Poems About Life Struggles by Top Critiquers
#LifeStruggles
Poems about life struggles by top critiquers. Poems written by members who have given lots of feedback to other poets this month.
PoetSpeak
Poem Published
1st Feb 2025 5:19pm
1st Feb 2025 5:19pm
A Tale of a Cup of Coffee
It feels safe here
A gentle escape from fame
My disguise working well
Even the guy at the Deli on the corner
Didn't pay me no mind
I asked for hazelnut instead of regular
It smells great but taste is often lacking
The story of my life wraps around coffee
I tried so hard to achieve greatness
Now hiding from the very thing I thought I wanted most
Everyone wants a piece of your privacy
Selling my soul for headlines was a mistake
I couldn't have known then, to busy with my arrogance
Shit, he put sugar in my...
A gentle escape from fame
My disguise working well
Even the guy at the Deli on the corner
Didn't pay me no mind
I asked for hazelnut instead of regular
It smells great but taste is often lacking
The story of my life wraps around coffee
I tried so hard to achieve greatness
Now hiding from the very thing I thought I wanted most
Everyone wants a piece of your privacy
Selling my soul for headlines was a mistake
I couldn't have known then, to busy with my arrogance
Shit, he put sugar in my...
#coffee
#identity
#LifeStruggles
#philosophical
#PopCulture
114 reads
27 Comments
MidnightSonneteer
Poem Published
2nd Dec 2024 4:06pm
2nd Dec 2024 4:06pm
Moral Compass
Material makes the body strong
but the soul weak and logistics long
on the tight rope we stride
from humble pie to pride,
when we fall off, onto right or wrong.
but the soul weak and logistics long
on the tight rope we stride
from humble pie to pride,
when we fall off, onto right or wrong.
#LifeStruggles
133 reads
4 Comments
Billy_Snagg
Poem Published
4th Nov 2023 10:41pm
4th Nov 2023 10:41pm
No Time For Regret!
No time for regret that belongs to yesterday.
We cannot change what's been and gone -
So why waste the energy?
What can't be fixed might drive us crazy,
And life's too short for that!
Let's embrace it, come what may -
Celebrate a brand new day,
YOUR WAY!
A future unknown.
Haha! I'm the last person to revel in the unknown -
Anyway, it sounded good!
But hey, there is some merit in it -
Feeling excited about what's to come,
While now is simply an unwritten book.
It's easy to get bogged down fearing...
We cannot change what's been and gone -
So why waste the energy?
What can't be fixed might drive us crazy,
And life's too short for that!
Let's embrace it, come what may -
Celebrate a brand new day,
YOUR WAY!
A future unknown.
Haha! I'm the last person to revel in the unknown -
Anyway, it sounded good!
But hey, there is some merit in it -
Feeling excited about what's to come,
While now is simply an unwritten book.
It's easy to get bogged down fearing...
#LifeStruggles
634 reads
28 Comments
WillowsWhimsies
Poem Published
18th Oct 2024 12:57pm
18th Oct 2024 12:57pm
too much room
I feel like a pariah
they just want to give me time
but the more space they give me
...the bigger it feels
& I'm adrift
I just lost my best friend
& everything hurts
I'm on edge
reading more...less...into what's said
wishing I had a manual
a guide
anything to provide some answers
but these grey lands surrounding me
offer only silence
& more questions
a bunch of faces unwilling to turn my way
eyes blinded to my existence
it only makes the loss all the more noticeable
the void no longer...
they just want to give me time
but the more space they give me
...the bigger it feels
& I'm adrift
I just lost my best friend
& everything hurts
I'm on edge
reading more...less...into what's said
wishing I had a manual
a guide
anything to provide some answers
but these grey lands surrounding me
offer only silence
& more questions
a bunch of faces unwilling to turn my way
eyes blinded to my existence
it only makes the loss all the more noticeable
the void no longer...
#confessional
#LifeStruggles
#sadness
203 reads
16 Comments
I_IS_ME
Poem Published
17th Dec 2022 1:17am
17th Dec 2022 1:17am
Joy Of Pain
The joys of life,
Seems to rush on by
It's only the pains,
That truly want to hang around awhile
Seems to rush on by
It's only the pains,
That truly want to hang around awhile
#LifeStruggles
282 reads
6 Comments
Honoria
Poem Published
15th Nov 2020 5:10am
15th Nov 2020 5:10am
Ballerina
Your strength
created by
endless hours
of class
at the barre.
Cruel,
intense,
exacting
to exhibit
delicately
exquisite
technique.
Dizzying
Fouetté,
Piqué
chaîné turns.
Precision
Échappé,
Développé,
Jeté‘s
rehearsed
long past
what the
human body
can tolerably
endure.
Breathless
in beauty
as you hold
arabesque en pointe
defying
gravity.
Orchestra
left,
center
and right ...
created by
endless hours
of class
at the barre.
Cruel,
intense,
exacting
to exhibit
delicately
exquisite
technique.
Dizzying
Fouetté,
Piqué
chaîné turns.
Precision
Échappé,
Développé,
Jeté‘s
rehearsed
long past
what the
human body
can tolerably
endure.
Breathless
in beauty
as you hold
arabesque en pointe
defying
gravity.
Orchestra
left,
center
and right ...
#LifeStruggles
#metaphor
1086 reads
37 Comments
Paulajobi
Paula Jobi
Paula Jobi
Poem Published
19th Jan 2025 11:52pm
19th Jan 2025 11:52pm
Life Is A Struggle
People Today! Oh boy!
There's something happening here...
It's all of us. What is your kink, perversion, addiction or mental illness? Do you cope with alcohol? Drugs? Sex? Are you addicted to food? Do you gamble? Are you afraid? I can go on! You may know what makes you tick or you might spend your entire life trying to figure it out!
