Distress Poems - Poems about Distress

... The frolic boughs of trees tremble, butterfly-latticed leaves flutter in the trail of summer squall, where the feisty forest plays with foliage. Don’t make your mind a sprawling forest of......Read the rest...

... Petals, leaves and thorns Dwelling on the same bough Dance together with breeze ......Read the rest...

...The distress... fatigue, combined with restlessness, tossing, and turning. Assuming I possess more energy than I truly do because what is worse, exhausting oneself or lying there, depleted? Many of u......Read the rest...

... NOTE: Please read part 1 so this makes more sense As soon as her words enter my brain I feel the force of a million gees pressing against my body, but only for a nanosecond, then nothing. Absolu......Read the rest...

...Based on Psalm 23 NIV A Voyager The Lord is my captain; I`ve faith in Him. He asks me to sit down in the stateroom, He steers the vessel away from rocks, ......Read the rest...

...Her eyes swelled and swelled With bitter tears That lingered near... She stood there and not here Since she thought It was better to cry, than to try to fly Into the fantasies ought To have he......Read the rest...

...In you my God I trust I shall never suffer the shame of defeat My enemies shall never gloat over me Cause you are my shield and armour I shall never rebel against you Reveal more to me your way......Read the rest...

...Baseless incriminations heaped upon head of missus... courtesy evil ferocious wraithlike grimace Acrimonious scurrilous words flew out the mouth of vicious nasty shortish brute leaving yours t......Read the rest...

...Beauty is pursued The poet is the pursuer Poetry the prize Verse a healing balm Words can act like medicine For souls in distress Beauty is beauty Light can transform anything Metaphor fo......Read the rest...

... Written: April 28, 2024, For Constance la France Contest "One word frees us of all the weight and pain of life. The word is love. Sophocles, Greek Poet ......Read the rest...

...The emotions of Romeo & Juliet, always bold from the start; Blessed to feel so deeply, no matter the distress; Make no mistake the heart does suffer; Simply breathing is barely living, to ......Read the rest...

...Pregnant with intense distress Fists fly eyes not yet open Break and fight not fully woken Metal to metal, bone to wall Impulse festered in my chest It did not banish, never left Hijacked me wh......Read the rest...

... Written: April 22, 2024 For Matt Caliri Acrostic Contest ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Life entails success over stress without distress Inviting the......Read the rest...

...I beg for your forgiveness once more I said too much again…need I say more? It’s been a crappy, snappy day for me and today will be my day An attitude of gratitude instead of dismay would be nice ......Read the rest...

...Sundrenched sorrows Sundrenched worries of tomorrow’s Troublesome wind and rain Driving me and you insane I can’t be sane… Anxious as always It remains here to stay… Going through these days......Read the rest...