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Depression Free Verse Poems

These Depression Free Verse poems are examples of Free Verse poems about Depression. These are the best examples of Free Verse Depression poems written by international poets.

Along With The Thunder

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for : This or That Vol. 33
sponsor : Edward Ibeh
submission date : 26/5/25
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 Along With The Thunder

Along with the Thunder
came Tempestas, goddess of storms
turtle doves...

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Categories: allegory, cat, character, color,

monster

Daylight. Thank God. The monster comes at night.?
For now, I shake the strings loose,?
And try with my whole might.

Reflections of the night before—?
My eyes are...

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Categories: abuse, courage, depression, violence,

What lies behind the key

You asked me a question without saying a word.  Could I ever love again?
I couldn't find the answer.  should I ever want to?...

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Categories: addiction, betrayal, death, depression,

Echo the haunts

How can I forget this hurt?
I try to move past it.
It consumes my present
to the point that my gift
of a future becomes unclear.
Oblivious beneath a...

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Categories: dark, deep, depression, dream,

God is watching?

God is watching you. He is watching me
Whether you are a monotheist or godless
He is waiting for us to come home
He says heaven is crowded
Stay...

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Categories: addiction, angst, child, faith,

The Days I Keep

Some days,
I only make it as far as the sink,
to wash my hands and brush my teeth.
Water runs,
but nothing gets washed away.
Still, I count it...

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Categories: beautiful, deep, depression,

ALWAYS KEEP YOUR HEAD UP

ALWAYS KEEP YOUR HEAD UP

Always keep your head up,
Don't let the pressure build-up.
Every day you will have different situations
It may be because you have low...

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Categories: confidence, depression, emotions, encouraging,

Disappointment

I smiled when I saw
The figure in front
I ran to get close
But only hugged smoke...

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Categories: anxiety, betrayal, depression, desire,

Stillness in Motion

I am here,
on this bench,
as if the world’s still spinning
but I forgot how to move with it.
The air is thick,
like it’s waiting for me to...

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Categories: depression,

My Reality

I’ve lived and I’ve loved or so I thought,
came out broken, beaten and battered.
A false embrace a kiss of lies,
All loves games I bought.

Tried to...

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Categories: abuse, angst, anxiety, betrayal,

Where's My Home

Mother – A Feeling

Mother...
An emotion, a shadow, a voice.

Whether she belongs to someone or not,
whether she’s with you or not,
everyone knows what a mother is.
Ask...

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Categories: absence, age, blue, deep,

I Push On

Strong, though softened by stillness. Handsome with no 
hunger for approval. My mind is sharp, yet I resist its
 blade, choosing silence over the storm...

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Categories: anger, anxiety, depression, hope,

breathless, my journey ends

Dried-up,
___a stream___
in the moor, no-man’s land.
When a soul dares near—
a gunshot blooms

/  Red  /

the barren soil 
will feast on 
anything.

You said amid this...

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Categories: confusion, corruption, depression, fate,

a poet's nonsense

I buried your voice.

                     ...

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Categories: depression, eulogy, feelings, for

Paper Cut

a paper cut,
inevitable no matter how hard you try to avoid them,
everyone knows the pain of it,
yet someone else gets one and you say its...

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Categories: deep, depression, feelings, heartbreak,