A 17 year old shoots up a school!
The model-type young woman with flawless skin has sex on camera with over a 100 guys online on her onlyfans account.
The married female school...
There's something happening here...
It's all of us. What is your kink, perversion, addiction or mental illness? Do you cope with alcohol? Drugs? Sex? Are you addicted to food? Do you gamble? Are you afraid? I can go on! You may know what makes you tick or you might spend your entire life trying to figure it out!
A 17 year old shoots up a school!
The model-type young woman with flawless skin has sex on camera with over a 100 guys online on her onlyfans account.
The married female school...
#anxiety
#fear
#LifeStruggles
70 reads
4 Comments
PAR
Poem Published
23rd Jan 2025 12:57pm
23rd Jan 2025 12:57pm
An orange and white wig stand
Ignorance wandered
lost in the vast unknown.
Faith stood firm
as a beacon in the night.
They met by chance,
two souls adrift.
In the space between
no doubt and disbelief.
Ignorance questioned,
seeking answers,
Faith offered solace,
a gentle embrace.
Together they danced,
in the twilight
of misunderstanding.
Finding beauty
in their conveniences.
In their union,
an acrimony emerged.
A void that transcended
their indifferences.
lost in the vast unknown.
Faith stood firm
as a beacon in the night.
They met by chance,
two souls adrift.
In the space between
no doubt and disbelief.
Ignorance questioned,
seeking answers,
Faith offered solace,
a gentle embrace.
Together they danced,
in the twilight
of misunderstanding.
Finding beauty
in their conveniences.
In their union,
an acrimony emerged.
A void that transcended
their indifferences.
#evil
#hell
#horror
#LifeStruggles
#nightmares
67 reads
6 Comments
summultima
uma
uma
Poem Published
26th Sep 2021 11:27pm
26th Sep 2021 11:27pm
from the day's mixed moods :: 1-5 miscellany minimalism
1.
::this vicious thus ::
yes sir, second jabbed.
but, where are the jobs...
hmm. the real parasites
are..... _________,, you know.
2.
:: viral expressionism vs writer's block ::
love this feverish temper
i burn fluently high now...
than the wordless asphyxia
of a marooning heart.. by
the summing up chronic toxins
of a pretty veiled world's smiling
assassin acts- a slow python kill
more a sleeper cell terrorism ...
::this vicious thus ::
yes sir, second jabbed.
but, where are the jobs...
hmm. the real parasites
are..... _________,, you know.
2.
:: viral expressionism vs writer's block ::
love this feverish temper
i burn fluently high now...
than the wordless asphyxia
of a marooning heart.. by
the summing up chronic toxins
of a pretty veiled world's smiling
assassin acts- a slow python kill
more a sleeper cell terrorism ...
#LifeStruggles
#sports
#respect
#minimalist
#pandemic
1799 reads
11 Comments
wallyroo92
Poem Published
24th Jan 2025 5:30am
24th Jan 2025 5:30am
(Brown Face) Emoji
and Justice Forestall
I guess it really depends on who you know
Or who you are and what the cause may be
But if I’m on the wrong side of the color palette
I might be screwed when it comes to validity
I’ve been called names and had objects thrown at me before
Just for existing but more likely because I have a brown face
Perhaps it was because I passed through the wrong neighborhood
But it’s tempting to clap back or jump at the chance to catch a case
In today’s world many of us are facing an impending doom
We have our allies...
I guess it really depends on who you know
Or who you are and what the cause may be
But if I’m on the wrong side of the color palette
I might be screwed when it comes to validity
I’ve been called names and had objects thrown at me before
Just for existing but more likely because I have a brown face
Perhaps it was because I passed through the wrong neighborhood
But it’s tempting to clap back or jump at the chance to catch a case
In today’s world many of us are facing an impending doom
We have our allies...
#LifeStruggles
113 reads
6 Comments
adagio
Poem Published
14th Aug 2024 9:34pm
14th Aug 2024 9:34pm
Street People
Cold in the crisper dark origins of my mind
haunting the silence of my insanity's curse
hanging on to the pinion of my philosophy
chilling with prostitutes wearing stilettos
with a lusting appetite for insatiable wraith
inbred by lusting undead on Route 66
hanging out with the street people
wearing a faceless shadow in LA...
moving east to Chicago
haunting the silence of my insanity's curse
hanging on to the pinion of my philosophy
chilling with prostitutes wearing stilettos
with a lusting appetite for insatiable wraith
inbred by lusting undead on Route 66
hanging out with the street people
wearing a faceless shadow in LA...
moving east to Chicago
#dark
#homelessness
#LifeStruggles #shadows
#LifeStruggles #shadows
150 reads
4 Comments
KristinaX
Poem Published
8th May 2023 9:00pm
8th May 2023 9:00pm
Tunnels
Having sunk to the bottom, to the trains,
you manage to get into the last car,
and stand against the window;
starts dancing overboard.
But it’s not the seams of the tunnel that flash,
but it’s not the networks of wires that run,
take a closer look - this is how time passes,
take a closer look - this is how the years fly.
And already in the dark reflection,
a larger-sized silhouette stands,
it’s good that you can’t see how
painful it is.
It's good that flickering
behind dark glass erases...
you manage to get into the last car,
and stand against the window;
starts dancing overboard.
But it’s not the seams of the tunnel that flash,
but it’s not the networks of wires that run,
take a closer look - this is how time passes,
take a closer look - this is how the years fly.
And already in the dark reflection,
a larger-sized silhouette stands,
it’s good that you can’t see how
painful it is.
It's good that flickering
behind dark glass erases...
#depression
#apathy
#LifeStruggles
#LifeCycle
#trains
648 reads
32 Comments
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