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Abuse Poems | Examples of Abuse Poetry

Abuse Poems - Examples of all types of abuse poetry to share and read. This list of new poems is composed of the works of modern poets on PoetrySoup. Read short, long, best, and famous poem examples for abuse.
Gone
It's been months, still can't put myself together. Stupid of me to believe I'd be yours forever. The things your uncle did to you, your best friends suicide. All the horrors you went through, for you I often...Read the rest...
Categories: child abuse, devotion, loss,
Form: Rhyme



Premium Member Whisperings of a Hostage
Israelis Run for Their Lives, Pursued by Hamas. That day, 1,200 Israelies were slaughtered International hostages died! Few live ones do remain. I do not even know what day this is! Nor month, or even, what year! For I...Read the rest...
Categories: abuse, bullying, cry, loneliness,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Why I Became A Poet
As a young boy my dreams and voice were shattered, I was beaten with words like raging stones thrown in anger, Threatened with violence until my life no longer mattered, Spoken word became less as it placed my...Read the rest...
Categories: abuse, anger, pain, poetry,
Form: Rhyme
Ketchup Packet
My worst nightmare sat down beside me With the most angelic face And whispered things too hard to swallow His smile sweetening the taste “All that’s wicked has the upper hand “All that’s pure has gone...Read the rest...
Categories: angst, child abuse, dark,
Form: Free verse
Cowards
You paint me as the bad guy Colored in flaws from head to toe A priestess of dark magic Inciting men to wrecking havoc Though I'm not sure how this could be so For if I've authored...Read the rest...
Categories: child abuse, conflict, corruption,
Form: Rhyme



Sheep
People don't ever think for themselves There's this book I read on cultural evolution That says group think is an adaptation If someone says snake And you take the time to look for yourself You're dead Natural selection favors...Read the rest...
Categories: abuse, anger, child abuse,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Nova wears Heaven's crown
morning meets a nurse of caring for many years, an aide who's burying some unknown fears, a neighbor's kitten Nova left strewn said--bury in--garden where Pansy's grew-in. life's roads all lives got when life forgot and ought not life's care for lives share ...Read the rest...
Categories: abuse, best friend, cat,
Form: Haibun
unfree newspaper
What an unfree newspaper writes According to a leading English newspaper the alarm is the upcoming election will labor be back in power like that would be different from now England (not Britain) is meddling in the war in...Read the rest...
Categories: abuse, adventure, age,
Form: Free verse
GHOST
I am the ghost of your journey, Failures of your past, I am a shadow of you, Made of cockroaches of the night , I am a video on silence, Of the uglies in your closet. Can one run...Read the rest...
Categories: abuse, africa, beautiful, change,
Form: Free verse
The fix
Nervous hesitation The fix is close But scared there chasing Shaky hands that Cant hold Times touching I'm being impatient There vein awaits Blood is craving My high is in Pushing in Im free again On my way Too Never Land I've...Read the rest...
Categories: abuse, addiction, allusion, blue,
Form: I do not know?
Premium Member Burning
So you find your light down there in the dark, down there the light burns for you so bright. You feel the warmth of the cold street light where rain finds the tears you cry. Sharp edged...Read the rest...
Categories: absence, abuse, addiction, anger,
Form: Free verse
Requiem for a Motherless Child
REQUIEM FOR A MOTHERLESS CHILD Hallelujah….. Hallelujah…..Hallelujah Leaning on the somewhat-padded kneelers is a family lined horizontal to the father. This is as close as they’ve been to each other since the last show was put on. The first act...Read the rest...
Categories: child abuse, childhood, family,
Form: Free verse
Beacons of hope
There are people who are beacons of hope, Who keep bitterness at bay, Despite all that comes their way, Each and every day. Of course they feel anger, Despair, sadness, and loneliness, And want to scream out loud, But bitterness they keep...Read the rest...
Categories: abuse, addiction, anger, angst,
Form: Romanticism
Premium Member PART OF ME: A FALLEN CHILD
Part of my soul severed by their ruthless oppression, demoralization and exploitation of a frightened and abandoned child. Part of me drowning in detrimental sorrow as a 10 yr. old coerced by the evilness on the...Read the rest...
Categories: abuse, anti bullying, child
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Make America Great Again - MAGA
“Make America Great Again (MAGA)” Make America Great Again (MAGA) Where shall we begin MAGA has a negative connotation Greatness has never been in this nation A segment of the population focused on gaslighting us Expecting the minority races...Read the rest...
Categories: abuse, betrayal, courage,
Form: Rhyme

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Book: Shattered Sighs