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Failing Poems - Poems about Failing

Failing Poems - Examples of all types of poems about failing 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 failing.
ephemeral
...Always wrote about everything but myself It's difficult to be honest although ephemeral I'm failing at everything I try because of you I can't keep my focus when you're lingering The back......Read the rest...
Categories: failing, 12th grade, allegory, angel,
Form: Free verse



Premium Member Propitiation
...I had lunch with Randy, between classes today. It was a perfect day. The sky was an infinite, capri blue, the wind was stirring the environment, clouds were wispy and on high - in the fast lane where......Read the rest...
Categories: failing, friendship, humor, school, student,
Form: Free verse
Mirror's War
...In the weeping crack of dawn, a battleground unfurls, Reflected in the mirror’s gaze, a storm behind two girls One, a wisp of tattered light, eyes shimmering with tears The other, a vicious shadow......Read the rest...
Categories: failing, confusion, dark, hurt, mental
Form: Rhyme
a quest to find myself again
...The days were brighter then, When without the slightest effort, I’d succeed in making a good impression. Now it seems no one knows me to be “good”, How will they? I’ve hardly provided any proof I......Read the rest...
Categories: failing, anxiety, depression, desire, education,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member The Stranger and The Fool
...Where goest thou soul? have you split again into your kaleidoscope frame in the body so vestigial contained what if there is not one Other but many that enter inside waiting to stake claim ......Read the rest...
Categories: failing, muse,
Form: Free verse



Premium Member A well
...So few have ever understood me on a level well; so deep Even less have I let witness my tears as they seep They come forth in the darkness while others sleep; Thoughts of you can be so ela......Read the rest...
Categories: failing, devotion, romantic, romantic love,
Form: Monorhyme
Premium Member Frustration
...We are just machines This is now known And this processing we skip Causes glitches and faults We can go back and fix it But it takes forever So we are pushing on Getting only to the point of ......Read the rest...
Categories: failing, angst,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member The Beetlejuice Past Your Eyes
... "The Beetlejuice Past Your Eyes" “Well, where would you suggest I commence? Should we begin with the concept of pasteurize?” This said to the earnest listener, who views the prot......Read the rest...
Categories: failing, dark, light, muse,
Form: Narrative
Premium Member Euphoria Mystical Apathy
... Written: April 21, 2024 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ...you appeared as a cherub In bejeweled emerald sky, tangled atop topaz pearl tributary in a sweeping sha......Read the rest...
Categories: failing, bereavement, feelings, relationship,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Antiquarian Echoes: Time-Traveling through an Old Library's Labyrinth
...In dust-laden silence, past the reach of day, The mansion's library whispered of forgotten tales, Its heartbeat echoed in the books arrayed. Time's soft touch graced each spine and page, Among ......Read the rest...
Categories: failing, books, nostalgia, old,
Form: Free verse
Between Earth and Ecstasy
...Between Earth and Ecstasy My soul, wrought from the dust of falling stars, Has embraced the undisturbed illusions, resting not in halted slumber, They levitate, and like the crescent moon blooming......Read the rest...
Categories: failing, fantasy,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Jesus Saw Me In My Darkness
... All these years ago looking back lay in darkness and nature's night not realising how dark I was failing myself never seeing the light How was I to awaken from my plight but God came and bro......Read the rest...
Categories: failing, dark, jesus, spiritual, thanks,
Form: Rhyme
Whose Fault Mine Or God
...Here I stand, burdened with remorse, Each word I write, another solemn promise, Life's cruelty, they say, but I see my own, In choices made, in seeds of hate sown. Does God reside amidst this w......Read the rest...
Categories: failing, appreciation, betrayal, bible, endurance,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member For love cannot walk away
...For love cannot walk away From a searing pain Scathing its senses Nor flee the distress Of fractured tears Dried at their origin Thus, does it hide Within a bit of humor A silly dance A chid......Read the rest...
Categories: failing, age, character, love, passion,
Form: Free verse
A Glass of Water
...I pour a glass of water. Then another. The glasses turn into the Ocean. Yet you remain, one glass in hand. And as I jump into the icy water You remain, one glass in hand. ......Read the rest...
Categories: failing, 7th grade, absence, addiction,
Form: Free verse

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