HyperToo hyper.
Caffeine and nicotine, a constant cycle on repeat.
Fidgety, can't sit still. Can't sit still.
Not enough caffeine, not enough nicotine, not enough tattoos.
Can't stand the silence.
Listening to the waves' crashing to drown out the spiral of thoughts racing through my head.
Brain, a constant whirlwind of thoughts.
Maybe just one more drag of nicotine?
Maybe a...
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Categories:
stress, addiction, anxiety, recovery from,
Form: Free verse
We shall be speaking Physics by the end of todayThis is a problem growing in direct proportion
To the papers that we face very soon
In everyone’s speech a pronounced distortion
And half the class sleepwalking at noon
I’m here chiefly to bring to your attention
You may soon not understand us
Because I for one, others by extension
Shall be speaking nothing but Physics because
James is moving about too excited
Gerald...
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Categories:
stress, mental health, school, science,
Form: Dramatic Monologue
nihonshu - sakeMy master’s degree's a senior’s cruise - most of the other students are thirty and even forty-somethings. Good for them, for making the (75K) investment, it’s hard, and they all look very serious. I am too, of course.
It’s busy and constant - but it’s business analysis - it's not hard, like chemistry (see retrosynthetic analysis)...
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Categories:
fun, humor, school, stress,
Form: Free verse
The Youngwhistles blare
gun powder in the air
lead pours overhead
I can't wait to feel my bed
I line up my rifle
breathe and squeeze
my orders are to strife
I run empty so I freeze
the quit nights are haunted
this conflict was unwanted
one more tally added; I can't mask it
make sure they spell it right on my casket...
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Categories:
stress, anxiety, humanity, men, military,
Form: Rhyme
UNITED DISGRACE OF AMERICANow how can this truly be
After so many complaints that the public can’t see
There are victims here a there
And people have been known to stare
Victims whose torture is day and day out
Making a good many people shout
The torture has no rhyme or reason
And can happen during any season
Victims lives fall into the wrong hand
Rendering the...
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Categories:
abuse, america, bullying, stress,
Form: Rhyme
ELECTRONIC TORTUREAll through the night
Nothing feels right
The static sound in left ear
Enticing a certain kind of fear
Your body feels like it has a current of electricity
The Book MK Tech explained it with complexity
Never finding anything as a protector
When your body is setting off EF on a detector
The mind starts to fret and...
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Categories:
stress, abuse, america, discrimination, health,
Form: Rhyme
No Stress ChristmasThere's no stocking stuffed with presents
No punch bowl filled with cheer
We haven't got the tree, that
We didn't buy this year
No, turkey or a Ham
Nor chestnuts on the fire
No cookies filled with jam
Or puddings to desire
Chorus
No friends and no family
We're all alone at last
No ghost from Christmas Future
Present or the Past
...
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Categories:
christmas, stress,
Form: Lyric
Categories:
stress, 12th grade, absence, adventure,
Form: Free verse
freeway drivingharried freeway drive
stress in the morning
stress in the evening
tension in my back
waiting for a crash
race car drivers
stressing me out
motorcycles
sirens flashing
semi trucks
traffic stops
terrified
freeway
tension
car...
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Categories:
stress,
Form: Diminished Hexaverse
Must Every Second Count
Must every second always count
eyes focused on the prize
Must purpose color our every act
‘til every vista’s funereal black
...
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Categories:
dark, future, stress, time,
Form: Couplet
In a Coat of PainI’ve knocked on every door of medicine men—
doors painted with hope.
Swallowed pills of every size and colour.
Been told,
“This one never fails.”
Another promise—
fulfilled only in disappointment.
The body that once felt mine
now feels like a stranger’s—
still wearing my name tag.
I sleep early,
trying to rinse myself from pain,
but wake up
still dressed in it.
The coat I wear?
Pain-stitched—
by a tailor...
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Categories:
stress, anger, anxiety, cancer, caregiving,
Form: Spoken Word
Woebegone!
When the darkness colors the midnight skies
And all your blessings seem in the past, you surmise
The ache of heart who knows nothing but lies
Listen to the story of His glory – He never dies
When the worries grow harder and you feel defeated
And all your heartfelt yearnings are uncompleted
The heavy hand of doubt causes you to...
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Categories:
stress, anxiety, blessing, christian, hope,
Form: Rhyme
summer blueWhat’s wrong with me? I’ve been asking myself this all week.
Anyone who knows me will tell you that I weigh questions coldly and logically. Then it hit to me.. it’s summer, silly and I'm in classes!
A typical summer would find me tanned, sunburned, greased and unkempt, like a happy, sandy, beach hobo, my hair would...
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Categories:
boyfriend, humor, missing, stress,
Form: Free verse
Feasting on failureI don’t mind failing
If it's only me graded
If my son is off the table
Failing my family
Nothing can be worse
Blame my weakness
Curses have limits on high
Depends on the vantage point
Failure descends to feed
Looking for a pearl in my meat
Humans don’t eat their children
Like the news say they do
Hamster moms do it with ease
Blindly gnoshing on...
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Categories:
stress, bereavement, depression, loneliness, lost,
Form: Free verse
On My MindWritten December 19, 2024
Constantly find myself looking for a thrill
Another day another week another year but still
I might as well be right back where it all began
Still looking in the stands for my biggest fan
Nothing compares to the fever dream
Yet I think I might be running out of steam
At times I dream of the corner...
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Categories:
stress, anxiety, depression, dream, feelings,
Form: Lyric
Specific Types of Stress Poems
Definition | What is Stress in Poetry?
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