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Downer

DOWNER

She Knew
I.D.
is key

Her Thoughts
yet she
couldn’t be

She Felt
alone
sans moan

What She Did
had worst
outburst

Inner Squeeze
cramped knots
sad thoughts

Introspective
graphic
tragic

Phone Tag
linked arms
no charms

Community Share
brings down
whole town

Her World
upside
downside

Categories: downer, perspective,
Form: Footle

Pouting Downer Frowner

We all know at least one from down by the bay
A downer-frowner who likes to pout all day
We call ours Eeyore, after the depressed donkey
Winnie Pooh, Christopher Robin and Tigger’s friend, is he.

He pouts because it is rainy weather
He is annoyed by the brilliance of the sun
He is holding a grudge forever
Against more than twenty-one

In

Categories: downer, humorous,
Form: Rhyme

Sun-Downer Blues

The sun she's goin' down, it's sinkin' so low,
I can feel that evening breeze start to blow.
Time for day's bright colors to wane and fade,
Bending all hues to black and blue in shade.

Sundown, oh sundown, it's bittersweet time,
Sundown, oh sundown, it's bittersweet time,
Day's done and dusted, bring on night's sweet chime.

The shadows grow long, as

Categories: downer, blue, song,
Form: Rhyme

Book: Radiant Verses: A Journey Through Inspiring Poetry

Dour Debbie Downer

Dour Debbie Downer with a daily dose of doom
She complains about her father with a sense of gloom
He was a bully, he wishes I was dead she said.
Her mother was worse; she is glad that she is dead.

Dour Debbie Downer with a daily dose of anything not warm.
She hopes none of her family gets in

Categories: downer, women,
Form: Rhyme

Wonder Downer

Wonder if there is a world
where there is leaves but know trees
Where skies replace the seas
Turning wonder sarcastic with a won derrr
Taking a word from this sentence and using it to
form the start of the next
Elephants with giraffe necks
Startling the starling
as hes staring
at the string
Sing to me sin
and in my own way
i am i

Categories: downer, poetry,
Form: Free verse

Downer

In search of women Sean was indefatigable
his obsession with them was unimaginable.
He was ever alert
to run after a skirt.
But the exertion rendered him unserviceable.

Categories: downer, desire, romance,
Form: Limerick

Downer

downer 
drawn in
an ocean 
of disappointment
hit the bottom 
running out 
of air 
made an
effort to 
try to swim 
back up to 
the surface
was not successful
ran out of steam 
half way up 
ran out of air 
half way there
died from lack
of emotional air

Categories: downer,
Form: Lyric

Downer Days

Looked outside, it's quite dark and rainy
These downer days drive me quite insane-y
A sunshine lover
O'er the ground I hover
Hard to hover with a rain soaked aeroplane-y

Categories: downer, rain,
Form: Limerick

Downer

The internet told me i have aids
The media told me that im a murderer
The magezines tell me i can become fake
The ads tell me i can give into things
The book told me i can believe in dumb things
The tv commercial said i can save money on car insurance
The store sign said i can buy a

Categories: downer, art, confusion, depression, family,
Form: Lyric

The Downer

Behind the door he, in death, lay- - -

Hey, who has seen my Brad today?
Come on man, you and I are tight.
It’s just, well, I like him in sight.


His glassy eyes, no warmth bestowed- - -

He and Jones hauled a double load.
For that same no insurance dude?
Hey, you don’t have to come unglued. 


A face

Categories: downer, death
Form: Quatrain

Downer

Look at me now on a downer 
  sinking in swamps of confusion, 
nothing adds up or seems to make sense 
  life looks unreal, a nightmare illusion. 

Grasping at straws, I am drowning, 
  reaching for saviours I cannot distinguish, 
people use voices I don't understand, 
  meaningless language, bastardised

Categories: downer, introspection, life, philosophy, me,
Form: Rhyme