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Illness Poems - Poems about Illness
Illness Poems - Examples of all types of poems about illness to share and read. This list of new poems is composed of the works of modern poets of PoetrySoup. Read
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My Mourning Shower
Sometimes I climb in the shower, and stand, bathing myself in glorious water, waking up my senses, realising the day is about to start... And I cry. That's as far as my strength goes, if the morning is...
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Lauren Tilley
Categories:
illness,
anxiety, depression, feelings, mental
Form:
Free verse
Patchwork
Into the morning light I rise, a reluctant soldier clad in skin, hair a tangle map of sleepless nights, the ghost of yesterday weighs within. Eyebrows, half-plucked reminders of a time when self-care felt like a dance, now a chore -...
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Lauren Tilley
Categories:
illness,
anxiety, depression, emotions, feelings,
Form:
Free verse
Debts And Disability
I splat the slim cigarette's ashes onto the pavement, Little to no care of my own psychological impairment, While living through life with no means of any repayment. ...
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Marissa Faries
Categories:
mental health, mental illness,
Form:
Sijo
Borderline
I have done so many things to end who I used to be, But the truth is I only want to die to be set free, 'Cause I feel as though I may never ever truly be...
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Marissa Faries
Categories:
illness,
addiction, depression, drug, mental
Form:
Sijo
The black hole of DC
“My name is Jonathan Mellis, I'm solitary confined In a D.C Jail, where they destroy your mind They call solitary confinement “the hole”. They drop you in and let time erode your soul. It’s hard to cope with...
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Gideon Oknin
Categories:
illness,
abuse, hope, loneliness, mental
Form:
Lyric
October
I run in a circle. Shivering. Then I ran outside. “It’s not warmer there,” they laugh. I try to climb the fence again. It’s October at the hospital. They keep it cold. Although they don’t...
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Angelica Tao
Categories:
mental illness,
Form:
Free verse
And Then It Was Twilight
I played music. Quietly. My room is a place where they can hear-doesn’t matter. I played a video game. I feel like I won. My room is the only place. Then I stepped outside, and there...
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Angelica Tao
Categories:
mental illness,
Form:
Free verse
The Untold Casualties of War
Who knows who are the casualties of war? Are they the wounded, maimed, and all the dead? Who counts the orphans, widows, those displaced? The untold truth, a light on this can shed I also am a casualty...
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Eileen Manassian
Categories:
angst, mental illness, political,
Form:
Rhyme
At Night, In Response to the Vanderbilt Tragedy
At Night, A Response to the Vanderbilt Suicide, At Night, alone in my home, I am afraid, For in the dark, though God says fear not, I fear, For the horrors I have known in my mind, Though they have...
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Woodrow Lucas
Categories:
mental illness,
Form:
Blank verse
The Floor And Me
I like to write poetry sitting on the floor. Even when my body is sore. From feeling panic throughout the night. So I am tense and tight. When I wake in the morning, I could...
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Angelica Tao
Categories:
mental illness, writing,
Form:
Rhyme
Niagara Falls Welcoming Demise For Those Seeking Suicide
Niagara Falls has been a Welcoming Demise for centuries. It started with thrill seekers going over the falls in a Barrel, bringing notoriety to those that survived the feat. They even have a museum there showcasing...
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Michael Tor
Categories:
illness,
death, depression, farewell, goodbye,
Form:
Free verse
Biggest blessing or biggest lesson?
My heart is cold. “Time is the healer of hearts” so I’ve been told. With arms crossed, and an open heart. The story unfolds. Before me lies a ditch, one that I lie in. ‘Biggest blessing or biggest...
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Ramla Rashid
Categories:
illness,
anger, dark, depression, grief,
Form:
Rhyme
Donald and Elon
Donald and Elon If Trump and Musk had a baby What would the baby's name be? -Obama ...
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Robert Sherriff
Categories:
illness,
baby, corruption, death, golf,
Form:
Bio
I fear my own feelings
A shield of ice, a fortress built within, To quell the storm, the chaos from within. Dissociation's touch, a chilling grace, That stills the pain, erases time and space. But at what cost, this fragile, frozen peace? Emotions numb, a...
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Davina Browne
Categories:
mental health, mental illness,
Form:
Free verse
You’re Invited
Step into my hidden show, where shadows dance, secrets linger, colours spill like confessions. Each stroke a heartbeat, each shade a shadow of my mind, inviting you to witness the rawness beneath the surface. My...
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Lauren Tilley
Categories:
illness,
anxiety, dark, depression, emotions,
Form:
Free verse
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