Poems About Shame by Top Critiquers
#shame
brokentitanium
k.
k.
Poem Published
14th Feb 2024 5:06pm
14th Feb 2024 5:06pm
Boxed in
Boxed in
I'm trying to breathe.
Expressions of self hit the glass
and fall limp with crooked wings
leaving nothing but a smear of hopeless feathers
My soul peeking out of this
mime-created imaginary cube,
I reach out and my fingers crumple
against an invisible wall
A prison - is it of my own making?
What holds me inside?
The easy answer is fear
but there is no prowling tiger out there
no mortal enemy
so fight-flight-freeze makes no rational sense
Yet here I sit, encased in ice. ...
I'm trying to breathe.
Expressions of self hit the glass
and fall limp with crooked wings
leaving nothing but a smear of hopeless feathers
My soul peeking out of this
mime-created imaginary cube,
I reach out and my fingers crumple
against an invisible wall
A prison - is it of my own making?
What holds me inside?
The easy answer is fear
but there is no prowling tiger out there
no mortal enemy
so fight-flight-freeze makes no rational sense
Yet here I sit, encased in ice. ...
#identity
#shame
#memories
#healing
#PersonalGrowth
241 reads
12 Comments
dartford
Paul S...
Paul S...
Poem Published
1st Feb 2023 1:34am
1st Feb 2023 1:34am
ashamed
how can a government that thinks it’s ok to put people who have struggled to get out of syria and come to britain only to find themselves threatened with a plane to rwanda ever truly explain ..
#shame
202 reads
2 Comments
Lilliputian
Poem Published
24th Aug 2024 3:59am
24th Aug 2024 3:59am
Myself
I don’t really trust her.
She never keeps her promises true,
As if I'm unworthy of them.
She says promises
Should never be made
If they’re not going to be kept,
Yet she convinces me each time
With empty assurances
To trust her.
How can I when it’s already in tatters?
I don’t really respect her.
She never keeps her boundaries intact,
As if I'm unworthy of that.
She wants to protect me
When they’re crossed
With muted hints,
Yet she lets them be overstepped ...
She never keeps her promises true,
As if I'm unworthy of them.
She says promises
Should never be made
If they’re not going to be kept,
Yet she convinces me each time
With empty assurances
To trust her.
How can I when it’s already in tatters?
I don’t really respect her.
She never keeps her boundaries intact,
As if I'm unworthy of that.
She wants to protect me
When they’re crossed
With muted hints,
Yet she lets them be overstepped ...
#disappointment
#frustration
#SelfWorth #shame
#SelfWorth #shame
164 reads
6 Comments
CasketSharpe
Poem Published
23rd Apr 2019 8:34pm
23rd Apr 2019 8:34pm
Silence of the Bitch
#hate
#dark
#shame #dirty
#shame #dirty
557 reads
8 Comments
buddhakitty
Poem Published
3rd Feb 2022 3:01am
3rd Feb 2022 3:01am
a slow but sure frost
out of the shadows
of our doubt fear
waits,
silently,
patiently,
for the roses of
our courage to
die
of our doubt fear
waits,
silently,
patiently,
for the roses of
our courage to
die
#shame
#fear
330 reads
8 Comments
wallyroo92
Poem Published
11th Apr 2019 7:49pm
11th Apr 2019 7:49pm
Wolves in Cheap Clothing
When men claim to be the voice of the Most High
I tend to question authority,
(Remember Waco or Jonestown?)
Wolves in cheap clothing tend try to control the masses,
Yet many from different classes fall for their trickery,
Like sheep following blindly to the slaughter.
Some religions seem to have put a negative spin
On their founder’s teachings,
Making up senseless rules somewhere along the way,
They become corrupt like government officials or politicians,
Brainwashing those not strong enough to think for themselves.
Thou...
I tend to question authority,
(Remember Waco or Jonestown?)
Wolves in cheap clothing tend try to control the masses,
Yet many from different classes fall for their trickery,
Like sheep following blindly to the slaughter.
Some religions seem to have put a negative spin
On their founder’s teachings,
Making up senseless rules somewhere along the way,
They become corrupt like government officials or politicians,
Brainwashing those not strong enough to think for themselves.
Thou...
#shame
#frustration
#greed
#philosophical
#NaPoWriMo2019
617 reads
4 Comments
poeticdelight
Hamid
Hamid
Poem Published
1st Nov 2024 11:31am
1st Nov 2024 11:31am
The Negative side of Ai.
In google, i typed : AI generated poetry, and here what came.
uncountable websites of AI generated poetry with so many options,
and so i chose the first one that came on top of my search.
https://deepai.org/chat/what-is-ai
--I typed A Life of Rhyme, and all the world poetry fell down on me. the following are just example....
