Hoplessness Poems


Premium MemberWasted

...the first time that we saw him
we were worried for his health
he was sat upon a seat nearby
and talking to himself

his fingernails were broken
like his unconnected speech
and he spoke of real...
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Categories: hoplessness, beach, mental illness, sea,
Form: Rhyme

A Refugee

...It was sudden, as they say in dime novels, but it was really sudden: having fallen asleep in this world, we woke up in another, and there wasn’t a place in the world for us. It wasn’t a matter of sur...
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Categories: hoplessness, angel, angst, lost,
Form: Haibun


Cold January Bliss

...a few meeting here and there
a few kind words shown with care
each passing night of the summer
finally to find what i discovered

a few day dreams and fantasies
a few poetic themes and wishes to be
t...
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Categories: hoplessness, love,
Form: I do not know?

Premium MemberHoplessness Beyond Hope

...I wonder what Entity brought me here
Feeling all alone in this great darkness
I am sinking, overwhelmed with such fear

Is there any hope for me to harness?
Caged inside a place that shouldn't exist
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Categories: hoplessness, depression, faith, fear, hope,
Form: Terzanelle

Premium MemberHope

...When life seems so tempest tossed,
And all seems so hopelessly lost,
Claw back up that slippery slope!
Just remember that there is always hope!

When things never seem to go right,
And you feel...
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Categories: hoplessness, hope, life,
Form: Rhyme


Justice

...we see the poor erupt with little provocation
how many days in a mud hut can count as living?
children sick fear primary emotion
hoplessness
can turn to anger and then action
too many lies
will...
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Categories: hoplessness, angstwoman,
Form: Free verse

Justice

...we see the poor erupt with little provocation
how many days in a mud hut can count as living?
children sick fear primary emotion
hoplessness
can turn to anger and then action
too many lies
will...
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Categories: hoplessness, angstwoman,
Form: Free verse

Lost

...Lost a word which has pain,
Desperation, hoplessness, unhappyness in it.
You feel pain when you lost yor love ones.
You feel desperation when you lost your hops.
You feel hoplessness when you los...
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Categories: hoplessness, artlost, lost,
Form: I do not know?

Loss

...A sense of loss is a terrible feeling,
it leaves a hallow pit in one's stomache,
feelings of hoplessness daunts the spirit,
Loss, most people don't want to know it
and many run from it,
Loss mea...
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Categories: hoplessness, introspectionloss, loss,
Form: Light Verse

Prayer In a Diary

...I'm so confused with my life, to many decisions, to many consequences, to much pain and 
hurt...why wont my mind unclowd itself? Where am I to go, I'm torn between 
places....unknown territory, or ...
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Categories: hoplessness, angst, confusion, depression, hope,
Form: I do not know?

Reflection

...Sitting, wondering, thinking, imagining.  
Imagining what it would be like to go back change things.
Wondering how things would have been different.
Thinking she could have done something to chang...
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Categories: hoplessness, daughter, death, father, love,
Form: I do not know?

Hoplessness

...The root to the end,
and it will make you descend.
Nothing you do or say,
will make it go away.
The feeling is plundered,
nothing left but to wonder......
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Categories: hoplessness, life, loss,
Form: I do not know?

The Worlds Prayer

...Forgive me please,
For those times I let my heart go stray.
Forgive, I beg, the hate I've seen, and did not turn away.
Through times of trial and tests of strength,
I've failed from day to day.
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Categories: hoplessness, faith, forgiveness, introspection, peace,
Form: I do not know?
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