Poems About Loneliness by Top Critiquers
#loneliness
Poems about loneliness by top critiquers. Poems written by members who have given lots of feedback to other poets this month.
Casted_Runes
Mr Karswell
Mr Karswell
Poem Published
26th Sep 2024 6:32pm
26th Sep 2024 6:32pm
Photographs, a collaborative diptych
These two poems represent a collaboration with a sleeping DU member, who spends his spare time writing on the sole of his slipper with a biro. The first poem is mine, the second is his.
Human Remains
We returned to the house
a time after
and mowed the lawn
and painted where
the paint had started to peel.
And somewhere in the process
we found photographs of how they looked
when they were young
and their home hadn't yet become
a mausoleum.
She wore pink crinoline on special occasions
and he wore moccasins. ...
Human Remains
We returned to the house
a time after
and mowed the lawn
and painted where
the paint had started to peel.
And somewhere in the process
we found photographs of how they looked
when they were young
and their home hadn't yet become
a mausoleum.
She wore pink crinoline on special occasions
and he wore moccasins. ...
#humankind
#LifeCycle
#loneliness #memories
#loneliness #memories
106 reads
2 Comments
MalcolmG
Poem Published
24th Nov 2024 5:42am
24th Nov 2024 5:42am
Master of Leaving....
You left me hanging, like a coat on a hook,
Thought I’d fold, break, crumble, take a second look.
But I’ve been practicing my loneliness skills,
I made friends with the silence, it fits me like chills.
You swore you’d always be here, a forever vow,
But I’m allergic to promises, just tell me how.
I feared you’d vanish, like all the rest,
So I built walls, then wore them like a vest.
I’ll blame you for every cold, empty night,
For the holes in my heart, that should’ve been tight.
But if I’m honest (and I do love being frank),
I...
Thought I’d fold, break, crumble, take a second look.
But I’ve been practicing my loneliness skills,
I made friends with the silence, it fits me like chills.
You swore you’d always be here, a forever vow,
But I’m allergic to promises, just tell me how.
I feared you’d vanish, like all the rest,
So I built walls, then wore them like a vest.
I’ll blame you for every cold, empty night,
For the holes in my heart, that should’ve been tight.
But if I’m honest (and I do love being frank),
I...
#emptiness
#loneliness
#rejection
85 reads
0 Comments
InDreamz
Poem Published
19th Oct 2024 5:41pm
19th Oct 2024 5:41pm
Why?
When I see you cry,
I see an ocean
in your eyes,
drowning you from inside.
A tempest raging;
scarlet scarring your skies...
Heat of your pain
like a thick fog
damping your sight...
A silent scream
"O god why..."
I see an ocean
in your eyes,
drowning you from inside.
A tempest raging;
scarlet scarring your skies...
Heat of your pain
like a thick fog
damping your sight...
A silent scream
"O god why..."
#despair
#LifeStruggles
#loneliness #SelfReflection
#loneliness #SelfReflection
173 reads
16 Comments
Thor_Azine
Poem Published
23rd Aug 2024 6:54pm
23rd Aug 2024 6:54pm
So Much For Always
#death
#grief
#loneliness
19 reads
4 Comments
Trillium
Poem Published
27th Apr 2023 2:06am
27th Apr 2023 2:06am
Blame Technology
We blame technology for isolating us
Like technology itself has intent
To manipulate
Confuse
Entrap
We look for something to blame
Some nefarious entity
When we choose the easiest path
Cheap entertainment
Distraction
Confusing likes with connection
Choosing immediacy
Replacing intimacy
Ultimately we choose
And need to choose carefully.
Like technology itself has intent
To manipulate
Confuse
Entrap
We look for something to blame
Some nefarious entity
When we choose the easiest path
Cheap entertainment
Distraction
Confusing likes with connection
Choosing immediacy
Replacing intimacy
Ultimately we choose
And need to choose carefully.
#sadness
#loneliness
#technology
197 reads
0 Comments
averageJoe69
Ron Summers
Ron Summers
Poem Published
15th Oct 2023 12:21pm
15th Oct 2023 12:21pm
Sadness washes over me
Sadness washes over me
Laying here so sad and alone, it makes my poor heart bleed, sadness washes over me, for a true love I have a need
Someone to spend my life with a love to call my own, to share simple moments with so I'd no longer be alone
To hold tightly in my arms to be entwined in a sweet embrace, to smile at whenever I get to see a smile upon their face
To laugh with or shed a tear, someone to give a goodnight kiss, to have them there when I awake would truly be such bliss
Is it to much to ask the universe to send me someone to...
Laying here so sad and alone, it makes my poor heart bleed, sadness washes over me, for a true love I have a need
Someone to spend my life with a love to call my own, to share simple moments with so I'd no longer be alone
To hold tightly in my arms to be entwined in a sweet embrace, to smile at whenever I get to see a smile upon their face
To laugh with or shed a tear, someone to give a goodnight kiss, to have them there when I awake would truly be such bliss
Is it to much to ask the universe to send me someone to...