A Life of Rhyme
In gardens where the wildflowers sway,
A whispering wind beckons each day.
With laughter like sunlight, bright and warm,
Life dances around in a joyful form.
Each morning...
uncountable websites of AI generated poetry with so many options,
and so i chose the first one that came on top of my search.
https://deepai.org/chat/what-is-ai
--I typed A Life of Rhyme, and all the world poetry fell down on me. the following are just example....
A Life of Rhyme
In gardens where the wildflowers sway,
A whispering wind beckons each day.
With laughter like sunlight, bright and warm,
Life dances around in a joyful form.
Each morning...
#disappointment
#frustration
#rejection #shame
#rejection #shame
121 reads
14 Comments
Sappho
Poem Published
8th Nov 2023 9:11am
8th Nov 2023 9:11am
Shame
Annoying traveling companion
Through the dark night of my soul
Torrential rivers of insecurity
Vast deserts of mistakes
A gaping abyss of failure
One day an angel in disguise of a boy
Stepped into my life
Holding me a mirror and
Rekindling my inner light
Reminding me of my true essence
My thinking mind
My loving heart
My intuitive sensitive soul
Guiding me towards a
Purposeful life
Through the dark night of my soul
Torrential rivers of insecurity
Vast deserts of mistakes
A gaping abyss of failure
One day an angel in disguise of a boy
Stepped into my life
Holding me a mirror and
Rekindling my inner light
Reminding me of my true essence
My thinking mind
My loving heart
My intuitive sensitive soul
Guiding me towards a
Purposeful life
#love
#inspirational
#shame
144 reads
0 Comments
KristinaX
Poem Published
12th Feb 2021 2:53pm
12th Feb 2021 2:53pm
Midnight girl
Red lips. Stiletto heels
Dress, stockings, no underwear ...
And in the dark with a longed smile
She leaves to look for pain
The street is gloomy, quiet and deserted,
Behind only the sound of footsteps ...
And in the alley openly, shamelessly
Throw love at his feet ...
Let her lips smell like sex ...
Restrained moan ... His hands ...
Predator ... free ... the wild and rude
gives both affection and torment ...
They are drunk to the bottom ...
She is filled with him ...
Again handled roughly and...
Dress, stockings, no underwear ...
And in the dark with a longed smile
She leaves to look for pain
The street is gloomy, quiet and deserted,
Behind only the sound of footsteps ...
And in the alley openly, shamelessly
Throw love at his feet ...
Let her lips smell like sex ...
Restrained moan ... His hands ...
Predator ... free ... the wild and rude
gives both affection and torment ...
They are drunk to the bottom ...
She is filled with him ...
Again handled roughly and...
#lust
#sex
#night
#dirty
#shame
746 reads
41 Comments
MalcolmG
Poem Published
11th Nov 2024 9:29pm
11th Nov 2024 9:29pm
The Midnight Marauder
In midnight’s quiet hour, she lies at rest, body aching unable to sleep, the air musky with desire, Cool sheets wrapped around her breast, like a snake slithering around her, coiling her and wrapping her nakedness, she moves slowly, sensually feeling the soft fabric tickle her skin drifting in and out of sleep.
The room is still, no breeze to stir, quiet enough to hear the clock beating , tick tock tick tock, O how she loves the sound of a big clock beating, but unaware something wicked draws to her.
A daring thief comes through her window, his hunger for her...
The room is still, no breeze to stir, quiet enough to hear the clock beating , tick tock tick tock, O how she loves the sound of a big clock beating, but unaware something wicked draws to her.
A daring thief comes through her window, his hunger for her...
#bittersweet
#confusion
#courage
#emotions
#shame
58 reads
0 Comments
Strangeways_Rob
Poem Published
10th Nov 2020 7:53pm
10th Nov 2020 7:53pm
The Stain is Permanent
Vizzzz
#shame
#humankind
497 reads
3 Comments
Casted_Runes
Mr Karswell
Mr Karswell
Poem Published
9th Sep 2024 3:10am
9th Sep 2024 3:10am
sure, buddy.
a guilty pleasure of mine is
reading conversion therapy books
by men who are clearly gay
and trying to make me believe
that rest stop encounters they’ve had
finished with the glory of God
shining down and saving all
between the oil pumps and bogs
because through prayer they’ve overcome
their thirst for same-sex touch…
sure, buddy.
reading conversion therapy books
by men who are clearly gay
and trying to make me believe
that rest stop encounters they’ve had
finished with the glory of God
shining down and saving all
between the oil pumps and bogs
because through prayer they’ve overcome
their thirst for same-sex touch…
sure, buddy.
#LGBT
#religion
#sex #shame
#sex #shame
145 reads
4 Comments
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