was clipped....
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Categories:
unwell, father son, friend, fun,
Form:
Rhyme
Gone With LoveGone, and gone with love!
Up forlornly went my breath
Down my body sank, of death
I but recall, in love with you intensely how I fell...
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Categories:
unwell, heartbroken,
Form:
Prose Poetry