Suicide Poems - Examples of all types of suicide 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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An Aware ApologyI’m sorry.
That you are suffering.
That you are misunderstood.
That you aren’t shown the love you should.
I’m sorry.
For not noticing.
For not hearing you.
For not seeing your struggle.
I’m sorry
For listening
Only to turn around
And tell someone else.
I’m...
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Categories:
suicide, 11th grade, friend, grief,
Form: Free verse
Sultry DanceThrough my years of defiance
And lust for reliance
I bid the underlying truth within the words
'help me'
For whatever shall come of my untimely departure
Shall configure to my last forgotten desire
Is it my sultry...
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Categories:
suicide, freedom, goodbye, leaving, psychological,
Form: Rhyme
The Hound of SleepI see thee yet, mine eyes on thy blade and dudgeon gouts of blood,
Thus to mine eyes, o'er th'one half world 'pon the sacred curtained sleep,
Seek thou sure and firm, set stepp'd earth nigh summon...
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Categories:
suicide, blessing, deep, depression, farewell,
Form: Free verse
CrushedI wish I could've been told,
That you're very cold.
I wish you knew,
I'm hurting because of you.
You could have told me to stop,
Maybe I wouldn't have to sob.
We could've tried to cope,
You just took the rope.
You're...
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Categories:
suicide, absence, death, depression, first
Form: I do not know?
3am BreakdownsLaying in the hospital bed taking in
stares and remarks, reminding
me of the inconvenience of my 3am
breakdown. The pills
still swirling around in my stomach. It's
funny how when I'm
down someone's determined to still
drive me into the ground....
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Categories:
suicide, abuse, depression, loneliness, mental
Form: Free verse
TributeHer tears trickle deep
Within her flooded soul
While the drops change red as her only console
She wants what she cannot have
And has all that she never wanted
While the shortest reach to peace
Exists only in her...
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Categories:
suicide, allegory, death, deep, depression,
Form: Free verse
The SilenceI'm sick of the silence
I’m sick of the distance
I’m sick of hiding
I’m sick of being someone i’m not
I’m sick of trying too hard just to fall short
I’m sick of the lies, the lies that keep...
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Categories:
suicide, 9th grade, betrayal, deep,
Form: Free verse
Dial ToneDon't say a word
It's time to finally leave this world
The difference between close and lose
Is the letter c the chance to choose
And once and for all
The leaves begin to burn and fall
A spiral staircase
And you're...
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Categories:
suicide, dark, death, death of
Form: Rhyme
Whispers of CalmQuick don't make a sound step up to the table
Take these drugs and feel alive again
Everything you've ever wished for is just a pill away
Just don't let your feelings sway
The...
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Categories:
suicide, absence, addiction, death, depression,
Form: Free verse
Blue Marker CastlesI’ve always had the sneaking suspicion I’d never grow old.
I mean, when I was younger, I scribbled plans in a notebook.
Drew clumsy castles with blue marker and proclaimed loudly
that I’d own one one day.
But...
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Categories:
suicide, depression, extended metaphor, imagery,
Form: Free verse
Immolation: Words From the FirstBoth of me became an alcoholic, at last.
Time to split into a third.
The first was too funny, not focused enough. Fun, but useless, cute but upside down; loved by all except the self; living...
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Categories:
suicide, abuse, addiction, corruption, dark,
Form: Free verse
Dial My NumberDial my number if you know the code
Dial my number before my body gets cold
I have been stuck in this place for several days
My throat is dry, my temperature is high
And my breath is circulating...
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Categories:
suicide, business, community, december, farm,
Form: Narrative
Lost CauseWhy couldn't wishful thinking set me free this time.
I'm pushed behind
By my abilities, or my lack there of, and the hate in my mind
I have no purpose here being alive...
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Categories:
suicide, character, depression, environment, fate,
Form: Free verse
Composition in D MinorWithered fingers
Cannot play anymore;
I drown in nuanced shades of blue,
Not seeing, in my plight,
My strings, wound tight,
Suspending me
Like a puppet,
Tethered to life.
I in my tattered clothes,
Blue like sorrow,
Torn like the heart that hopes,
Unable to keep...
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Categories:
art, music, suicide,
Form: Free verse
Void in Perspective
“She spoke to me; expressing desire to rid of her being soon. In her possession lay a bottle of ibuprofen and a dozen sharp razors too. That three slits down her butchered arms is all...
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Categories:
suicide, absence, abuse, death of
Form: Elegiac Lyric
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