#sadness
#love
#loneliness
300 reads
11 Comments
runningturtle87
Poem Published
29th Apr 2022 3:29pm
29th Apr 2022 3:29pm
Intimacy Blockade
Intimacy Blockade
Where to begin
When
The mascarade
Ends,
What's the use
Of pretending?
It gives
The appearance
Of everything's
Sending
That message
Of perfection all day.
When the lights
Come on
And the bar
Shuts down
And the ring
On the finger spins round,
What was the point
Of starting
This
Fling
When the darkness
Was all on the ground?
Where to begin
When
The mascarade
Ends,
What's the use
Of pretending?
It gives
The appearance
Of everything's
Sending
That message
Of perfection all day.
When the lights
Come on
And the bar
Shuts down
And the ring
On the finger spins round,
What was the point
Of starting
This
Fling
When the darkness
Was all on the ground?
#anxiety
#regret
#loneliness
#denial
#emptiness
349 reads
4 Comments
Green_Arrow
Poem Published
25th Nov 2022 12:11pm
25th Nov 2022 12:11pm
Alone On A Tropical Island
After waking up, Kate
found herself alone on
a tropical island and
away from the burning
luxury yacht she was
on with a few friends.
found herself alone on
a tropical island and
away from the burning
luxury yacht she was
on with a few friends.
#loneliness
#beach
#fiction
#FreeVerse
#escape
299 reads
2 Comments
Everavalon
Poem Published
12th Jan 2023 1:50pm
12th Jan 2023 1:50pm
Tin man
The mechanical sun shone towards my soul
Illuminating my tin hole
Left in place of my rotting heart
When my body fell apart
My limbs were pruned, and in place
Was the skin drawn from my face
Limbless serpent commit; unwind
In my boneless, clear view mind
Encased in grey
My thoughts, array
No room to writhe
I cannot thrive
This covering has smothered me
No company to comfort thee
I fall to my knees, spiritually
So hard to please; no one’s here for me
I stand up straight
Lost in this...
Illuminating my tin hole
Left in place of my rotting heart
When my body fell apart
My limbs were pruned, and in place
Was the skin drawn from my face
Limbless serpent commit; unwind
In my boneless, clear view mind
Encased in grey
My thoughts, array
No room to writhe
I cannot thrive
This covering has smothered me
No company to comfort thee
I fall to my knees, spiritually
So hard to please; no one’s here for me
I stand up straight
Lost in this...
#sadness
#loneliness
#despair
328 reads
2 Comments
LunaDahlia
Poem Published
18th Aug 2024 1:06am
18th Aug 2024 1:06am
They Called It Rapture
A family memory caressed in my hand
A horrible explosion miles above land
Water-filled lungs and falling debris
The ocean's on fire and I have to flee
Speeding for my life to the tower on the right
Turn back now, I think with all of my might
My body betrays me,and I can't think about why
The bathysphere lowers, and I know I will die
A self-absorbed tyrant appears on the screen
With tales of our greatness, and what we could be
An enterprise so great we could do nothing but thrive
An underwater derelict; how could anyone...
A horrible explosion miles above land
Water-filled lungs and falling debris
The ocean's on fire and I have to flee
Speeding for my life to the tower on the right
Turn back now, I think with all of my might
My body betrays me,and I can't think about why
The bathysphere lowers, and I know I will die
A self-absorbed tyrant appears on the screen
With tales of our greatness, and what we could be
An enterprise so great we could do nothing but thrive
An underwater derelict; how could anyone...
#anger
#dark
#emptiness #loneliness
#emptiness #loneliness
159 reads
2 Comments
Kaden_Malis
Kaden Malis
Kaden Malis
Poem Published
31st Dec 2024 4:14pm
31st Dec 2024 4:14pm
Calloused
Forever feeling pain
Hidden death of falling stars
Lost trust somewhere in stabbing rain
Nursing scars of a hurting heart
Truth lies within goodbyes
Decisions always ruminate to roam
Didn't recognize the cries from inside
Eternally cursed to feel alone?
Fade into moonlight and dust
Swept away in floods of delusional love
Heart's been left to fade in rust
A dying disease ridden dove
Callous feelings care no more
Protected perfectly by
A cast iron cage with no door
No longer affected by love or lies ...
Hidden death of falling stars
Lost trust somewhere in stabbing rain
Nursing scars of a hurting heart
Truth lies within goodbyes
Decisions always ruminate to roam
Didn't recognize the cries from inside
Eternally cursed to feel alone?
Fade into moonlight and dust
Swept away in floods of delusional love
Heart's been left to fade in rust
A dying disease ridden dove
Callous feelings care no more
Protected perfectly by
A cast iron cage with no door
No longer affected by love or lies ...
#despair
#emptiness
#heartbroken
#loneliness
#sadness
55 reads
4 Comments
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