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Sonnet 90, Spectral RisingSonnet 90, Spectral Rising (Shakespearean)
As the last dead leaf falls from a tall tree,
spiraling into piles upon the sleigh;
the sun drops into the furious sea;
time for the winter and darkness to play.
In a blasphemous act...
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Categories:
sorrow, 12th grade, dark, grave,
Form: Sonnet
free willI smiled when the world was ended. I pretended not to care.
I thought it only fair you see, to suffer such indignity with some restraint.
You may think it easy, but it ain’t.
I recall when they...
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Categories:
sorrow, creation, heaven, hurt, irony,
Form: Rhyme
PAUPER CHILD DOWN THE PITThis scrawny pauper lad was only six
But into that hell hole was sent to earn.
There brutal colliers were wielding picks.
The trade of mining, this lad had to learn.
He hated it but he'd to know the...
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Categories:
abuse, mother, sorrow,
Form: Ottava rima
While mother Earth gently moans
Chopping the trees savagely,
Not a bit of repent,
On the face of feller... strangely!
Pollution.....choking our lives,
For industrial growth,
What a crazy drive!
The barmy use of plastics,
Not knowing it's effects,
Making our planet sick.
Life will start to groan,
It's time...
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Categories:
sorrow, earth, environment, nature, pollution,
Form: Terza Rima
EmotionsHate is not love,
love is not hate.
Sorrow is not happiness.
happiness is not sorrow.
Emotions are not fake.
fake is "I'm fine, I'm okay."
Opening up is a blessing,
to not is destruction.
Emotions are not inhumane,
inhumanity is to not...
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Categories:
sorrow, blessing, deep, emotions, feelings,
Form: Free verse
THE COUNTDOWN
his body shutting down
the sequence activated
his vitality a distant memory
the notion of time imploding
nothing existing outside
this suspended realm
of surreal animation
in and out
his breath
the metronome
in awkward rhythm
counting moments left
wondering
if he has
one last
I love you
left...
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Categories:
death, farewell, sorrow, surreal,
Form: Free verse
Mirage
Tansy Roekaerts
12:35 AM (12 hours ago)
Mirage
With eyes as parched as the desert I travel,
I thirst for my loss, yet do not unravel.
The sun it scorches with merciless rays,
Though heart not skin it...
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Categories:
sorrow, absence, analogy, children, depression,
Form: Rhyme
For The Chosen
The sun rose in my sky with spectrum of promise,
as on the serene sea I sailed my boat
...
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Categories:
sorrow, analogy, god, journey, pain,
Form: Verse
Ghastly GhostFrom the house of the dead it came
with long spindly toes and crooked nose.
It stood on its hind legs
to a height of eight feet
on knobby knees against the breeze.
“Why are you here? What’s the reason?”
Such...
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Categories:
dark, death, scary, sorrow,
Form: Narrative
CryI want too
desperate
I lost the ability
my river has dried
I am only clay
...
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Categories:
humanity, pain, sorrow,
Form: Free verse
A Night of TearsThe night of sorrow overtook my life.
My heart was so heavy that I couldn't breathe.
So much was the pain that I couldn't bear.
Broken, broken was my impression.
The time of the unexpected came.
Grief and pain offer
Many...
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Categories:
sorrow,
Form: Free verse
The Human TollWhy would a great, strong nation, symbolized by
the dignified and regal Bald eagle,
send its sons and daughters of the oath
into the lion's mouth ~
some fallen in a courageous soldier youth's death,
returning home beneath the American...
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Categories:
sorrow, america, death, military, sick,
Form: Free verse
Wasted AwayDays turned into years
Gone are the buds once vibrant
Life can’t be reversed...
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Categories:
sorrow, absence, bereavement, destiny, farewell,
Form: Haiku
It was a good morning until
Sound sleep, cozy bed, slow stretch, feeling great
Perfect weather, gentle breeze, soft sunlight
Table laid, with tasty food on my plate
The morning so far, infusing delight
At the traffic light, knock on my window
A passerby gestured to...
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Categories:
betrayal, sorrow,
Form: Rhyme
TantamountTo you I'm a number
A census head count
A baseline, statistic
Not special
Tantamount
A blip on a radar
A bump in the road
I'm just human traffic
A bipedal drone
I'm only a age range
A line on...
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Categories:
sorrow, angst, desire, hurt, jealousy,
Form: Rhyme
Specific Types of Sorrow Poems
Definition | What is Sorrow in Poetry?
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