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Decay Poems - Poems about Decay

Decay Poems - Examples of all types of poems about decay 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 decay.
Premium Member Forget Me Not
...Forget Me Not Forget me not when petals drop or when succulent fruits decay, though their energies dissipate their existences are recalled, on duller days when seasons change and a bri......Read the rest...
Categories: decay, flower, imagery, memory, remember,
Form: Sonnet



As My Body Rots
...As I succumb to the wounds you've inflicted gasping for air, for life, eyes bloodshot, cheeks wet, Will you love me then? My cold, bloodied body will lay lifeless in your bed, my crimson seepi......Read the rest...
Categories: decay, conflict, dark, heartbreak, love,
Form: Free verse
Cold
... It's been a long time since a smile graced this face, the voices say, 'The pain will go away.' Wearing a mask to cover the decay, the voices say, 'Embrace the pain.' Been strong for so long......Read the rest...
Categories: decay, dark, sad, scary, voice,
Form: Free verse
God
...Tears were driping timeless and no longer fleeding once, sleeves I used as for wiping my snot and no longer cared for being dunce. Tissues were just a meters from bathroom away, but my eyes ju......Read the rest...
Categories: decay, blue,
Form: Verse
Premium Member Incarnate
... Angels are unable to handle these 'Sylvia Plath' sorrows, hiding their halos - mute to my concerns. Love has abandoned me, left me to decay in an open grave, where flesh eating insects ......Read the rest...
Categories: decay, angst, dark, pain,
Form: Free verse



opening
...bubbling blackening putrefaction completing the first stage decomposition of prime elements gray matter decay decay of prime matter what matters is that you save nothin......Read the rest...
Categories: decay, analogy,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Much Love and prayers for all, to come in Unity in Spirit and Truth
...Mark 14:62 NIV? [62] “I am,” said Jesus. “And you will see the Son of Man sitting at the right hand of the Mighty One and coming on the clouds of heaven.” ?Luke 21:31-32 NIV? [31] Even so, when y......Read the rest...
Categories: decay, faith,
Form: I do not know?
Premium Member Temporary Stuff
...~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ I was made of impermanence, of the stuff of earth, the temporary parts of existence– the parts that wither, decay, and decompose away back to nothing-- like......Read the rest...
Categories: decay, inspirational, wisdom,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Devour
... You're a cannibal, baby, consuming pieces of my heart, chewing on my frailty, and tearing me apart, You're a scavenger, baby, overhead with your eyes honed, peeling layers of my flesh......Read the rest...
Categories: decay, abuse, anger, break up,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Maritime Metallic Mind
... The cobalt mind of ancient mariner of the seven seas, the surfing sailor tosses on the waves of youthful life, rolls on the curled crests with the splintered moon, drawn into dark agony trough......Read the rest...
Categories: decay, analogy, surreal,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Embracing the gray
...Opposite ends of the spectrum yet somehow still makes sense Balancing the equation without coming at my own expense What used to be one or the other is now showing signs of decay Black and white......Read the rest...
Categories: decay, encouraging, inspiration,
Form: Rhyme
TO THE VALETS OF FRANCAFRICA
...We are tired of enduring the odious cult paid to the lackeys of Françafrique. This situation is becoming intolerable. It is deeply humiliating to see mediocre and alienated ******* running the ba......Read the rest...
Categories: decay, 12th grade,
Form: Free verse
Baptism Of Jesus
...Asceticism and realism were embraced in baptism. The era of waiting is gone. Emmanuel exists. The spirit in him fluttered into doves of optimism. Mercies fell amidst musing humanity like mild mist......Read the rest...
Categories: decay, jesus,
Form: Sonnet
Premium Member To Which Image Should We Cling
...The only image we cling to Should be the one in the mirror. Of that I could not be surer. Your idols will let you down in the end. Jesus, Elvis, Lennon, and John Paul the Second, Even Ghandi, T......Read the rest...
Categories: decay, life,
Form: Rhyme
Supernatural and Naturalness
...Supernatural and Naturalness We are in the season of all plants and substances in addition to normal seasons. In the season of fruits, everywhere seemed to be in season for a fruit. If the fru......Read the rest...
Categories: decay, life,
Form: Free verse

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