Bittersweet Poems
#bittersweet
Poetry about pleasurable life experiences which are also tinged with sadness. Bittersweet poems about life events which prompt a mixture of opposing feelings.
Lynxxey
Poem Published
Today 9:04am
Today 9:04am
Country Love
Yeah I’ve been driving, I’ve been away
Oh so long you see.
Yeah I’ve seen the sun set
On every corner in the country
And I’ve seen trouble all those days
The good, bad, and ugly
That’s why I fill my drink up
With the words that I don’t say
Oh yeah I’ve been driving,
I’ve been away, oh so far away.
The only thing I know is that
nothing ever stays the same.
You can’t argue with the past
Or with things you can’t change.
You’ve gotta smile at the bullshit
And learn to laugh at the pain.
...
Oh so long you see.
Yeah I’ve seen the sun set
On every corner in the country
And I’ve seen trouble all those days
The good, bad, and ugly
That’s why I fill my drink up
With the words that I don’t say
Oh yeah I’ve been driving,
I’ve been away, oh so far away.
The only thing I know is that
nothing ever stays the same.
You can’t argue with the past
Or with things you can’t change.
You’ve gotta smile at the bullshit
And learn to laugh at the pain.
...
#bittersweet
#humankind
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oskar
Poem Published
10th Apr 2025 11:39am
10th Apr 2025 11:39am
towards a thaw
Towards the thaw
As the days of spring are here, I should be happy having made it through the winter. The April breeze brings regret, remembering what had been pushed aside, no, I was no mother’s favorite son
Recalling every detail, overthinking every word said, reacting with angry silence as a defense to hurts felt as a betrayal. No, I was not a sweet boy happily playing in a backyard with a toy
The spring breeze also tells me of an ending, my doctor’s remark of scaring bathers with dark blue blotches on my white body, it is like the process of death has begun when...
As the days of spring are here, I should be happy having made it through the winter. The April breeze brings regret, remembering what had been pushed aside, no, I was no mother’s favorite son
Recalling every detail, overthinking every word said, reacting with angry silence as a defense to hurts felt as a betrayal. No, I was not a sweet boy happily playing in a backyard with a toy
The spring breeze also tells me of an ending, my doctor’s remark of scaring bathers with dark blue blotches on my white body, it is like the process of death has begun when...
#anxiety
#apathy
#bittersweet #denial
#bittersweet #denial
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Styxian
Poem Published
9th Apr 2025 00:26am
9th Apr 2025 00:26am
A Lover's Lamenting
I'm going to miss
your recitals of old poetry
Watching your mouth form
around the heavier consonants
better than I could ever do
And how you sighed the vowels
in the late evenings
Your own words full of them
in your native tongue
Or, you made them up
during the passionate chaos
of orgasmic verbiage
I'm not a woman
but I learned, earnestly
when my ear was pressed to your cheek
As my mouth lent you my growl
upon your throat
How I reversed vampirism
and gave what I could ...
your recitals of old poetry
Watching your mouth form
around the heavier consonants
better than I could ever do
And how you sighed the vowels
in the late evenings
Your own words full of them
in your native tongue
Or, you made them up
during the passionate chaos
of orgasmic verbiage
I'm not a woman
but I learned, earnestly
when my ear was pressed to your cheek
As my mouth lent you my growl
upon your throat
How I reversed vampirism
and gave what I could ...
#bittersweet
#loneliness
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Billy_Snagg
Jizzman
Jizzman
Poem Published
4th Apr 2025 4:01pm
4th Apr 2025 4:01pm
TRUMP IS BACK!
Trump is back, oh yeah baby...
DRILL BABY DRILL!
You said 'baby' already!
Yeah but I'm here for the thrill...
Mr Vance!
Trump is back...
He’s gonna save your back,
Your reputation -
(Even though it's in the shitter)
Ala, ala... my baby's back!
He wants everyone sacked.
If I were you,
I'd take a permanent vacation...
To Ukraine!
Ala ala Trump -
Alas, you know he’s been lyin',
No matter what Musk is tryin'.
He shoulda stayed gone for good!
