Violence Poems - Examples of all types of violence 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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They're 'Only Jews'
Where is the outrage over Hamas
still holding 100+ hostages
who might still be alive, who might all be dead --
...
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Categories:
america, jewish, violence,
Form: Rhyme
SCHADENFREUDE -
The convinced sadistic silence
manipulative action perpetrated,
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Categories:
violence, abuse, allusion, hate, mental
Form: Prose Poetry
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:
violence, drug, mother, murder, sea,
Form: Sonnet
I Hear the Boots of Krystallnacht
I hear the boots of Krystallnacht
marching in our streets
Heil, Hitler… Heil, Sinwar…
Heil, Hitler… Heil, Sinwar…
I...
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Categories:
violence, cry, god, history, jewish,
Form: Rhyme
Democracy Takes a Beating
Attending an ‘SDS’ meeting
Watched ‘Democracy’ take a beating
Listened to strident, long-haired voices denounce the USA
shilling for...
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Categories:
violence, america, conflict, education, freedom,
Form: Couplet
BalanceBalance is difficult for me --
generally leaning one way
or the other
if not oscillate
more apt to choose that
additional cold beer,
wanting to capture sunset
squeeze several more blazing
rays onto a fiery horizon – a
tropical beach,...
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Categories:
violence, freedom, introspection, spiritual, truth,
Form: Free verse
Terrorists' DeityBarbarity's own Deity,
The "Black Knight" of perversity:
Ascending through gross ignorance,
Descending on to Hell's province.
This callous god despises light
And seeks the deepest, darkest night.
It spawns a cult of terrorists -
Impoverished, soulless separatists.
This cunning god invites...
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Categories:
violence, dark, faith, fate, hate,
Form: Rhyme
Child of WarI was never asked to choose a side, it is to fate I must abide. I am the child that war has aged, I am the soul that time has caged.
I am the breeze, lost...
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Categories:
violence, anger, child, conflict, cry,
Form: Rhyme
Where Brenda Sleeps
[verse]
My crazy sister had roamed homeless for so long.
Once an intellectual, then her brain went wrong.
For hospitals to keep her, she had to be a danger.
A strange logic, but to reality they were a stranger....
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Categories:
violence, crazy, family, mental health,
Form: Lyric
The unspoken realityMaybe I am not allowed in the society
Maybe I am not fitting in the society
But wait
what society?
The society who beats me with rods?
Or the society Who crushes me by there vehicles?
Or the...
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Categories:
violence, animal, best friend, betrayal,
Form: Free verse
Earth in 2024 - 2We've known the devils
but where are all the angels
when we need them most?
Working on a miracle?
Bring mercy and compassion....
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Categories:
angel, humanity, violence,
Form: Tanka
Earth in 2024Violence all round...
Haitians, Houthis and Hamas...
Moscow massacre...
The world we've inherited
is hell in a handbasket....
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Categories:
violence,
Form: Tanka
I Have No Enemy ExceptThere is nothing wrong with me
Besides the curve of my bones
And the curve of my two eyes.
There is nothing wrong with earth
Besides the razors on pine
The falling of the downfall.
On Sunday, I like to kill...
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Categories:
violence, anxiety, body, humanity, hurt,
Form: Rhyme
No More Guns-dodoA gut punch - gone forever
Life will never be the same
Hers, lost to a stray bullet
Phew, a frightful dream...
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Categories:
dream, political, violence,
Form: Dodoitsu
Welcome to the darksideIn the realm of artificial intelligence, a shadow looms,
A world of algorithms, where uncertainty blooms.
The promise of progress, a double-edged sword,
As the cons of AI are slowly explored.
Privacy invaded, data mined without consent,
In the hands...
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Categories:
violence, computer, dark, evil, life,
Form: Rhyme
Specific Types of Violence Poems
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