Collapsed Poems | Examples


Our Civilization Collapsed

A new day
Without the sonorous 
Songs of songbirds 
And the bustle 
Of busy humans and animals.

The sun struggled to rise,
Struggled to shine,
Weighed down
By the dark couds of July.

The clouds unleashed rain, 
The rain drenched and drained 
Our knapsack of knowledge.

The iron birds 
Could no longer fly,
The medicine men,
The medicine women
No longer know 
The cure for our illnesses,
Our civilization collapsed.

The rain 
Rained in torrents
And drenched our earth
Devoid now
Of our knapsack of knowledge.
Categories: collapsed, computer, creation,
Form: Free verse

Collapsed Cube

She had won a toy,
for her it was a great achievement,
it gave her moments to enjoy,
and became a piece of attachment.

He dropped her emotions from terrace,
her feelings shattered with the cube,
the day transformed to calaveras,
and the heart was scarred with a grube.
Categories: collapsed, 4th grade, childhood, feelings,
Form: Rhyme


Premium MemberCollapsed Eyes

Mind 
silent 
after storm,
from ravaged soul
void deep within, flows the stream of sorrow
with flakes of memory drowned in dream lost
in tear’s dry trail 
etched beneath 
collapsed 
eyes. 

November 9, 2020
Syllable count checked on howmanysyllables.com
Contest : Double Tetractys
Sponsor : Eve Roper
Categories: collapsed, emotions, memory, sorrow,
Form: Tetractys

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When I bent over your cheeks
I felt collapsed inside
Looking into your features
Your face was sealike
And my heart is shedding tears
Drop by drop
Little by little
Changing the look of the frills
And before circles are complete
I settled myself by you
As I might be..
Poem by/ Hassan Mohammed Al-Emrany
Egypt, Minia, Bani Omran
Categories: collapsed, angst, emotions, feelings, heartbroken,
Form: Free verse

Premium MemberThe World Collapsed

The pain cut deep
        So deep, into my soul my heart
      I fell to my knees in a painful heap
        Your body tore apart
  As your car tumbled and rolled tossing you about
  I looked upon your stillness in pain and cried out
    Whether you lived or not in doubt
  A wheelchair for life is a price you paid, I weep



6/10/19
Writing Challenge, June 2019
Crumbling Rhyme Poetry Contest
sponsor Dear Heart
Categories: collapsed, heartbroken,
Form: Rhyme


Premium MemberHe Collapsed

He collapsed late this afternoon
Went without a whimper... DOA
Relatives and friends shook their heads
     Clucked their tongues
Pressure got to him apparently
Poor fellow worked himself to the bone  
     Shame he died so young 
 
He collapsed late this afternoon
Went without a whimper...DOA 
Not long ago, the pressure from without was a source of pride
Before it began to push on the walls of his spirit inside 

Was it that Eternal Pressure broke him
--Or did he cave from within?
He's not around anymore
We can hardly ask him ...

He collapsed late this afternoon 
That's all we know
   And all that matters...
Categories: collapsed, death, loss, stress,
Form: Free verse

The Girl Who Collapsed

It was a seemingly normal day in her life.

Suddenly she felt everyone's eyes on her, their whispers became louder.

She ran.

Ran and ran and ran away, because she didn't want others to see her weakness.

Her chest tightened and her breath hitched when she was safely away from the judging eyes that tortured her with every breath she drew.

She doubled over, head smashing against the concrete wall as her eyes shut and her breathing quickened.

It was ten minutes later when she woke again, and she stood up, walking out as if nothing ever happened.

No one would ever know.
Categories: collapsed, anxiety, pain,
Form: Prose Poetry

When My World Collapsed

I stand in front of your grave
You were so bold and brave
Death unexpected so full of life

Undeserving fate
My timing to late
That last night I saw you we had a fight

Guilt ridden struck me these past 4 years
I still occasionally leak tears
It's still surreal to not have you here with me and my sister

If there is a heavan please look down on us we need you
Were not doing great
I'm angry and full of hate

From losing you the prettiest mother 
My distant father
And my other baby sister

Lost forever burried six feet under
Free are suffering soul
Fill this expanding hole

To my lost family rest in peace I will forever love you
Categories: collapsed, death, depression, family, father,
Form: I do not know?

Collapsed

Clenched palms and bloodied fists
from the tenderest lips, you once kissed
Eyes glistening for the diamonds that fall
Wondering why I feel so small 
Wondering if I should feel at all
The nails I've bit down past the skin
Leave me wearing blood, like an apron
Held up by the threads, I chew them away
So I may float to the earth, in utter dismay

And these palms you see, these mangled wrists
the heart strings torn away by the lips you kissed
are the consequences I've paid time and again
for taking to heart all the cruel things you've ever said
Categories: collapsed, loss, sad, teen, heart,
Form: Rhyme

My Life Collapsed

I was almost mad,
when my mum,
killed my son to please her spirits.

I looked at her,
fearful and cry,
but nothing i did,
because of the shock.

I saw only the stars,
moving up and down,
surrounding my eyes
that turned red.

I sat and cried for my beloved  son,
who perished like grass,
and directly like a thief.

On the next day,
the scavengers and flies,
were the guests  of honor,
that announced to his death.

I mourned almost a week,
and waited miracles to occur,
but nothing i saw in my eyes
that was dark.

I wondered about her,
because she was mad to kill her blood,
nothing like a fool.

Ha! ignorance is a disease,
and really a rope,
that help all the fools to hunger themselves,
as if they will be back.
Categories: collapsed, life,
Form: ABC
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