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Despair Poems - Poems about Despair

Despair Poems - Examples of all types of poems about despair 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 despair.
Talent Stifled
Middle aged man in Docs, vintage leather jacket and grey haired pubes around his cock. Ill fitting tour shirts rekindling a hazy past. Barrowlands, The Bunnymen. Hammersmith Odeon,The Clash. U2 at University pre Bono crawling up his own ****. Danced...Read the rest...
Categories: despair, depression,
Form: Prose Poetry
You; Unseen Bonds
Pedestrians and carts, travellers of time, In a fleeting mode, together they blame Here and there, they cross each other In the vast expanse of life! Touching, distancing, talking and silent. They laugh, argue and share their tales- Of joy,...Read the rest...
Categories: despair, angel, character, clothes, cousin,
Form: Free verse



Poems about Shadows and Darkness
These are poems about shadows, poems about darkness, poems about shades in the form of ghosts and spirits... Shadows by Michael R. Burch Alone again as evening falls, I join gaunt shadows and we crawl up and down my room's...Read the rest...
Categories: despair, dark, evil, moon, night,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Beyond Despair
Beyond Despair despair heavy,...Read the rest...
Categories: despair, angst, emotions, faith, feelings,
Form: Diamante
Ophelia
POEMS ABOUT OPHELIA Ophélie (“Ophelia”) by Arthur Rimbaud translation by Michael R. Burch On pitiless black waves unsinking stars abide while pale Ophelia, a lethargic lily, drifts by. Here, tangled in her veils, she floats on the tide. Far-off, in the woods,...Read the rest...
Categories: despair, betrayal, death, lost love,
Form: Rhyme



Premium Member Clouds roll in
sweep away the clutter let the tide recede wash away the grime bare my soul, my mind cleanse and start anew let the winds reset what's unwittingly askew bird songs will return with each rising sun we must not despair even when things seem at an...Read the rest...
Categories: despair, hope,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Enclosed in a Mist
Enclosed in a mist no vision I cannot see beyond the limits of my cares ...Read the rest...
Categories: despair, anxiety, creation, god, how
Form: Free verse
Who Shall I Share My Agony?
In a town where shadows danced in alley's embrace, Lived a man named Elias, with sorrowed grace. A forge once lit bright, now tarnished and dim, His dreams lay in ruins, a whisper, a hymn. Days blurred...Read the rest...
Categories: despair, deep, heartbreak, heartbroken, loss,
Form: Narrative
THE COST OF LOVE
He wandered through his days with pockets empty, bare, His heart full of hope, but weighed down by despair. He stole from those he loved, their cherished things to sell, Hoping that his dreams would somehow turn out...Read the rest...
Categories: despair, funny love, girl, heart,
Form: Alexandrine
A FORBIDDEN LOVE
In quiet corners where no one sees, Two hearts find solace, though love's not free. A gentle touch, a fleeting smile, In a world that deems their love a trial. Their love, a secret they must protect, From judging eyes...Read the rest...
Categories: despair, fate, heartbroken, relationship, sad,
Form: Narrative
Remnants of Despair
I still remember your easily smiling face, poetry spilling from your lips Singing joyfully at the dead of night, not a care in the world. Oh how I miss your face when it was alive, When it was...Read the rest...
Categories: despair, 11th grade, miss you,
Form: Free verse
Deep Despair
Deep Despair Dark days will come with heavy heart of regret, pain and fear, but you will find those that love you dear have hearts that are very forgiving. As years go by the dark days...Read the rest...
Categories: despair, courage, depression, encouraging, fear,
Form: Dramatic Verse
Waves of Hope, Oceans of Despair
They're children of the sand, sand in an hourglass Sands of time running out, running from their past Desert winds howl, howl like hungry ghosts Howling louder than bombs and tyrannical hosts Little feet march, march across scorched earth Marching...Read the rest...
Categories: despair, children, heartbroken, horror, longing,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Worry Fades
Faith sees the invisible, believes the unbelievable, and receives the impossible. ~ Corrie Ten Boom Worry reaches into the heart and stirs the doubts, Fears and tears, suspicions All the uncertainties and reservations, Fretting and fussing, feeling like a...Read the rest...
Categories: despair, appreciation, blessing, conflict, faith,
Form: Free verse
The Rain
I f*cking love the rain. Storms are even better. I love to hear of your canceled plans As you stand there, getting wetter I adore the miserable faces it brings To everyone but me I ache for the sound...Read the rest...
Categories: despair, angst, depression, funny, garden,
Form: Rhyme

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