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Drug Poems | Examples of Drug Poetry

Drug Poems - Examples of all types of drug poetry to share and read. This list of new poems is composed of the works of modern poets on PoetrySoup. Read short, long, best, and famous poem examples for drug.
Sobriety's Friend
In the gift of recovery, you set yourself goals. Each day an achievement as you keep self control. The gift of sobriety, to find your true self. Whilst making you realise that your health is your wealth. Reconnect with...Read the rest...
Categories: abuse, addiction, drink, drug,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Morning Sight
What pales in comparison is the flame of the lighter To the fires of the gold sun which always burns all the brighter. I light my cigarette beneath the shining morning sight....Read the rest...
Categories: addiction, drug, imagery, light,
Form: Sijo



Thoughts pierced my brain
Thoughts pierced the whites of my brains, Tainted blood flowed out of my veins, One half of me then paralysed, My speech now completely disguised. Why was I stubborn with the drugs? My right arm now too weak for hugs. Beat...Read the rest...
Categories: abuse, addiction, death, drug,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Miracle Drug
When the doctor confirms your worst fears, and the words “stage four” burn in your ears… But at least for her cancer, ENHERTU’s been the answer, and we’re hopeful she’s got two more years. ------------ Frances was diagnosed with metastatic breast...Read the rest...
Categories: drug, cancer, miracle,
Form: Limerick
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paper inside sealed bottle squall thunderstorm savvy coconut queen cabal of decadence Shakira and beyond bath of milk two dozen packs of juicy fruit Gallagher smashes a melon me too man me too...Read the rest...
Categories: drug, america, art, beautiful, career,
Form: Free verse



Crazy Eyes
It's been four years since I submitted my last poem, I was only one year into my addiction to methamphetamine. I'm currently five years in and boy oh boy do I have some perspective to...Read the rest...
Categories: drug, how i feel,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member More is Less
How you feel is not enough, You as this is less than function, Avert the feel, replace with stuff, Or suffer states, disjunction. Comparing scrambled eggs to buzzing locust, To the mumbled mind within you, Hocus pocus, lack of locus, There's too...Read the rest...
Categories: abuse, anxiety, depression, drug,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Autumn Air
Smoking in the cool autumn air before the arising of dawn. Never believing the summer time is already gone. Standing in the cool autumn air within its takeover....Read the rest...
Categories: addiction, autumn, drug, nature,
Form: Sijo
Premium Member Commuting At Sunset
Smoking cigarettes while remaining patiently waiting For the next bussing southbound to my local neighbouring. Sun is setting while many warm colours in the sky are blending....Read the rest...
Categories: addiction, city, drug, imagery,
Form: Sijo
Premium Member Stinging Eyes
The smoke stings my eyes As every part of me dies, While some part of me Has a lot of endless cries. But still I let us just be....Read the rest...
Categories: addiction, angst, drug, mental
Form: Tanka
Glass Case
ROBERT SHERRIFF - AUSTRALIAN - POET -AUTHOR - SINGER - ACTOR - AMERICAN HISTORIAN – PHOTOGRAPHER Glass Case In a glass case where there are glass splinters, America is the land of the free. No need to...Read the rest...
Categories: america, children, drug, emotions,
Form: Epic
Premium Member Dark and Sweet
Oh, please, do hear me, hear me please. I hope you'll meet me in the park. I beg of you upon my knees. Oh, please, do hear me, hear me please. You will find me behind the...Read the rest...
Categories: chocolate, drug,
Form: Triolet
Premium Member My drug of addiction
I see peace in the bright blue skies, in the paddocks green In the warble from the magpies tounge in the breath of God I come undone, in the pouring rain there are melodies To heal hearts and...Read the rest...
Categories: drug, appreciation,
Form: Rhyme
DMT
Start from a place of respect and love. Prepare for flight, be the dove. Get ready the questions you wish to find. With intention breath in deeply. And understand This will blow your mind. You will be shot to somewhere...Read the rest...
Categories: deep, drug, life, uplifting,
Form: Rhyme
Overmantle
Bacchus confronts us in a shady place, A tangled grove, and he, astride a cask. Gross limbs and belly, small besotted face, And lips pursed to the uptilted flask. A buxom dryad, white against his...Read the rest...
Categories: culture, dream, drug, freedom,
Form: Free verse

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