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Bitter Poems - Poems about Bitter

Stuttering feelings
Today, I mapped out the tears of crying. I tried to explain how the storms of tears inside me exhaust the efforts I’ve been growing, to that absent shadow. The shouts from around me aren’t familiar. For things whose release date I don’t even know, I’ve just decided to sign my name on the diary of destruction. It’s because...

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Categories: bitter, angst, anxiety, confusion, cry,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Bitter With The Sweet
bitter acerbic, unpleasant sneering, alarming, unwelcoming acidulent, caustic, saccharine,...

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Categories: bitter, creation, poetry, words,
Form: Diamante



Premium Member One Very Bitter Pill
The pains of those ailments that grab us at will Once better, like stalkers, can linger on still But it’s patently true that life’s bitterest pill Is the pain when it’s someone you love that is ill When struck down, bedridden, we try to be brave Though we feel our survival might be a close shave But we’d gladly...

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Categories: bitter, hope, love, prayer,
Form: Rhyme
The Backstroke of Bitter Tears
I dove into the deep end, headfirst, quite a splash, Not of the pool, you see, but grief's enormous gash. It’s Olympic-sized, this sorrow, chlorinated blue, And I’m the sole competitor, with nothing else to do. The butterfly of heartache, a relentless, flailing thing, Propels me through the sadness, making my wet soul sing. Or rather, weep, a muffled, gurgling sound, As...

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Categories: bitter, art, death, depression, emotions,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member In a field of bitter thoughts, where sunrises drown in shadows of silence
In a field of bitter thoughts, where sunrises drown in shadows of silence, We are often surrounded by faces sculpted from the clay of boredom, Heavy heads like potatoes forgotten in the barren soil of banality, Perched on shoulders wearing suits of shadows, tasteless, lifeless, And their lives slip through like a thin thread of sand in the hourglass...

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Categories: bitter, fantasy,
Form: Free verse



Bitter
I ate a bite of bitter chocolate. Only I could survive. The biting wasteland. Feeling some feeling. Like bitterness. I swallowed that. I can’t remember the last time I enjoyed. The sweet flower. Which smells strange. Like how chocolate tastes. Horrible. Can’t remember why. I ate a bite of cake. I was bitter for no reason...

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Categories: bitter, angst, anxiety, depression,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member FRIGID BITTER ATTITUDE SMUTTED WOMAN-
FRIGID BITTER ATTITUDE SMUTTED WOMAN- Wintry mix soul of emotion-- lack of compassionate no-show; ...So she was winter crisp chilling, stony unsympathetic heart' Disposition mean ice-queen part; Your cold, responsiveness lacking; 2/11/25 Written words by James Edward Lee Sr. 2025© ...

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Categories: bitter, angst, character, conflict, confusion,
Form: Tail-rhyme
Premium Member Bitter Sweet
Late at night when I’m alone in my bed. A soft feather pillow under my head. My mind goes drifting down memory street when we were together and life was sweet. We meet at a wedding, we dance all night. Your face all aglow in the candle light. Your holding my hand, then, after a while, holding again as we walk down...

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Categories: bitter, love, memory,
Form: Sonnet
Six months of six fond memories
Six months with six fond memories. 1. Helped correct the official document. 2. Taugh me to learn how to download songs and save my corrupted USB. Firmware and privacy apps like Conversations, KeePass and Gajim. 3. Three wonderful trips to my favorite beaches. 4. Inspired me to get back knitting, piano and started embroideries and poem writing. 5. Putting lipsticks...

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Categories: bitter, feelings, goodbye, heartbroken, sweet,
Form: Free verse
BITTER SWEET
To get pay You must go Through things Things we face Just for the pay Things we can't say Things that almost drive us insane. So many Pains and shame We faced But unable to tame us We're always resilient Onward and forward Until we succeed. Good life Our destination Never settled For anything But the best. ...

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Categories: bitter, africa, career, cheer up,
Form: Narrative
Premium Member in the bitter
concrete cold detroit manhole steam.... brief warm no homes veterans huddling visions wars hell traffic taxies blur..... city brittle in the bitter...

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Categories: bitter, 6th grade, 7th grade,
Form: Monoku
I am the bitter taste of gall
Is it wierd how my scars ache when I think of her (unbled blades, tap of streaming tears) Is it odd how I wish to kick, stab, bludgeon her (the dog hung within the gallows, mellow flesh hung low) Is it wierd how I cherish my lacking ability to see her (as a true mother, was she?) Is...

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Categories: bitter, death, dog, horror, mother,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Love Is Not Bitter
Love is not bitter, for time is not long, Love is the rainbow, and never the rain; Love is the weakness that makes the heart strong; Love me forever, two ones to a twain....

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Categories: bitter, life, love, marriage, relationship,
Form: Rhyme
45 years later
Monday Exactly 45 years in Australia. In bitter cold Melbourne Victoria. Came here with few clothes in a tiny luggage. Now 4 & a half decades later, Collected lot of baggages. Some are still good, others are quite damaged. Was single with bright future. Met friends here and there, but not dating till 7 years later. Engaged and called off the wedding to the...

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Categories: bitter, fate, july, life, relationship,
Form: Free verse
The Bitter Seed
I sowed a seed in shadow's gloom, A whisper nursed within my room. Its roots grew deep, its branches wide, Yet still, my secret lay inside. Beneath the moon, the tree took shape, Its fruits of envy, fear, and hate. Each leaf, a thorn; each bough, a snare, Yet none would see what lingered there. A neighbor came, with eyes so bright, He gazed...

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Categories: bitter, corruption, encouraging, religious, words,
Form: Rhyme

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