Short Desperation Poems

Short Desperation Poems. Below are examples of the most popular short poems about Desperation by PoetrySoup poets. Search short poems about Desperation by length and keyword.


Dark Chocolate

Eloquence of desperation,
 majesty in the end

Elegance of sweet sorrow
—dying to contend

(Dreamsleep: April, 2021)
Form: Rhyme


Premium Member -Desperation

Desperately clinging to the side of the mountain

Trying to hold on

Just one wrong move

In that moment it’s all gone!
© Deb M   Create an image from this poem.
Form: Rhyme

Savvy Sabbath Service

Lead us NOT into temptation
Just deliver copulation
You may think it odd
That we pray to God
But 'tis caused by desperation!
Form: Limerick

Premium Member Pensive Moment Waning

those dueling branches
giddy to impress the moon
slow onslaught of night

desperation fades to black
a passive moment waning
Form: Tanka

Premium Member When Seeking Inspiration

   Most recommend perspiration
     when seeking inspiration

   Though some rely on desperation
     others on ~ starvation
Form: Couplet


Premium Member Silenced By Awe

mouth unable to form words
     then sounds of desperation
inspired by wisdoms presence
     awestruck I retreat into silence
© Bill Baker  Create an image from this poem.

Premium Member train whistle thoughts

Train whistle of desperation
Speaks of others travels
Is it hauling people or cattle?
One big difference
People wear tennis shoes

Blackbirds and Bluebirds

Inconsiderate
Hearts will lack in elation
Throwing the first stone

Pain revisited
The quiet desperation
Soothes my aching bones
Form: Haiku

Premium Member Desperation

people lose track of reality
eating off the land

they are so deaperate to 
get things right away

they forget the true meaning 
of living

No Escape

A homeless man
with a cell phone
connected to his pain
Desperation
on his speed dial
—muted inhumane 

(30th Street Station: November, 2023)
Form: Rhyme

BREAKING HEART

I AM SICK OF HEART

TRUMP TEARING NATION APART

ICE AND VOTES TO START


ADDRESS TO NATION

ALL HIS IMAGINATION

VOICE HIS FRUSTRATION
Form: Senryu

The Hold-up

He noted with much exasperation 
Bordering on desperation 
For his basic expectations 
Were yet to get any direction
Despite his heavy expectation
Form: Limerick

Melissa Campbell

On the Rockies,
on the Kilimanjaro,
on the Himalayas,
and even on the
Everest.
Sojourn wherever
you please,
my desperation 
will surely
find you.
Form:

Blinded By the Light

Love is incapable of honor,
desperation of all that’s unfair

Desire unleashed to roam and to prey
—tomorrow for others to bear

(Dreamsleep: June, 2021)
Form: Rhyme

Anhilation

if my desperation
make its steps
reclaims in surging matter
drop itself in black hole
walk in anhilating step
recharge itself  reborn
From the black hole.

Depression

Darkness
Descending Doom
Despondency's Domain
Deleterious Degrading
Deepening Dramatic Desecration
Demonic Debilitation
Destructive Delusion
Desperation
Darkness

--

a Reach
towards Regret,
so Redundant.
never Relieves
the emptiness,
only Reveals
the loneliness.

desperation
overrules Reason.
declination
inhibits Recovery.

Why

Desperation weeps from a heart once loved
by hands blessed by god, by hands so tender, 
a heart believed they were safe, only to be hurt 
at the end  asking itself, "why?"
Form:

A Hello

I want to give you a hello. A hello which is as sweet as golden memories,a hello as lovely as love,but can I skip the bitter second of seperation, can I escape from desperation.
Form:

January

January  Two Perspectives

From his park bench bed
He hears bells chime in New Year.
Quiet desperation.

From her pavement tent
She peeps.  Harrods is open!
January sales!
Form: Haiku

Premium Member It's Over

Petals on the floor
Two stems in a broken vase
In desperation
Drink the tears that come too late
For a rose that’s lost its bloom

Placed 3rd in Brian Strand's Tanka acontest
Form: Tanka

Premium Member Amalgamated Darkness-

amalgamated
dispensation
empty darkness
blacken light
open vision
closed sight
dispensation
desperation divided?




8/7/20
written word by James Edward Lee Sr. 2020 ©

To My Beautiful One - Me, Driven To Desperation

No matter what a great effort of will I have
to pul out my feelings from yours,
They drive me to desperation
So I often find myself waiting in line
at my first and last station

Premium Member Rehabilitation

Total humiliation
Finally hit rock bottom
Knew it was time to ask for help
Waiving the white flag in desperation

Rehab crew, take me I’m yours



AP: Honorable Mention 2021

"loveless"

destined for lonely,
broken at heart.
my love isn't here,
and we are always apart.

the sound of the empty,
the carelessly lonely,
force cries of desperation,
that emanate horribly.
sad
Form:

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