Ah wooo, ah wooo.
Now Zelenski wants to kick...
DRILL BABY DRILL!
You said 'baby' already!
Yeah but I'm here for the thrill...
Mr Vance!
Trump is back...
He’s gonna save your back,
Your reputation -
(Even though it's in the shitter)
Ala, ala... my baby's back!
He wants everyone sacked.
If I were you,
I'd take a permanent vacation...
To Ukraine!
Ala ala Trump -
Alas, you know he’s been lyin',
No matter what Musk is tryin'.
He shoulda stayed gone for good!
Ah wooo, ah wooo.
Now Zelenski wants to kick...
#anger
#anxiety
#bittersweet
#confusion
#despair
144 reads
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PunkPoe
Poem Published
2nd Apr 2025 11:28am
2nd Apr 2025 11:28am
Nightmares in Nevada
"Nightmares in Nevada"
Can I escape nightmares in Nevada?
Screaming for any magik abracadabra
Snuck up behind me with subtle charms
Lying deeply within your sweltering arms
Your mouth equals smoldering passion
Nude bodies collide resistance crashing
Drunk on intoxicating mahogany orbs
Stoned in romance enslaved by thorns
Loneliness decays swallowed in sapphire
Charismatic disguise murdered my desire
Solitude wakens a raging wildfire off course
Severed vessel ruptured by centrifugal force ...
Can I escape nightmares in Nevada?
Screaming for any magik abracadabra
Snuck up behind me with subtle charms
Lying deeply within your sweltering arms
Your mouth equals smoldering passion
Nude bodies collide resistance crashing
Drunk on intoxicating mahogany orbs
Stoned in romance enslaved by thorns
Loneliness decays swallowed in sapphire
Charismatic disguise murdered my desire
Solitude wakens a raging wildfire off course
Severed vessel ruptured by centrifugal force ...
#anxiety
#bittersweet
#death #love
#death #love
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oskar
Poem Published
1st Apr 2025 7:51am
1st Apr 2025 7:51am
we should have seen
we had it coming
looking at pictures of an empty Piccadilly Circus
or the Eifel Tower in Paris is empty of life except
for police cars cruising to fine anyone breaking the law.
The emptiness is enormous and frightening to think
how quickly humankind can disappear forever
When the pandemic is over, there might be another one.
Millions of people all over the world rotting in their homes
the disappearance of humans is a near reality.
The only hope is that we lived a tolerable good life.
The future will consist of animals hunting each other. ...
looking at pictures of an empty Piccadilly Circus
or the Eifel Tower in Paris is empty of life except
for police cars cruising to fine anyone breaking the law.
The emptiness is enormous and frightening to think
how quickly humankind can disappear forever
When the pandemic is over, there might be another one.
Millions of people all over the world rotting in their homes
the disappearance of humans is a near reality.
The only hope is that we lived a tolerable good life.
The future will consist of animals hunting each other. ...
#anxiety
#apathy
#bittersweet
#denial
#despair
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Stoney223
WOLF BAY33
WOLF BAY33
Poem Published
28th Mar 2025 1:03pm
28th Mar 2025 1:03pm
Don't take knowone for granted
It's true what the elders say that we should never take nothing for granted, as this is life in real life time. For sure do you know for sure that tomorrow, isn't a promise 🤨 for it's a blessing in the form of a gift, to have and behold of a precious kind of life, as well as a beautiful blessing sometimes as a disguise. For sure it's never good to be taken for granted, just like love and happiness of a kindness of a beautiful heart. ❤️ But yet there are those who are creatures of habits, that just don't want to do right for they prefer to do wrong, 😔 to someone...
#bittersweet
#disappointment
#emptiness
#frustration
#sadness
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Nevermindthegaps
Poem Published
26th Mar 2025 9:53pm
26th Mar 2025 9:53pm
Closing Time
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xGytDsqkQY8
Last drinks shouts the tender
drink em up
it's time to be out
I need to get home
so sip the last of your beer
slam down the last shots
head toward the outside
the chill of the night
fought off by the incoherence of
alcohols numb
the wisps of the smoke machine swirls
and clings like sad fog
to the crusted carpets
where booze and blood
bile and tears have stained my memories
with exquisite times and the haunted agony
of a thousand-thousand poets ...
