Poems About Suffering by Top Critiquers
#suffering
Poems about suffering by top critiquers. Poems written by members who have given lots of feedback to other poets this month.
Her
Poem Published
28th Nov 2024 6:57am
28th Nov 2024 6:57am
Together and Not
We’re all here
Together
Yet separate
Each of us
Lost in some way
Because we don’t
Choose love
Together
Yet separate
Each of us
Lost in some way
Because we don’t
Choose love
#choices
#suffering
#hate
#morality
#CallToAction
155 reads
25 Comments
Vision_of_insanity
Poem Published
4th Dec 2024 10:39am
4th Dec 2024 10:39am
The Painful Train Ride
On the LIRR to Penn Station
Hot
Thick
I can smell myself
The floor is covered with garbage
I see a girl on the platform when we stop at the next town
I wish
I wish I could lift myself from this seat and touch her
I don't want to break her arm though
Do you want to know me?
My pain would crush your rib cage
I could love you
I wish I could stop running
Hot
Thick
I can smell myself
The floor is covered with garbage
I see a girl on the platform when we stop at the next town
I wish
I wish I could lift myself from this seat and touch her
I don't want to break her arm though
Do you want to know me?
My pain would crush your rib cage
I could love you
I wish I could stop running
#anxiety
#courage
#fear
#love
#suffering
86 reads
6 Comments
fianaturie8
Fia Naturie
Fia Naturie
Poem Published
8th May 2024 1:19pm
8th May 2024 1:19pm
My Pain
Have you ever felt so much pain
that when someone is talking to you
you think of a thousand ways for them to die.
Are you ok?
No but you will not see that on my face
Nerve ending connecting
makes you know you're alive
Shit nerve ending connecting
I want to die
What the Fuuuuuck!
Medication is supposed to numb me
Damn medication not working
Shit I want to crawl out of my skin
"Oh Good morning, welcome, come in."
that when someone is talking to you
you think of a thousand ways for them to die.
Are you ok?
No but you will not see that on my face
Nerve ending connecting
makes you know you're alive
Shit nerve ending connecting
I want to die
What the Fuuuuuck!
Medication is supposed to numb me
Damn medication not working
Shit I want to crawl out of my skin
"Oh Good morning, welcome, come in."
#anger
#suffering
38 reads
16 Comments
crimsin
Unveiling
Unveiling
Poem Published
8th Sep 2024 4:23am
8th Sep 2024 4:23am
Sweet Girl
I hurt like Marilyn, always dummying down my intensity
turning down my internal music
so others feel better
such a hefty price for Marilyn
to pay for the looks combined with intelligence
sent to the looney bin
because God forbid you feel too much
it hurts and if I were a reincarnation of her
they would say poor Marilyn still can't get off the dope
I feel a kindred spirit with her
today I imagine she chose to be a nobody
chained to notoriety is no longer for her
in my heart, she flies free
united with the baby...
turning down my internal music
so others feel better
such a hefty price for Marilyn
to pay for the looks combined with intelligence
sent to the looney bin
because God forbid you feel too much
it hurts and if I were a reincarnation of her
they would say poor Marilyn still can't get off the dope
I feel a kindred spirit with her
today I imagine she chose to be a nobody
chained to notoriety is no longer for her
in my heart, she flies free
united with the baby...
#bittersweet
#suffering
#temptation
93 reads
0 Comments
Ahavati
Tams
Tams
Poem Published
23rd Jul 2019 4:45pm
23rd Jul 2019 4:45pm
The Albatross
I used to think
those hanging an albatross
around their neck
were serious about penance—
those standing their ground
saying, I refuse to retreat
but will go down with this ship
because that's how much I believe;
or, deeply loved—
because any other behavior
would mean I did not
Yet, sooner or later
some kind rebound lover
bearing gifts and poetry
appears in shining armor;
or, perhaps another...
those hanging an albatross
around their neck
were serious about penance—
those standing their ground
saying, I refuse to retreat
but will go down with this ship
because that's how much I believe;
or, deeply loved—
because any other behavior
would mean I did not
Yet, sooner or later
some kind rebound lover
bearing gifts and poetry
appears in shining armor;
or, perhaps another...
#love
#regret
#suffering
#motivational
#spiritual
1659 reads
18 Comments
PoetSpeak
Poem Published
20th Aug 2024 5:59pm
20th Aug 2024 5:59pm
Oil Babe
Step in
Chamber 5
Painter on edge
Sins
Blood
Bdsm
Lullabies
Do be afraid
You’ll learn more
Don’t keep me waiting …
Chamber 5
Painter on edge
Sins
Blood
Bdsm
Lullabies
Do be afraid
You’ll learn more
Don’t keep me waiting …
#art
#BDSM
#fear
#lust
#suffering
286 reads
40 Comments
WillowsWhimsies
Poem Published
11th Jul 2024 5:47pm
11th Jul 2024 5:47pm
deaf, dumb & blind...
are we now to become
no more than yesterday's phantasms?
