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Desolation Poems - Poems about Desolation

Desolation Poems - Examples of all types of poems about desolation 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 desolation.
Premium Member Robert Zimmerman American Poet
... Robert Zimmerman American Poet Heard the tambourine man play today as I was knockin’ on heaven’s door. Like a rolling stone she could not stay. Her boots of sp......Read the rest...
Categories: desolation, music,
Form: Pantoum



Your poem
...A poem for you In hope my feelings could come through A poem where sky would not be blue But filled with you While knowing I am grey to you Wishing I could grow a lotus for no matter how ......Read the rest...
Categories: desolation, emotions, feelings, romance, true
Form: ABC
Short Letter to myself
...Hey girl! Sleeping with a heavy heart still? Unquestionably, I understant! I understand the anxiety, the pain, the depression of things not going your way. Unquestionably, I understand! I unde......Read the rest...
Categories: desolation, anxiety, courage, dedication, deep,
Form: Sonnet
Premium Member The Awful Word Death
...The sadness of getting lonely, weary and old is none other than the anguishing thought, we can't avoid feeling or mentioning at all cost; daily unrest triggers the awful death word! Will all f......Read the rest...
Categories: desolation, abuse, age, anger, anxiety,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Etched Humanity
... Written: April 24, 2024 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Tread of life a strand of hair disassociation desolation devastation floribunda fl......Read the rest...
Categories: desolation, analogy, humanity, peace,
Form: Other



Divine Salutation
...Behind the guise of the masks & words lay a truth concealed by clever nouns & verbs Now a fire's lit to match the lies with truth bearing an eternal flame lighting a wick with proof From the tree......Read the rest...
Categories: desolation, introspection, leadership, perspective, philosophy,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member I Saw God, but Now What
...Line of inquiry: “Yes, I affirm, I have seen God But He appeared and then disappeared This knowing that transcends mind, left me awed But until what’s imbibed is assimilated, by fears I’m seared”......Read the rest...
Categories: desolation, anxiety, character, god,
Form: Free verse
ANOMIE
..."There is no crime if there is no law..." But everything else could be in confusion We may let justice use its claw To halt the state of desolation Normlessness may bring disorganization W......Read the rest...
Categories: desolation, society,
Form: Rhyme
Solace's Embrace
...Moonlit Whisper 10 April 2024 Depth of one's mind In the midst of desolation, where the earth's wrath does rage, Near the fiery tempest, where volcanic flames engage. Amidst the thun......Read the rest...
Categories: desolation, 10th grade, 11th grade,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member The Great American Make-Believe
...Suburban resident pretense, a bleak uniformity. I grew up among the repetitious homes, isolated alienated, I wandered the conformity, the endless square yards, the dull feckless syndrome. Repug......Read the rest...
Categories: desolation, america, anxiety, community, fantasy,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member How to Peach a Troll
...Languishing in liminal limbo Feathers fray before striking harmony Tidal waves in my brain have ebbed and Flowed, expanded and contracted guiding Wings of my astral soul across desolation; ......Read the rest...
Categories: desolation, appreciation,
Form: Alliteration
In the heart of the night, next to the unmoved clock
...In the heart of the night, next to the unmoved clock, She lies, with the pillow—a saline lake of pagan scents, Mourning something that was never spoken. Prisoner in the castle of shadows, where da......Read the rest...
Categories: desolation, fantasy,
Form: Free verse
In the crosshairs and blasts
...Grim shadows of strife unfold death and destruction they have conquered the enemy children silenced, doctors mourned murdered the charity workers murdered the refugees in churches masses weaken......Read the rest...
Categories: desolation, africa, evil, religion,
Form: Free verse
In the canvas of infinity, a man's soul wanders seeking endless chains of moments
...In the canvas of infinity, a man's soul wanders seeking endless chains of moments, To weave loves and fates beneath a world without hemispheres. The moments under the moon are not enough, the sun s......Read the rest...
Categories: desolation, fantasy,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member For Manic, Listless, Bipolar, Mad Souls
... For manic, listless, bipolar, mad souls, the rate of solitude increases fast, like the second derivative; to last, velocity accelerates near black holes, which tug light into sin......Read the rest...
Categories: desolation, depression, earth, hope, humanity,
Form: Italian Sonnet

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