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Mental Illness Tanka Poems

These Mental Illness Tanka poems are examples of poetry about Mental Illness Tanka. These are the best examples of Tanka Mental Illness poems written by international poets.


Premium Member She Wishes She Could Die
She wanted to die,
But they knew it was a lie.
She would always cry
After all of what she'd try
To end all the reasons why....

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Categories: angst, cry, death, depression,



Premium Member Stinging Eyes
The smoke stings my eyes
As every part of me dies,
While some part of me
Has a lot of endless cries.
But still I let us just be....

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Categories: addiction, angst, drug, mental

Premium Member Finding Solace In The Sun
Feeling so empty,
Seeking nature's empathy,
Sitting in my park.
Needing the sun's remedy.
Meditating quietly....

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Categories: depression, health, mental health,

Premium Member Unwell
Feeling so unwell,
Almost as if in a Hell.
Almost like I am
Under some sort of a spell.
Hoping soon I will be well.
...

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Categories: angst, depression, mental health,

Premium Member Steal The World
            allow me to steal 
     the world instead of...

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Categories: angst, anxiety, conflict, life,



Premium Member In Rue
Though they were so few,
For rest of life I shall rue.
Remembering just
How I matter less each day,
Life sweeps memories away....

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Categories: depression, loneliness, lonely, loss,

Premium Member Agony
Feeling like I live
Inside bubble of sorrow.
Drowning in my mind.
All these bad dreams consume me.
Nothing at all what it seems....

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Categories: angst, anxiety, depression, mental

Premium Member Pothead
Weed's looking little 
Bit like Little Italy
In a petri dish 
In shack lab belonging to
Hermit who lives underground....

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Categories: addiction, crazy, drug, imagery,

Premium Member How His Voice Still Reassures Me
The voices came back
As soon as I remembered 
All I had once lacked.
Reassuring it's alright,
His voice still my guiding light....

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Categories: crush, first love, introspection,

Premium Member Moonlight Madness
Beneath full moonlight
In alley, neighbor's and mine.
Silhouettes of clouds
From those chimneys frighten me
As I rush through this deep freeze....

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Categories: crazy, fear, imagery, mental

Ssendam Dna Raef- a Tanka Poem
I’m HOWLING inside
clawing the dark walls unseen
alone…feeble…scared
do you sometimes sense my fear?
would you save me if you could?


*I wrote this poem on April 5, 2021,...

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Categories: anxiety, dark, emo, fear,

Premium Member Visualize
So trippy pretty.
Wish there were flashing colors
Hypnotizing me
With shining imageries,
Enchanted via drummers....

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Categories: mental illness,

Premium Member When I Was Weaker
Years hastily pass
As I ponder as to why
Never had sound mind
Enough to remain more tough
Than those years which were so rough....

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Categories: anxiety, depression, emo, emotions,

Premium Member Self-Improvement
I forgive them now,
I realize I'm the one
Who has to sort out
The mess they had made themselves
And could never figure out....

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Categories: abuse, green, growth, meaningful,

Premium Member The Judgement
They know what you done,
They know you wanted some fun,
Sadly very soon
There may be nowhere to run,
As sky darkens without sun....

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Categories: mental illness, philosophy, sin,


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