Recovery From Poems - Examples of all types of recovery from poetry to share and read. This list of new poems is composed of the works of modern poets on PoetrySoup. Read
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Demon of AddictionMy voice is filled with broken tremors,
As I describe the layers of my pain.
Each breath blows out the bitter emptiness,
And I hear myself going insane.
I interact with demons I battle,
And I force...
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Categories:
recovery from, addiction, anger, dark, drug,
Form: Free verse
Humor Beats Sleep
Humor is a restorative
much better than sleep
Please tell me a joke
When you snore, I weep
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Categories:
humor, recovery from, sleep,
Form: Rhyme
FatigueJust another long afternoon
Of another long long day
Mind numbing weariness
That just won’t go away.
My eyelids are heavy
I just want to sleep
For once no need
To be counting sheep
The cat is staring at me
In almost hypnotic...
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Categories:
recovery from, anxiety, depression, hope, recovery
Form: Rhyme
Id's Just His SticksThey dubbed him Sticks at Epoch's tip
when hitherto matter none neither you
of matter grasped that awed amassed
was all he cared and none who'd dare
his love of sticks made jokes he exists
baton they'd be, had...
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Categories:
recovery from, character, conflict, confusion, mental
Form: Rhyme
Learning To Let GoLearning to let go of everything I have ever known.
In spite of all the love I have shown, I still felt alone.
It is only now I see, I must let go how I used to...
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Categories:
recovery from, depression, forgiveness, mental health,
Form: Sijo
Nowhere To HideA definite air permeates
When in the walls of my room
Projected productivity is it?
Or rather the reflection of what those expect of me
Identity found... lost, through my grasp
Hard to dicier or fully know
Craving change, something swift
Yet...
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Categories:
recovery from, change, childhood, deep, emotions,
Form: Free verse
Life is But a DreamI have heard it said
That lives flash before our eyes
Seconds before we're dead
And then we're on the other side
But there's an interesting phenomenon
Where when we die in dreams, we wake
We know not how to go...
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Categories:
recovery from, atheist, death, dream, fate,
Form: Rhyme
Through the FireYou may have to go it alone
Bear the heat and discomfort on your own
It can be devastating and suffocating
No fresh air to breathe, only heat and smoke that is debilitating
The burns and wounds...
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Categories:
recovery from, beautiful, courage, endurance, faith,
Form: Rhyme
LETS TANGOLETS TANGO
Nobody said, Let’s go to war
But an invasion, well I never
An Atlantic territory, remote
Who’d respond, they thought
Or perhaps get overwrought
Eight thousand miles by boat
Surely a link one could sever
As we’d not bothered before
For Argentina,...
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Categories:
ocean, recovery from, war,
Form: Rhyme
The snifflesWell now I really know I am getting "old"
putting myself to bed early with a cold :O
Come on orange juice, zinc, and water, do your trick
Praying here that with rest, I'll feel better --...
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Categories:
recovery from, body, how i feel,
Form: Couplet
Till in the End it Takes youMy intellect is what helps me.
I can jump into the purely rational space and deal.
But it's very lonely.
I lived like that for years at a time.
And, we sometimes love an idealized version of someone, the...
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Categories:
recovery from, age, bereavement, feelings, recovery
Form: Free verse
Why those best suited to high office never get electedThey are,
Still in touch with reality
They Value logistics over statistics,
They ask the right questions.
They don't believe in a totally cashless society,
Their vision for the future includes a roadmap,
That leads to prosperity for more than...
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Categories:
recovery from, care, character, city, community,
Form: Burlesque
Broken HalosHeard a song of broken halos,
folded wings that used to fly.
Wondered why I go where I go.
Yeah, broken halos as miles went by.
Angels used to come and teach me,
now they’ve gone another...
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Categories:
addiction, recovery from,
Form: Rhyme
Out of darkness comes lightWhen I am down and out
Feeling so far from good
And life I find in doubt
That's when my writing would
My deep, dark worries rout
A softer voice,not crude
Eases me from that bout
To better that dark mood.
And when...
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Categories:
recovery from, depression, inspiration, joy, recovery
Form: Kyrielle
STRESSED???
Remember, you are not alone.
So rest in the LORD and
wait patiently on Him.
Enjoy every moment of today
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Categories:
recovery from, america, anxiety, care, encouraging,
Form: Free verse
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