Short Poems About Despair
#despair
Short poems about despair. 30 words or less, most recently published poems first.
Mundus
Poem Published
30th Apr 2024 8:42am
30th Apr 2024 8:42am
Gloom
A single dragonfly
could spark joyful words
in this glacial gloom,
instead,
flies darken the sun,
the glowing hive
I once called home.
could spark joyful words
in this glacial gloom,
instead,
flies darken the sun,
the glowing hive
I once called home.
#dark
#despair
#grief
#heartbroken
#sadness
177 reads
2 Comments
mel44
Poem Published
28th Apr 2024 9:34am
28th Apr 2024 9:34am
Awry
History repeats
resting still
here alone
feeling ill
what happened
to today?
all motivation
slipped away
lost is time
life a chore
a disposition
required cure
unbearable
unhealthy place
desperate
seeking grace
no light exists
tunnel dark
in despair
without spark
grey and dreary
this day amiss
all seems dull
emotional abyss
resting still
here alone
feeling ill
what happened
to today?
all motivation
slipped away
lost is time
life a chore
a disposition
required cure
unbearable
unhealthy place
desperate
seeking grace
no light exists
tunnel dark
in despair
without spark
grey and dreary
this day amiss
all seems dull
emotional abyss
#despair
#emptiness
#NaPoWriMo2024
185 reads
4 Comments
Wafflenose
Ellie
Ellie
Poem Published
10th Apr 2024 2:39pm
10th Apr 2024 2:39pm
Wormhole
I want to
wake up
in
another dimension;
anywhere but here.
wake up
in
another dimension;
anywhere but here.
#sadness
#LifeStruggles
#despair
159 reads
2 Comments
deliabear
Debbie
Debbie
Poem Published
31st Mar 2024 9:33am
31st Mar 2024 9:33am
Widow
The price of deep love
Is the grief that sweeps the soul
When love leaves the world
Is the grief that sweeps the soul
When love leaves the world
#grief
#haiku
#despair
216 reads
21 Comments
closram25
Poem Published
27th Mar 2024 11:39am
27th Mar 2024 11:39am
Contritos Corde
Half empty bottles
2 packs down
Driving til the sun goes up
Trying to find a purpose;
I used to care, I used to care.
November 27th
But I was slipping then.
2 packs down
Driving til the sun goes up
Trying to find a purpose;
I used to care, I used to care.
November 27th
But I was slipping then.
#despair
141 reads
0 Comments
tell_me_wy
Poem Published
13th Mar 2024 4:11am
13th Mar 2024 4:11am
Thought
Heart laden with hope,
Free from care?
You may then hear it
Whisper: ‘Dare’
Discontent with joy,
Too good to bear?
Heed then the urge:
‘Compare’
Free from care?
You may then hear it
Whisper: ‘Dare’
Discontent with joy,
Too good to bear?
Heed then the urge:
‘Compare’
#happiness
#sadness
#hope #despair
#hope #despair
130 reads
1 Comment
oskar
Poem Published
11th Mar 2024 8:30pm
11th Mar 2024 8:30pm
tristesse
Tristesse
I saw an old man
he wore a sailor cap
sat on a bench
near the town's lake
he cried
not understanding
why, he was no longer
young
and a mariner
of the seven seas
I saw an old man
he wore a sailor cap
sat on a bench
near the town's lake
he cried
not understanding
why, he was no longer
young
and a mariner
of the seven seas
#anger
#confusion
#despair
#apathy
#bittersweet
121 reads
0 Comments
mel44
Poem Published
15th Feb 2024 1:29pm
15th Feb 2024 1:29pm
This Alcoholic
Splintered past
erratic
unquiet mind
frantic
frenzied actions
chaotic
Unsettling journey
tempestuous
perceived control
tumultuous
unpredictable behaviour
contentious
Progressive disease
descending
daily withdraw
agonising
guilt and shame
traumatising
Mental decline
exasperated
spiritual condition
deteriorated
physical ailments
accelerated
Lonely disconnection
excruciating
troubled thoughts
harrowing
incurring losses ...
erratic
unquiet mind
frantic
frenzied actions
chaotic
Unsettling journey
tempestuous
perceived control
tumultuous
unpredictable behaviour
contentious
Progressive disease
descending
daily withdraw
agonising
guilt and shame
traumatising
Mental decline
exasperated
spiritual condition
deteriorated
physical ailments
accelerated
Lonely disconnection
excruciating
troubled thoughts
harrowing
incurring losses ...
#alcohol
#illness
#despair
238 reads
12 Comments
spicychillisauce
Chilli Sauce
Chilli Sauce
Poem Published
30th Nov 2023 00:19am
30th Nov 2023 00:19am
Three
I am tired.
I give up.
I'm summoning Azrael,
are you there?
Take me, please.
Just for tonight.
I give up.
I'm summoning Azrael,
are you there?
Take me, please.
Just for tonight.
#anxiety
#grief
#dark #despair
#dark #despair
173 reads
2 Comments
Green_Arrow
Poem Published
6th Nov 2023 8:10pm
6th Nov 2023 8:10pm
While On His Way To Heaven
Kevin walked up the
cloud like steps before he turned
and saw his corpse on the ground.
cloud like steps before he turned
and saw his corpse on the ground.
#dark
#death
#fiction
#confusion
#despair
199 reads
0 Comments
robert43041
Viking
Viking
Poem Published
30th Oct 2023 5:24pm
30th Oct 2023 5:24pm
Lights
I just purchased a few lightbulbs
I wish there was a possible way
To plug them to my brain
So I might see some light
As my heart
Is full
Of darkness
I wish there was a possible way
To plug them to my brain
So I might see some light
As my heart
Is full
Of darkness
#despair
#disappointment
194 reads
1 Comment
robert43041
Viking
Viking
Poem Published
29th Oct 2023 4:40pm
29th Oct 2023 4:40pm
Shock......and relief
There was a sigh of relief
For the latest mass killer
Had quite legally
Purchased his gun
Just imagine the shock
The horror
The cries and the outrage
If he had not
For the latest mass killer
Had quite legally
Purchased his gun
Just imagine the shock
The horror
The cries and the outrage
If he had not
#dark
#despair
156 reads
4 Comments
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