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Torture Poems - Poems about Torture

Torture Poems - Examples of all types of poems about torture to share and read. This list of new poems is composed of the works of modern poets of PoetrySoup. Read short, long, best, and famous examples for torture.
Premium Member SIN-RYU
...A sh**load of sparrows Dancing on the wires Spots on my truck A howling of leashes Domesticated torture A cat hisses A cacophony of phrases A drumming of woodpeckers Shouting – quiet ......Read the rest...
Categories: torture, fun, word play,
Form: Senryu



Premium Member Silent Scream
...It was a movement 70 million strong So the CCP decided to annihilate Falun Gong You wouldn’t think the movement was much of a threat It was non-political, but its doom was set. Normally a good ......Read the rest...
Categories: torture, evil,
Form: Lyric
Premium Member sperm whales
...What happens when someone falls out of love? Is there a single, frozen in amber, sanctimonious moment when you decide you’re too good for whomever - the falling-out moment - where imperfections ......Read the rest...
Categories: torture, break up, humor, love,
Form: Free verse
One day
...Sorrow is the one thing we show Like a tear I caressed your face Life unkind burgeons wild shadows hoover nye A light may shine one day Don't torture your mind Ride a carousel that never ......Read the rest...
Categories: torture, adventure, allusion,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Oh the torture
...A brace on the leg what an inconvenience and loss of good leg (After having a knee surgery)......Read the rest...
Categories: torture, life,
Form: Senryu



Reflections in my mind's eye
... I see their vain eyes, their large soulless eyes, that glower and twist and torture thy soul. I feel their tough hands, oft wrapped round my throat, and find myself choke, choke,......Read the rest...
Categories: torture, absence, abuse, anxiety, childhood,
Form: Iambic Pentameter
Shower Time
...I am allowed to shower at 5:00 am. Most people don’t get up that early. And even if they are, they are simply crying or rocking, not worried about hygiene. I like to be there alone. There’s no ba......Read the rest...
Categories: torture, mental illness,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member I Hear The Hark Of Angels
... I hear the hark of angels Of music I long to play Where does this music linger Left beside the river to dream Did not your voice call A whispered plea of mortality Of death, to survive......Read the rest...
Categories: torture, angel, courage, death, desire,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Dead
...What more? sure I have a tear what for? love a double edged sword the loss makes me bleed over and over again and again I cling to yesterday so that tomorrow the torture will never end ......Read the rest...
Categories: torture, blue, death, lost, sad,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Beware of the Owner
..."To live is to suffer; to survive is to find some meaning in the suffering." Friedrich Nietzsche Some say life is a mirror.. Whenever he whistled his eerie tune, he would always tell me, '......Read the rest...
Categories: torture, sorrow,
Form: Dramatic Verse
The Shadow and The Light
...When we were young, your shadow took the form of a little girl A little sister to an older brother That ruled the world A shadow that endlessly followed you around Who thought her sib......Read the rest...
Categories: torture, birthday, brother, child, happy
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Righteous kill
...Looking over the desperate situation of corruption on the streets and behind bars when false information goes in the wrong hands like corrupt Hernandez and Garcia junk sick working securi......Read the rest...
Categories: torture, art, beautiful, chicago,
Form: Free verse
Pariah heap - savagely subjecting myself to humiliation
...Pariah heap - savagely subjecting myself to humiliation Outward slovenly appearance bespeaks volumes wordsworth their weight in gold (exhumed from the pith of these lovely bones - beclothed wi......Read the rest...
Categories: torture, 12th grade, absence, age,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Gemini Garden,Silent One
...“hope floats from purple petals to ebony buds” - Silent One In darkness, I dreamt in color, with eyelids fluttering like butterflies. I’d thought I’d see sunlight, before I fell into......Read the rest...
Categories: torture, dream, garden, hope, imagery,
Form: Free verse
Free At Last
...I'm at peace today I just settled my long debt Mind torture no more.......Read the rest...
Categories: torture, engagement, mental health, peace,
Form: Senryu

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