Long Poems About Loneliness
#loneliness
Long poems about loneliness. 300 words or more, most recently published poems first.
Twitch of the Death Nerve
#loneliness
#women
#violence
#fiction
#MentalHealth
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Sunk Deep in Baton Rouge
Sunk Deep in Baton Rouge
“Hello Pops. Sorry to intrude on my wonderfully studious young man in the middle of deep tort contemplations, but I have a little problem. Our house has flooded. So here I am with no adult assistance with our three-year-old son and the water, water is everywhere to borrow a phrase from Coleridge’s ‘Rhyme of the Ancient Mariner.’ Could you get in that wonderful jalopy your Mom bought for us and take us to dry ground?”
“The car is flooded as well I am afraid. I am at the chapel on campus. Wait just a short while and I am sure the car will revive...
“Hello Pops. Sorry to intrude on my wonderfully studious young man in the middle of deep tort contemplations, but I have a little problem. Our house has flooded. So here I am with no adult assistance with our three-year-old son and the water, water is everywhere to borrow a phrase from Coleridge’s ‘Rhyme of the Ancient Mariner.’ Could you get in that wonderful jalopy your Mom bought for us and take us to dry ground?”
“The car is flooded as well I am afraid. I am at the chapel on campus. Wait just a short while and I am sure the car will revive...
#loneliness
#mother
#father
#marriage
#son
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Sugar Festival Night
Sugar Festival Night
“Bob, why do you sit there reading news magazines all afternoon? Wouldn’t chatting with your beautiful wife be more interesting? You did marry me after all. And we are in Turkey. We speak the language. Let’s go out and mingle with the crowd.”
“Pat, I know being home while I am working at the base must get lonely. But I will make it up to you. Tonight we are going to the Sugar Festival.”
“I’ve heard about it from the general’s wife while gardening and being patient for your return as a proper wife should.”
“There will be dancers,...
“Bob, why do you sit there reading news magazines all afternoon? Wouldn’t chatting with your beautiful wife be more interesting? You did marry me after all. And we are in Turkey. We speak the language. Let’s go out and mingle with the crowd.”
“Pat, I know being home while I am working at the base must get lonely. But I will make it up to you. Tonight we are going to the Sugar Festival.”
“I’ve heard about it from the general’s wife while gardening and being patient for your return as a proper wife should.”
“There will be dancers,...
#loneliness
#mother
#father
#marriage
#TruthOfLife
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night sadness
Night is the blotting paper for many sorrows.”
—African Proverb
when day tasks are done
and the world is gone
and the sun bows down his head
and the doors are closed
and tight locks imposed
and the atmosphere is dead
my spirit swells within my breast
confined against my will
because the night brings more unrest
than can my fervent quill
transcribe....
—African Proverb
when day tasks are done
and the world is gone
and the sun bows down his head
and the doors are closed
and tight locks imposed
and the atmosphere is dead
my spirit swells within my breast
confined against my will
because the night brings more unrest
than can my fervent quill
transcribe....
#sadness
#loneliness
#night
#emptiness
#nightmares
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In Windowpanes
That each dull day and each despairing act
Builds up the crags from which the spirit leaps.'
- Phillip Larkin
I
Framed in grey the drab light
spills from white expanse;
reaches over the goings of many,
their eyes swimming in conformity,
heels pounding the firmament
to somewhere gone meandering,
catching a sideways smirk.
Feeling the midday confusion,
striding along with purpose,
the many among the few notice
where everyones direction points --
to the...
Builds up the crags from which the spirit leaps.'
- Phillip Larkin
I
Framed in grey the drab light
spills from white expanse;
reaches over the goings of many,
their eyes swimming in conformity,
heels pounding the firmament
to somewhere gone meandering,
catching a sideways smirk.
Feeling the midday confusion,
striding along with purpose,
the many among the few notice
where everyones direction points --
to the...
#loneliness
#sky
#escape
#boredom
#NaPoWriMo2023
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If
If was door I would not think of not opening.
If I was a clock I would not attempt to stop the hands of time that runs its own course.
If I was a mirror I would not deny the power of reflection as one brushes their hair .
If I stood as a mountain I would never turn away an adventurer to climb to the top .
If I was a library full of books I wouldn’t let them fall into the wrong alphabetic order and line them up into the correct categories so they can be taken from shelves and read .
If I was a map I wouldn’t disguise the grid references I would hope you find your...
If I was a clock I would not attempt to stop the hands of time that runs its own course.
If I was a mirror I would not deny the power of reflection as one brushes their hair .
If I stood as a mountain I would never turn away an adventurer to climb to the top .
If I was a library full of books I wouldn’t let them fall into the wrong alphabetic order and line them up into the correct categories so they can be taken from shelves and read .
If I was a map I wouldn’t disguise the grid references I would hope you find your...