specters drifting across a barren landscape
too foolish to pay any heed to the errors of our fathers
or the fallout from every previous foul deed
those men who valiantly fought or tragically fell
directed by a madman's selfish hand
where they were gathered
& ruthlessly enslaved
countless numbers completely erased
living now only the nightmares of a few surviving souls
mourning their unforgotten existence
where memories lie buried in unmarked mass graves
or...
no more than yesterday's phantasms?
specters drifting across a barren landscape
too foolish to pay any heed to the errors of our fathers
or the fallout from every previous foul deed
those men who valiantly fought or tragically fell
directed by a madman's selfish hand
where they were gathered
& ruthlessly enslaved
countless numbers completely erased
living now only the nightmares of a few surviving souls
mourning their unforgotten existence
where memories lie buried in unmarked mass graves
or...
#corruption
#HumanRights
#inequality
#suffering
#TruthOfLife
152 reads
8 Comments
Duende
Poem Published
16th Nov 2016 7:02pm
16th Nov 2016 7:02pm
In Chains
Bound by chains
so deadly and tight
the future seems dim
there’s no shining light
my voice is paralized
while i want to scream
Caged by the past
in a phantom prison
shackled by memories
too excruciating to bear
my body is paralyzed
while i want to escape
Locked up in time
this pain will remain
my insanity scares me
my scars will...
so deadly and tight
the future seems dim
there’s no shining light
my voice is paralized
while i want to scream
Caged by the past
in a phantom prison
shackled by memories
too excruciating to bear
my body is paralyzed
while i want to escape
Locked up in time
this pain will remain
my insanity scares me
my scars will...
#PTSD
#suffering
847 reads
Stoney223
WOLF BAY33
WOLF BAY33
Poem Published
15th Oct 2024 5:22pm
15th Oct 2024 5:22pm
THROUGH THESE EYES OF MINE
Through these eyes 👁️👁️ of mine, I've seen many things in plain view of pictures of what I truly see. AS the world that I once knew has really changed in so many way. 😲 That I find it to hard to believe that this is what our future is gonna be. AS the Democrat party has us all involved with their nonsense ignorants of no speech and no freedom of thoughts. 🧐 Yet there is Just a few people's who are not,🤔 able and willing to conceive the truth, that they never truly had your best interest at heart. 💔 Due to the fact that they are...
#corruption
#LifeStruggles
#politics
#StreamOfConsciousness
#suffering
119 reads
4 Comments
MidnightSonneteer
Poem Published
3rd Apr 2024 1:59pm
3rd Apr 2024 1:59pm
Oracularity
The French gave us the word cliché
and so to honor Gallic grace
let's urge cliché to be passe
so no more discourse will debase
from any verse or any pen
where some foreseeable trauma
repeats its ugly life again
to flare into a melodrama,
or kindle more calamity
with ideation raised anew
antipodal to amity
which most of us already knew...
but still would not associate
a lack of tact with repeat fate.
and so to honor Gallic grace
let's urge cliché to be passe
so no more discourse will debase
from any verse or any pen
where some foreseeable trauma
repeats its ugly life again
to flare into a melodrama,
or kindle more calamity
with ideation raised anew
antipodal to amity
which most of us already knew...
but still would not associate
a lack of tact with repeat fate.
#anxiety
#suffering
#apathy
#choices
#PersonalGrowth
142 reads
10 Comments
backdeckbenny
Poem Published
17th Dec 2024 9:13am
17th Dec 2024 9:13am
Food For Thought
It feels like I've come back to life
after several days of death or dying.
How spiteful the stomach and mind were to join forces and bring me to my knees, sapping energy and twisting rationality.
Individually, they are manageable,but when they gang up, they make a formidable foe.
It wasn't always like this but depression or suffering of any sort, leaves permanent scar tissue,weak spots in the soul, that are easily exploited by loose discursive thoughts and a gut that's out of whack.
Anyhow.
I believe, the more you suffer, the less you...
after several days of death or dying.
How spiteful the stomach and mind were to join forces and bring me to my knees, sapping energy and twisting rationality.
Individually, they are manageable,but when they gang up, they make a formidable foe.
It wasn't always like this but depression or suffering of any sort, leaves permanent scar tissue,weak spots in the soul, that are easily exploited by loose discursive thoughts and a gut that's out of whack.
Anyhow.
I believe, the more you suffer, the less you...
#suffering
34 reads
2 Comments
goodwolf1966
jimmy
jimmy
Poem Published
15th Dec 2024 2:10am
15th Dec 2024 2:10am
each day hurts
unfortunately,
i feel
just as
i look,
the sun
comes up,
hours pass
and then
the moon
waves,
another
morning
and things
haven't
changed,
my body
in pain,
i feel
it there
to greet
me each
new day.
i feel
just as
i look,
the sun
comes up,
hours pass
and then
the moon
waves,
another
morning
and things
haven't
changed,
my body
in pain,
i feel
it there
to greet
me each
new day.
#disability
#emotional
#illness
#suffering
#vulnerability
60 reads
7 Comments
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