Short Traumatic Poems

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


wounded soldier

A soldier, wounded in wartime, comes back home, no welcome, post traumatic disorder ~ life is living hell.
Form: Shadorma


Small Old Towns

inner struggles
from traumatic times
in small old towns
outsiders wonder
why she holds onto it
meanwhile she's been searching 
for a place to put it down
Form: Rhyme

Loving Bill Speaks

At the end of a traumatic, dramatic day of awe, Through a whispering telephone call, At last, Loving Bill speaks: "I love you" And that is all!
Form: Rhyme

Premium Member Was it traumatic, or just a bad cartoon?

I am not Jessica Rabbit,
nor as erasable as a cartoon

We all wash out, eventually
My heroes loving villains

We all wash out
eventually 

my intoxicating
blurred fantasy
© CC Bloom  Create an image from this poem.

Terror

TERROR

Traumatic injuries to the mind and body
Entering a sphere of darkness
Reruns play over and over
Re-setting the many moments
Of one’s reality
Recanting what was once said


Ptsd (Post Traumatic Stress Disorder)

Possibly the most difficult battle I've ever fought.
Timeless struggles of my mind.
Scenes of human depravity lurk behind my closed eyes.
Disturbs my daily routines and demands attention.
Form: Name

Premium Member Flashbacks


       enduring
             flashbacks 
of traumatic experience 
of almost drowning;
          he swears 
he's never going 
              swimming...
             again.
Form: Verse

Premium Member Turn Off Annoying adds forever

Braising traumatic brain injury pain

easily distracted by too many ads 

the sheer notion of being creative

is having a creative space to write
 
sincerely fight flight beyond plight
Form: Quatern

"ptsd"

Post: the brains reaction, after the fact -

Traumatic - the ugly, sad truth that shook me off track!

Stress; exhaustive intrusions keep me on edge -

Disorder - fear of the nightmare that lives in my head!
© Bill Frew  Create an image from this poem.
Form: Acrostic

Rise Yourself and Break the Cage

Bondage life get you wrapped up in a cage
A love can free you from traumatic haze
You get your life to explore and venture
Obstacles will not be a hindrance for your future
Get out of your trauma and bound of house cage.
Form: Limerick

Premium Member AH TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY HEADACHE RELIEF

MY NEUROLOGIST SAVED MY LIFE TODAY SORRY I WILL NOT STRESS OVER IMMATURE PERSONS SENDING TERRORIST THREATS ON LICENSE PLATES TO A TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURED DISABLED  WOMAN TODAY AH TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY RELIEF GOD BLESS AMERICA
Form: Naat

Premium Member Thomas Turkey Avoids the Dreaded Axe

Tom Turkey got lost 'midst the teeming flock,

   Thus, avoiding the dreaded chopping block!

      Hunkering down spared his life,

         Averting the carving knife!

            He now recovers from traumatic shock!
Form: Limerick

Who Cares About a Title

Insurance took my therapy away
Can't cross a busy street without help
Have severe post-traumatic stress
All I can do right now is write
Struggle to sleep at night
I feel so lonely
No one to trust
Low income
People
Starve
Form: Other

Premium Member The lens of grief

Life has changed so much in merely two weeks
Life was hard and traumatic at times
Now it is just grey with grief
The beauty of friendship is still here,
A sunrise still fills the sky with wonderful colors
But life just feels muted and dingy

Premium Member Punch Buggy Drunk

Zero to a hundred
    Smoke between the ears
    An amygdala doing donuts
    Simply changing gears







*punch-drunk: Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy
  Punch Buggy: a game consisting of punching a person 
  when a VW Beetle is seen

Traumatic By Pamela Espinal 8th Grade

Tries to kill himself.
Rather die young than
Achieve goals.
Unsure about
Making a bright future.
Acts like a follower but can be a leader.
Tries to get out of trouble but
Instead, continues until something bad happens, then
Cries when not heard.
Form: Acrostic

Pathetic

Around you lost
in sense of time.
I stutter,
most un-poetic,
next words in line

Searching for factors
to ease the threat.
This silhouette sounds
so upset,
so dramatic,
such regret.

The insides
so traumatic.

To your static
I'm an addict.

To say it now
seems so pathetic.

Heal me

Confused with the lies
Sparkled with the beauty of memories
Have I gone mad?
Stricken along my traumatic stories
Given the hope yet the stars looked sad
Mother, I'm being swallowed by dreadful nightmares
Alive yet soul trapped in its own darkness
Find me, heal me, wake me.
© Ino Skz  Create an image from this poem.
Form: Rhyme

Please Respect the Walking Drunk

No music
uplifting, soft or loud.
My nerves and liver
have been tenderized
with traumatic alcohol tremors all night.
Be gentle as I descend the stairs
a pale ghost of myself.
No, no fried eggs or smoked kippers!
Black coffee perhaps,
but keep pouring it over my head
until I awake.

Premium Member Childhood Nostalgia

 
"When you carry your inner child within, you carry your child-like imagination too." Quote by _Constance In grandma's attic, I found imagination. Life was traumatic . . . Reading was my salvation, a pen . . . my fascination !
Form: Verse

Premium Member Sacred Meaning

If muses
have sacred meanings
deeper
and before secular evolving purposes,

As ordained vocations
are to painful employment,

Then what music
would
could
should we prefer outside
to health care inside
digest?

Together peaceful
in resonance

Deeper
and before traumatic
warring
wearied
worn out dissonance.

Solemn Sparrow

The Solemn Sparrow Sings a Lonely Song
Swiftly Swaying Sweetly Saying
Soaring the Sky Somewhere Above

Tearing the sky with Terrible Tears
Telling Tales To Those who listen
Taking Time To sound Traumatic

The Solemn Sparrow Sings
Weeping Wearily on the Wings of Heaven
Daring Dully Desiring Death

The Solemn Sparrow Sings
© Jen H.  Create an image from this poem.
Form:

Premium Member Painted Memories

 She painted her memories
 in images surreal
 Trying to hide scars reality would reveal
 A band-aid of illusions
 To alleviate the pain,
 Some memories are traumatic
 with wounds that wont heal
 She tries holding back the tears 
 but the pain she can't conceal
 As she paints memories
 in images surreal

 5-5-2024
© Joseph May  Create an image from this poem.

Premium Member I Keep

Deep down there
where dreams are buried under
the realities of everyday life

I keep going.

Under the bottom
of a dry well
infested with dark craving creatures
smothered over with rusty scraps
of traumatic memories

I keep hoping

Here, there, everywhere
Hugging the earth
I am surrounded
by the spirit
to whom

I keep praying

Premium Member Multiplicity An Open Form

MULTIPLICITY
a
combined
innocence
 something
beautiful
 oft traumatic
yet
 figurative
to
represent
a
freewheeling
spirit
charmingly
gentle
yet
with
an unworldly
quality
collides
to portend

in
 the blatant
 isolation
a thesis
 drifting
a  happening
reaping
benefits
 a
 setting
continued
 throughout
then
evaporated

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