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Doldrums Poems - Poems about Doldrums

Premium Member Breaking, Escaping My Doldrums
Being in a rut is driving me nuts. I feel trapped in this doldrums. In my mind, I am screaming … Please, somebody! Get me out! Writing is hard, nothing comes to mind. Going out is tough, even to the market. All I do is read, transporting me to Boston, and Vermont, the settings of the stories. Need to write, but my muse...

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Categories: doldrums, how i feel, me,
Form: Free verse
Doldrums
My world is oblique Saturday, day of mourning Read books in a week....

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Categories: doldrums, emotions, engagement, mental health,
Form: Haiku



Premium Member I Believe This May Be the Doldrums
What words do people use to describe you? I'm never satisfied It's top shelf words Feedback all good But this painful narrative I've got going on I am so unkind to myself The engaged faces, the words, the seeking me out. All the evidence required but I'm beneath the surface You think you can reach me But it's just your own reflection...

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Categories: doldrums, anxiety,
Form: Free verse
Doldrums of Death
Doldrums of death Beat like drumrolls That final breath When the bell tolls Doldrums of death Shrouded in palls Leads to Lethe When the trump calls Doldrums of death Sound like headaches Cry of Macbeth When the cord* breaks Doldrums of death Stab like sharp spikes Placing grave wreath When the clock strikes *silver cord 19th April 2023...

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Categories: doldrums, death, metaphor,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Doldrums
Have I descended into the doldrums Or are the doldrums Either side of this tightrope I walk? It's not the black dog This could be shaken off But I'm so used to being on this tightrope I stand still Maybe I need to read up On acrobatics...

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Categories: doldrums, blue,
Form: Free verse



December Doldrums
December of life When seems nigh, flesh fuming rife, Rebelling with mind On life’s foggy end to find, Mind still sharp if not like knife. _______________________________ Tanka |06.12.2022| Poet’s note: The very first time in eight decades of my life this December I realized that my body, if not yet mind, is getting old, that the December of my life...

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Categories: doldrums, anxiety, december, old,
Form: Tanka
Premium Member Ho Hum, the Doldrums
Ho hum, the doldrums: I twiddle my thumbs and scratch my bum. I bumble ‘round, and when I’m done, I murmur, mumble, humph and hum. Ding-dong, the same old song: I bang my drum and clang my gong; I even brought my bell along. Tinkle, ting, naw, that’s just wrong. Tick tock, flip flop My brain is oozing gloopy glop. That metered click: where is my glock? Bang! that clock and make...

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Categories: doldrums, nursery rhyme,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Winter Doldrums Again
I am slipping into winter doldrums again, Though I know spring will soon appear I long for blue skies and flowers to remain, I am slipping into winter doldrums again Give me the joys of a warm spring rain I yearn for spring and summer all year I am slipping into winter doldrums again, Though I know spring will soon appear. Written March...

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Categories: doldrums, depression, feelings, winter,
Form: Triolet
It's Tough Being a Dodger Fan
A baseball team hard to follow Failures really tough to swallow Many problems from stem to stern Fans' frustration in a slow burn Managers don't know what to do To get the Dodgers out of the blues Too close to Hollywood it would seem Many distractions bad for a team Ahead by eight games in '62 Seemed just too good to be true Sandy Koufax...

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Categories: doldrums, baseball, celebration, poetry, poets,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Haiku For No Reason
no cell phone service in most of the universe may make you nervous original sin where building of guilt begins doubts start to creep in autonomy should not require lobotomy only common sense factoring our roles finding poverty of soul digs very deep holes claim open season for attacks upon reason let's untruth sneak in based on pure meanness or simple inconvenience words come between us a haiku a day may chase the doldrums...

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Categories: doldrums, perspective, word play, words,
Form: Haiku
Premium Member The Doldrums
Blend into a state of nothingness within a yawn forgetting to remember and beyond Slip into a drip floating through a stream being META is now everything Please the senses while the brain is numb all the knowledge while becoming dumb Locked into a world that does not exist reality forfeited for an emotional lift Why real when fake is better signature is DNA...

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Categories: doldrums, addiction, technology,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Holiday Doldrums
The holidays come so fast, then gone, scarce time to enjoy just the moment. Family waves ‘hello’ and ‘so long’ as they revel in that bestowment. Hugs and kisses are memories’ song. Days in rare flashes of time, standstill, pass slowly before the Winter end. Where are those days of gracious thrill, of visits with family and friend? Lost now–releasing a cold crisp chill. Years...

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Categories: doldrums, family, friend, holiday, introspection,
Form: Quintain (Sicilian)
Summer Doldrums
Long days drag deep, test  me to my bones; they hurt too. Still, the flowers bloom....

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Categories: doldrums, depression, summer,
Form: Haiku
Premium Member The Doldrums
The Doldrums of 2020 Hullabaloo, nothing to do. the doldrums latch on to you. Rickity dink, slippery slimy slue. We scheme, we plot, we fold and cry a lot ! ! ! ! We fan, we plan, exhausted, but not an also ran, We heap accolades upon tarnished shards of hope. Yet find our very best advice lies in a good hot...

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Categories: doldrums, introspection, sound, uplifting,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member The Doldrums
The Doldrums of 2020 Hullabaloo, nothing to do. the doldrums latch on to you. Rickity dink, slippery slimy slue. We scheme, we plot, we fold and cry a lot ! ! ! ! We fan, we plan, exhausted, but not an also ran, We heap accolades upon tarnished shards of hope. Yet find our very best advice lies in a good hot...

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Categories: doldrums, introspection, sound, uplifting,
Form: Free verse

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