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Depression Villanelle Poems

These Depression Villanelle poems are examples of Villanelle poems about Depression. These are the best examples of Villanelle Depression poems written by international poets.

Every Step

I lose something at every step towards the future,
I don’t know what or may just not remember,
but I lose it evermore at every step

I can’t

Categories: depression, how i feel,

Tundra of the Soul

I am the tundra barren cold and numb
A frozen wasteland where no light can reach
Between these poles, my insatiate self-succumbs.

In icy silence where no whimpers

Categories: anxiety, depression, mental illness,

The Forgotten Girl

There’s a loneliness to her style, it’s true.
No sense of direction or means of success.
A cautionary tale for men with no clue. 

With icy tone

Categories: dark, depression, gothic, loneliness,

Remembering Sylvia Plath


What she might have been was hidden
Beneath self-destruction and depression
Despair so black it silenced light, war-ridden

Life without purpose, true love forbidden
Leaving darkest doubt lost in

Categories: angst, anxiety, confusion, death,

Nature's Tranquility

When depression overshadows sunlight,
making me pine for Nature's solitude;
I head off to my favorite campsite.

Nature's tranquility is a delight;
while city life tends to leave me

Categories: anxiety, beautiful, earth, how

A Safe Haven For Escape

"Has solitude ever led your steps down a forest path . . . "

Categories: depression, inspiration,

A Far Better Man

"Every struggle in my life has been a lesson
and made me stronger."
--Constance La France

I know that I am a far better man for my sorrow
The

Categories: perspective, stress, success,

The Creative Mind

Consider the unlimited possibilities of the creative mind
In the realm of the fine arts many genres of expression
The world’s museums could not contain the whole,

Categories: art, culture, inspiration, music,

Shades of Blue and Gray

Disappointment comes in shades of blue and gray
Delivered with a large dose of dashing hope,
My mind vacillates between sadness and dismay.

‘Tis time to put on

Categories: blue, depression, feelings, perspective,

A Little Spot of Sadness

In my thoughts there's a little spot of sadness
Why do I have to think of how you hurt me
Anger,so much of it just blows with

Categories: absence, anger, anxiety, betrayal,

Razorblade

with a razor I crop and cut away 
all signifiers of my birth name 
so i can finally let my hips sway

prickly pits and nasty days
of dreading

Categories: body, depression, discrimination, gender,

Unrelenting Sadness Knocks

Once again unrelenting sadness knocks at my door,
Like the inveterate seeker of my generous charity
Calls on others like me and always demanding more.

Could it be

Categories: angst, autumn, conflict, depression,

Stand In a Field and Scream

When you are confused, anxious, in pain, your stomach in a granny knot.
Near the end, nowhere to go, no friends, no family that understands.
"Stand in

Categories: anxiety, betrayal, depression, lost

What Happened To Us

We only began to know what could be
And already it seems things must end
Time changes people even you and me

I guess there never really existed

Categories: change, depression, loss,

To Whom Shall We Worship

Despite unrelenting love, life eternal, we, a nation, stray away.
We choose to keep our sinful burdens, hide our guilty face.
God should be our focus -

Categories: god, gospel, today, world,