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Captivity Poems - Poems about Captivity

Captivity Poems - Examples of all types of poems about captivity to share and read. This list of new poems is composed of the works of modern poets of PoetrySoup. Read short, long, best, and famous examples for captivity.
Premium Member Freedom is the realization that freedom is just another drug to calm a pain, to continue the show
...Freedom is the realization that freedom is just another drug to calm a pain, to continue the show, And this drug comes in a variety of models, prices for the mass market or highly segregated niches.......Read the rest...
Categories: captivity, fantasy,
Form: Free verse



held hostage
...Heartfelt honesty is what I need from you Feeling held hostage in my own home too It’s untrue what you say — I’m so-called genuine Thanks for your kindness today, but where have you been? I ex......Read the rest...
Categories: captivity, angst, conflict, courage,
Form: Lyric
Premium Member Under the heavy shadows of worry, I travel through the depths of endless thoughts
...Under the heavy shadows of worry, I travel through the depths of endless thoughts, People, in a desperate search for security, flee from the natural plagues of existence, Seeking refuge in structur......Read the rest...
Categories: captivity, fantasy,
Form: Free verse
Insecure, Isolated
...Dedicated to Shawn Mendes’ In My Blood song… Living alone with an anxious, languishing mindset Living on my own with a whole lot of regret The walls in all four directions caving in Love, wher......Read the rest...
Categories: captivity, angst, beauty, confidence, emotions,
Form: Lyric
Yesterday's Wishes
...He wished to teach them To flap harder in thin air To learn the tricks to rest, To eat, to know when to Start the flight, when to Return and the route map Mother wished to teach them To ca......Read the rest...
Categories: captivity, bird,
Form: Free verse



War And Peace
...How much blood poured out To free from captivity How costly is peace.......Read the rest...
Categories: captivity, freedom, peace, perspective, war,
Form: Senryu
Ascending, Harmonious Jubilance I cherish most
...A run-on sentence, free verse/rhyme poem… Baptizing myself miraculously in the benevolent, bubbly bathtub…playing in the cleansing water like a beloved cub Rubbing my blitheless, blessed body wit......Read the rest...
Categories: captivity, angst, appreciation, spiritual,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member The Glass Menagerie
...Witness our depravity To creatures big and small Locked up in captivity To entertain us all When hunted down and staged In jungles where they roam Then quickly bound and caged ......Read the rest...
Categories: captivity, animal,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member The Magic of Music
...The Magic of Music Bring to mind your favorite song. How does it make you feel? Where do those feelings originate in your physical body? Think about the lyrics, the poetry, that speaks to......Read the rest...
Categories: captivity, emotions, inspiration, language, magic,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member The brutes called human
... Legacy, paradox and affirmation Bound the human society Distinct from nature's other entit......Read the rest...
Categories: captivity, conflict, humanity,
Form: Free verse
Brief Mane n Tail shampoo tall tell tale
...Brief Mane n' Tail shampoo tall (tell) tale Living social amidst crime infested urban jungle bumping uglies cheek to jowl analogous fate being housed in jail escape room of great outdoors ......Read the rest...
Categories: captivity, adventure, anger, animal, beach,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Adoption into Sonship
...Ephesians 1:5-6 NIV? [5] he predestined us for adoption to sonship through Jesus Christ, in accordance with his pleasure and will— [6] to the praise of his glorious grace, which he has freely given ......Read the rest...
Categories: captivity, faith,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member To surrender
...Joshua 6:15 NIV? [15] On the seventh day, they got up at daybreak and marched around the city seven times in the same manner, except that on that day they circled the city seven times. ?Joshua 6:2......Read the rest...
Categories: captivity, faith,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Ambedo trance
...here we go again conjuring fear demons from which to seek reprieve we then manifest gods and angels assigning imaginary attributes to the opposing polarities in this lucid dream as......Read the rest...
Categories: captivity, introspection,
Form: Didactic
Premium Member Create within
...Lord, create within me a pure heart, to see that all have been given this hope to Love. Deep down within weeping is a soul seeking to be released from captivity. Sometimes a stranger can igni......Read the rest...
Categories: captivity, faith,
Form: Free verse

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