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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I am you, you are meIn the shadows deep, where demons roam,
A voice whispers, echoing in the dome.
"No matter what logic dictates, I'm here to say,
I am you, you are me, together we.
In the darkest recesses of your mind,
I dwell,...
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Categories:
suicide, abuse, anger, feelings, i
Form: Rhyme
IncarnateBoyhood days of bees, butterflies and songs,
The protective range of my mother’s voice,
A sweet, happy place where a boy belongs.
A conch shell, a snow-white beach, and a choice.
“Leave it”, she said, “this seashell’s...
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Categories:
suicide, drug, mother, murder, sea,
Form: Sonnet
The Death of LoveAll she wanted was love, but he
forgot the dreamy days of yore.
Gone were those sweet caresses,
Gone were the walks hand in hand,
Gone was any passionate lovemaking.
All sentiment evaporated into bank accounts,
and soon he found others...
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Categories:
abuse, lost love, suicide,
Form: Free verse
What You SaidWhat you said
Vs1
My hands are shaking
I light another cigarette
My heart is breaking
I wish i could forget
What you said to me
What you did to me
What you mean to me
Oh oh what you mean to me
Vs2
My eyes...
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Categories:
addiction, angst, betrayal, suicide,
Form: Lyric
DespondencyA lady in a Victorian dress,
Next to an old printing press.
Within a gloomy writing lair,
Falling down the abyss of despair.
I can see the tempest in her heart,
It’s like a wild museum of art.
She is a...
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Categories:
suicide, anxiety, depression, sad, solitude,
Form: Rhyme
Mutual Suicide
Israel says Hamas-Gaza commits genocide
murdering innocents while they paraglide
Meanwhile Gazans weep and cry
for thousands of innocents they claim died
I know a Chicagoan who really...
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Categories:
cry, death, murder, suicide,
Form: Monorhyme
Horrible WhispersThese horrible whispers are back again
They are telling me I should bring my life to an end
I fight the whispers back like a hero who is brave
But I know one day they will send me...
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Categories:
dark, depression, suicide,
Form: Rhyme
The suicide
The suicide
His question
The night wraps itself around him
Like a comforting blanket of stars
And for a moment there is silence
No questions roaming in his head
He thinks of her with joy
Not the terrible sense...
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Categories:
suicide,
Form: Free verse
Dead ReckoningWhy did I have to silence my brain
Thinking it would alleviate the pain,
If only that hair trigger had paused
... Now look at all the troubles I caused
Forget the moment the last breath drew
The people who...
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Categories:
suicide, death, grave, hurt, motivation,
Form: Rhyme
LAUGHTERToday I broke out in laughter
Two beers
Were enough to heal my spirit
I am an addict but for medicine
A drug user but for sanity
You have no idea
How down I am here
Always and...
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Categories:
suicide, addiction, care, depression, drink,
Form: Free verse
LorenzoUncooked grains of rice caked our apartment.
Dug themselves into my pliable plantar aspect
I welcomed you from the bottom of my being,
Into my soul,
A friend that made me feel whole.
You dreamt of delicious dishes dancing
In the...
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Categories:
suicide, death of a friend,
Form: Free verse
Milkweed and HydrangeasThe garden you planted is regrowing,
Just like you said it would—
But the desolate husks of last summer’s foliage
Still stand stark;
Everlasting monuments
Of what once was.
Yet time marches on,
And amongst untouched relics of a time long...
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Categories:
suicide, death, depression, emotions, family,
Form: Free verse
My BreathMy heart pounds faster and faster.
So, I squeeze harder and harder.
With my hands around my neck,
my face turns redder and redder.
For these feelings are ones I would rather feel no longer.
And these thoughts are ones...
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Categories:
suicide, anxiety, christian, death, depression,
Form: Free verse
WeightThe chain, it weighs down my very soul
Taken and shackled, till I’m very old
No one can understand what they see
Everyone’s way too wrapped up in their greed
I push and pull against my restraints
Ignoring the fear...
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Categories:
suicide, conflict, dark, endurance, feelings,
Form: Rhyme
Take MeI want to be close with you
The one I can't have
The blades you practically placed in my hands
The lack of air you'd supply
I want you to take me to your world
The place only described as...
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Categories:
death, emo, suicide,
Form: Free verse
Specific Types of Suicide Poems
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