#love
#kindness
#strength
#loneliness
#bittersweet
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Serial...Blood of Milk
Sunset brings the welcome mat of darken night. Dusk of twilight whisks away the last light of day. Interloper intrudes without a welcome...Alien, stranger, hauteur of oddity...Mannerism decorating a light touch towards idiosyncrasy. Intro of a handshake...Frostiness, fingertips caress & deliver an icky bite...Frozen shut vessel his body wear for blood & guts...Warfare, empty is your new killer...Black is his heart, empathy of none. Slip of oneself...His mask of many ... Falling it breaks your spell...Unveil your eyes showing unwanted prize...Chamleon of disguise. Fervor of raw...
#loneliness
#dark
#fear
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A SUNSET TO NEVER FORGET
Sunset takes me back to July 4, 2023
A time so painful so unforgetful
When I felt it all weigh on me
Remembering what was once beautiful
The depression that clinged in my heart
That stabbed me like a daybreak
That made me feel to tear apart
Like a vampire getting charred in the sun's wake
Torn in many pieces, what my mind misses
The torment of a heartbreak
The one thing in life no one wishes
Only a mnemonic of fiery tears unable to fake
All alone at my humble home
Rejecting outings with my family
I...
A time so painful so unforgetful
When I felt it all weigh on me
Remembering what was once beautiful
The depression that clinged in my heart
That stabbed me like a daybreak
That made me feel to tear apart
Like a vampire getting charred in the sun's wake
Torn in many pieces, what my mind misses
The torment of a heartbreak
The one thing in life no one wishes
Only a mnemonic of fiery tears unable to fake
All alone at my humble home
Rejecting outings with my family
I...
#sadness
#loneliness
#heartbroken
#despair
#emptiness
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The Birthday Party
I ordered my own birthday cake
I even bought balloons
Invited friends and family
The party starts at noon
I broke up with my boyfriend
Actually he just dumped me
He couldn’t understand my mind
He asked to be set free
My tiny old apartment
Didn’t have a lot of space
I put out food to snack on
Afraid it’ll go to waste
My mom called first to cancel
After that it was my sister
One by one, they dwindled
My best friend too, I’d miss her
I set up streamers on the wall
Even though no one...
I even bought balloons
Invited friends and family
The party starts at noon
I broke up with my boyfriend
Actually he just dumped me
He couldn’t understand my mind
He asked to be set free
My tiny old apartment
Didn’t have a lot of space
I put out food to snack on
Afraid it’ll go to waste
My mom called first to cancel
After that it was my sister
One by one, they dwindled
My best friend too, I’d miss her
I set up streamers on the wall
Even though no one...
#depression
#loneliness
#romantic
#birthday
#ShortStory
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human interaction expectations(especially in intimate relationships)....especially as an introvert
advance idealizations with the coming years; some things change-some things never will.... soul searching-an admiring trait that goes but so far depending on the who you are....
the human species altogether are nothing less than complicated; and with time.... appears to more or less grow more impatient with interactions that are face to face(at least for myself)....
trying to understand others/or more or less actually understanding others-an admiring trait to have or work at....
in any...
the human species altogether are nothing less than complicated; and with time.... appears to more or less grow more impatient with interactions that are face to face(at least for myself)....
trying to understand others/or more or less actually understanding others-an admiring trait to have or work at....
in any...
#loneliness
#LifeStruggles
#MentalHealth
#humankind
#LifeCycle
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Weeping Willow
Restless nights spent under the weeping willow
Where my troubles are swept away with my sorrow
Fear washing away with the calming rain
As fireflies start to flash once again
We our shaped by our thoughts
Yet our thoughts caused wars that “we the people” fought
Wars that broke us far beyond the point of broken
Here’s a thought, perhaps we were never unbroken
These are the parts that get left unspoken
Under the weeping willow
Where I’m free from sorrow
Where my mind runs off making my dreams a reality
A place of...
Where my troubles are swept away with my sorrow
Fear washing away with the calming rain
As fireflies start to flash once again
We our shaped by our thoughts
Yet our thoughts caused wars that “we the people” fought
Wars that broke us far beyond the point of broken
Here’s a thought, perhaps we were never unbroken
These are the parts that get left unspoken
Under the weeping willow
Where I’m free from sorrow
Where my mind runs off making my dreams a reality
A place of...
#sadness
#loneliness
#TruthOfLife
#greed
#emptiness
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Embers of Solitude
In the stillness of the hills, where solitude resides,
I find myself alone, where darkness gently hides.
The holidays have arrived, a season meant to share,
Yet I'm left with emptiness, a heart burdened with despair.
My oldest daughter, raising a family of her own,
Her joys and laughter now in a world apart, unknown.
The second oldest, distant and detached it seems,
Leaving behind moments cherished, like fragmented dreams.
The boys, with their mother, embracing a new start,
Creating memories anew, a family's beating heart.
But in...
I find myself alone, where darkness gently hides.
The holidays have arrived, a season meant to share,
Yet I'm left with emptiness, a heart burdened with despair.
My oldest daughter, raising a family of her own,
Her joys and laughter now in a world apart, unknown.
The second oldest, distant and detached it seems,
Leaving behind moments cherished, like fragmented dreams.
The boys, with their mother, embracing a new start,
Creating memories anew, a family's beating heart.
But in...
#sadness
#loneliness
#hope
#heartbroken
#emotions
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DU Poetry : Long Poems About Loneliness