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Rape Poems - Poems about Rape

Rape Poems - Examples of all types of poems about rape 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 rape.
Life can be beautiful after a rape
Life Can Be Beautiful After a Rape "I am the voice of your soul," Whispered a quiet strength from within. "You are pure, you are whole, your heart still beats true. I know the darkness feels endless, And the world...Read the rest...
Categories: rape, social,
Form: Ghazal
date rape
Date rape I used to love sex still do but with age and all that it is a warm  memory of helicon days if the woman does not participate ejaculation is meaning less  ...Read the rest...
Categories: rape, abuse, age,
Form: Blank verse



Dissociative Amnesia
I walk within a shadowed hall, Where echoes fade before recall, The walls are bare, the mirrors blind, A labyrinth, a maze in my own mind. Fragments are scattered like broken glass, Like a thousand leaves beneath the sun, I search...Read the rest...
Categories: rape, 12th grade,
Form: Rhyme

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I AM JUST A POET
Somewhere in the deep dark night A child suppresses tears of shame and guilt Her spirit crushed, her innocence torn An Uncle, a family friend Drank greedily from her well of youth His thirst, a vile sickness in the...Read the rest...
Categories: rape, 11th grade, africa, anger,
Form: Free verse
prisoner rape
prisoner rape  We read of the plight of the Hamsas hostages they could have been freed, but for the brutal Israel's regime they are still there At the same time, and not written about are thousand of Palestinians sitting in...Read the rest...
Categories: rape, absence, abuse, addiction,
Form: Blank verse



Premium Member Hindsight is 20 20
Is it easy to look back on the trauma of past It’s like taking the knife out my back It cuts going both ways creating path Oh but we cried oh but we laughed Little girls playing with dolls...Read the rest...
Categories: rape, angst, anti bullying, anxiety,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member The Rape of Palestine
The Europeans colonized middle earth and Africa as their God given right America built on the labour of African slaves Indigenous killed murdered, and slaughtered then laughed at some of you still live in this world others though, through the eyes of history have admitted if...Read the rest...
Categories: rape, allah, corruption, evil, racism,
Form: Free verse
The Perfect Wife
I had a great time. I thought as I tiptoed across the floor, afraid to crack the eggshells. Feeling the warmth of the morning sun hitting my face through the curtain. Hearing the soft sighs of sleep coming...Read the rest...
Categories: rape, abuse, dark, death, deep,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Land of the blind
In UK towns gangs raped girls for years Drugged them, passed them around, laughed at their tears Police blamed the victims, thought they were at fault Also didn't want trouble, open up pandora's vault. The kids were terrorized, sometimes...Read the rest...
Categories: rape, abuse, betrayal, hate, rights,
Form: Lyric
Premium Member The Rape of Lebanon
The month of August brings with it memories of the Beirut blast. Beirut is once again under attack. I wrote this poem as a tribute. The Rape of Lebanon My darling, Lebanon, do not be fooled What...Read the rest...
Categories: rape, anxiety, war,
Form: Rhyme
Who Will Speak For Me?
My trembling Soul; gripped by fear, As I walk alone but far from near. My heart races as I lose control, When I remember the Hands that drew near. Who’ll speak for me, when I’m silenced by fear? When...Read the rest...
Categories: rape, abuse, discrimination,
Form: Rhyme
You have never understood the fear in my voice, shaking and quivering, for life
You have never understood the fear in my voice, shaking and quivering, for life i begged for my dad dripping bloody, pants, underwear running low dangling on my knees "please pick me up, im..maiden lane..? i'm scared dad....Read the rest...
Categories: rape, abuse, cry, dad, love
Form: Free verse
we are taught to be complicit in our own dehumanization
i was good, though i was born with mens eyes crawling on my skin like ants, following me through the grocery store. i was good, i was 5 the first time i was told to close my...Read the rest...
Categories: rape, dark, for her, for
Form: Free verse
Angel is a hidden devil
Crying, screaming, blaming? It's never your fault Irk beneath is flaming And outpouring daunt Close your eyes, hey goddess And let it burn Open them again And behold them burn The avarice in their lusty eyes The...Read the rest...
Categories: rape, anger, angst, blue, depression,
Form: Free verse
Slow Healing
For all this time, I couldn't call it - rape. I couldn't use that word, and make it real. Like plowing a field before it's harvest, or pruning the trees at summer solstice. It wasn't the right thing for...Read the rest...
Categories: rape, abuse, anger, betrayal, courage,
Form: Iambic Pentameter

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