Last drinks shouts the tender
drink em up
it's time to be out
I need to get home
so sip the last of your beer
slam down the last shots
head toward the outside
the chill of the night
fought off by the incoherence of
alcohols numb
the wisps of the smoke machine swirls
and clings like sad fog
to the crusted carpets
where booze and blood
bile and tears have stained my memories
with exquisite times and the haunted agony
of a thousand-thousand poets ...
#bittersweet
#frustration
#heartbroken
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poet5678
CHUCKLES 123
CHUCKLES 123
Poem Published
26th Mar 2025 8:24am
26th Mar 2025 8:24am
Father, I get so much Joy after I had prayed to you
Father, I get so much
Joy after I had prayed
To you
Before I go to sleep
Every single night
In my bed
Tonight when I had prayed
To you in my prayer
I had asked for you
To remove the anger
That I have
And also I ask my father
To help me with daily
Problems
Because I am not sure
How to work in solving
My daily problems
Also, my father when I sleep
In my bed at night
I never wake up
In the middle of the night
I sleep all through the night
Like a log
Also, I know that you
Father...
Joy after I had prayed
To you
Before I go to sleep
Every single night
In my bed
Tonight when I had prayed
To you in my prayer
I had asked for you
To remove the anger
That I have
And also I ask my father
To help me with daily
Problems
Because I am not sure
How to work in solving
My daily problems
Also, my father when I sleep
In my bed at night
I never wake up
In the middle of the night
I sleep all through the night
Like a log
Also, I know that you
Father...
#apathy
#bittersweet
#regret
#rejection
#sadness
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Ashriyon
Poem Published
25th Mar 2025 4:39pm
25th Mar 2025 4:39pm
Writers thoughts
I write and write for hours, you see,
With ink-stained fingers, I set my thoughts free.
Words dance on paper, a rhythm, a song,
Yet silence replies, where do I belong?
The clock ticks away, as shadows grow long,
Each line that I craft, feels both weak and strong.
I pour out my heart, my dreams and my fears,
But the echo I hear just adds to my tears.
In each stanza I weave, a story untold,
Hoping for warmth, a connection to hold.
Yet the stillness surrounds me, a heavy, soft shroud,
I whisper my musings but never aloud. ...
With ink-stained fingers, I set my thoughts free.
Words dance on paper, a rhythm, a song,
Yet silence replies, where do I belong?
The clock ticks away, as shadows grow long,
Each line that I craft, feels both weak and strong.
I pour out my heart, my dreams and my fears,
But the echo I hear just adds to my tears.
In each stanza I weave, a story untold,
Hoping for warmth, a connection to hold.
Yet the stillness surrounds me, a heavy, soft shroud,
I whisper my musings but never aloud. ...
#bittersweet
#fear
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AmyMMosier
Poem Published
24th Mar 2025 10:51pm
24th Mar 2025 10:51pm
If ever we tarry apart a spell
If ever we tarry apart a spell
Because circumstance conspired with fate
Remember all our days for your heart's sake;
Remember and wear a little smile.
Keep it as one would a given token
Until in flesh we unite once again.
Because circumstance conspired with fate
Remember all our days for your heart's sake;
Remember and wear a little smile.
Keep it as one would a given token
Until in flesh we unite once again.
#bittersweet
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Stoney223
WOLF BAY33
WOLF BAY33
Poem Published
22nd Mar 2025 11:33pm
22nd Mar 2025 11:33pm
When it's not love no more
Through this life we all will go through somethings, that are necessary for you to understand, that love is a two way street of give and take. For you have to learn how to navigate, through the process of the nonsense of the hurt and pain. That surely will come with confusion and displacement of what, love really is to the deepness of the truth of the heart. ❤️ For sure what you would you rather have in your own life, for wouldn't you want a relationship with a positive, commitment and real consistency to be able to share your life with for better or worse. As it is true that...
#bittersweet
#disappointment
#heartbroken
#regret
#sadness
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