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Strange and Alone"I have been a stranger in a strange land." Bible, Exodus 2:22
Strange and shy
Strange and scared
Scared at home
Scared at school
School is frightening
School is scary
Scary kids
Scary teachers
Teachers might disapprove
Teachers might yell
Yell at a...
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Categories:
fear, lonely, school,
Form: Blitz
Filling Up Spaces With WordsDoes anyone have the conception
that I'm disconnected from reality,
so fearful to face more hardships?
All I do is filling up spaces with words,
they fit perfectly to make me feel easy:
it's awful to be judged with...
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Categories:
fear, allusion, bullying, change, culture,
Form: Lyric
SMS 189My son
My daughter
Remember
When the truth gets choked out by questions
I have commanded you to be strong and courageous
But for some reason I keep letting my flesh direct me,
Thus I walk...
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Categories:
anxiety, confidence, faith, fear,
Form: Blank verse
No, Pretentious HeartNo, pretentious heart...
you judge me unfairly,
I've stood by you until now;
people don't change quickly!
of time a mark, it's surely guilt...
and it won't allow tomorrow
to offer us the joys we deserve,
instead, it tickles a nerve!
I...
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Categories:
adventure, desire, fear, love,
Form: Lyric
THOSE SHAMEDThey are the JADED
Angrily fled the shame did
Those came BLAMED the FLAME?
...
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Categories:
fate, fear, fire,
Form: Haiku
Just a ghostI am a ghost unseen by most.
Under the sheet I hide the truth.
Always a pain when I rattle my chains.
An unheard voice of past regrets.
Eyes so hollow scared by sorrows rain.
Under the white a broken...
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Categories:
depression, fear, metaphor,
Form: Free verse
Man and JinnMy mind had always wondered of those we live among,
too many times I heard the tales and even learned the song.
For in this world,
the mortal world,
the land of good and sin,...
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Categories:
fear, creation, dark, deep, fairy,
Form: Rhyme
GravityGravity is the enemy… It holds me down.
It keeps my soul from flying, knocks me to the ground.
And struggling against the force will only hurt
And yet I cannot stay here, face down in the dirt.
Gravity...
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Categories:
fear, feelings, life,
Form: Rhyme
Just a Minute Too LateThrilled me—filled me with fantastic terrors never felt before
—Edgar Allen Poe, The Raven
Just a Minute Too Late
Those inky shadows, follow me,
cleverly devised in the corners
of my inhabitation, without
an invitation. They invest their
horrorfest, sinking into the...
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Categories:
fear,
Form: Free verse
Questions that Puzzle The MindIf mothers didn't bear children,
we wouldn't hear their screams
while they're laughing aloud
and are having lots of fun;
love them and be always blessed,
sparkle enthusiasm and dreams!
If lovely spring stopped blooming,
how sad we would...
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Categories:
fear, anxiety, appreciation, beauty, bird,
Form: Lyric
Musings Toward Dusk
Absent darkness
we know not light
Without wrong
we know not right
Summoning courage
...
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Categories:
courage, dark, fear, light,
Form: Rhyme
My Wrist Watch Hands Point to PeaceI invented a new season for life because I got tired of the winter spring summer fall pattern
My paisley doesn't like to conform to the depression of polka dots only on the pocket square and...
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Categories:
courage, faith, fear, god,
Form: Blank verse
The Watcher
Into the woods we ventured, where darkness began to encircle us,
Their ancient murmurs mingling with the forest’s ominous chorus.
A chilling breeze, as if the very breath of the woods sighed,
Veiled in tempestuous clouds, the stars...
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Categories:
dark, death, evil, fear,
Form: Rhyme
Too Close To The Edge“Stay in your lane and do not veer”
A warning that I’d always hear.
With guarded glances, signals shown,
I steered my way, no danger known.
But fate, it struck with sudden might,
Sideswiped, my world spun into...
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Categories:
courage, fear,
Form: Ballad
Precipice of Doubt"Doubt your doubts before you doubt yourself." Lewis Pugh"
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As I stood on the precipice of doubt
I jumped.
If I didn't
I'd spend the rest of my life
not knowing
what might
have been...
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Categories:
fear,
Form: Free verse
Specific Types of Fear Poems
Definition | What is Fear in Poetry?
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