Tragedy in Poetry and Poems about Tragedy
#tragedy
Tragedy in poetry and poems about tragedy. Serious poetry describing terrible melancholy events encountered personally, or by another person, or a group of people in society.
Cannonballs
A dark wind has come upon us
tears us apart from limb to limb
up on the mountain they look down
as my neighbor slits the throat of my friend
someone seemed to have pulled the thread
everything unraveled
up from the bottom to catch a breath
for the amusement of those who lit the fuse
behind the bricks lays the gold
pull up your boot straps and come get it
wealth and the greed we need to be worthy
loyalty to a ring
saw a picture of a girl somebody slaughtered
on the banks of the water...
tears us apart from limb to limb
up on the mountain they look down
as my neighbor slits the throat of my friend
someone seemed to have pulled the thread
everything unraveled
up from the bottom to catch a breath
for the amusement of those who lit the fuse
behind the bricks lays the gold
pull up your boot straps and come get it
wealth and the greed we need to be worthy
loyalty to a ring
saw a picture of a girl somebody slaughtered
on the banks of the water...
#corruption
#war
#tragedy
#greed
#poverty
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They're Not The Only Ones Still Waiting For The Other Shoe To Drop
Uncle
George had just
died and
left his house to Mark
and his family
on the condition
that they
stay there for
one year.
George had just
died and
left his house to Mark
and his family
on the condition
that they
stay there for
one year.
#family
#home
#fiction
#mystery
#tragedy
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Riverview Town
In Riverview town, a tale unfurled,
Of Mr. Jameson, a man of wealth, a man of the world.
His sudden death, a shock profound,
At his sugar plant, his body was found.
Whispers danced on the town's tranquil breeze,
Of an affair, a secret, hidden with ease.
Sophia, fair and ambitious, her beauty known wide,
Caught in a web of deceit, by Mr. Jameson's side.
A wooden castle, a distant kin's domain,
Where secrets are whispered, secrets feigned.
A relative unseen, yet with knowing eyes,
Caught wind of the affair, beneath the skies. ...
Of Mr. Jameson, a man of wealth, a man of the world.
His sudden death, a shock profound,
At his sugar plant, his body was found.
Whispers danced on the town's tranquil breeze,
Of an affair, a secret, hidden with ease.
Sophia, fair and ambitious, her beauty known wide,
Caught in a web of deceit, by Mr. Jameson's side.
A wooden castle, a distant kin's domain,
Where secrets are whispered, secrets feigned.
A relative unseen, yet with knowing eyes,
Caught wind of the affair, beneath the skies. ...
#betrayal
#tragedy
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red petal flowers
muddled,
red petal
flowers
bright
and dried,
using
the paint
from
her veins.
red petal
flowers
bright
and dried,
using
the paint
from
her veins.
#death
#tragedy
#suffering #rebellion
#suffering #rebellion
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The Train Kept A Rollin
A teenage girl somewhere anywhere was busy text messaging friends on her cell phone a month ago.
She was walking along a set of railroad tracks.
Although deaf since birth, she had frequently proclaimed that she could avoid danger more easily then hearing people.
She was much more sensitive to vibrations, especially from approaching trains and those roaring train whistles.
She was wrong.
She was mangled beyond recognition.
They were able to identify the body, since her i-phone survived the collision.
She was walking along a set of railroad tracks.
Although deaf since birth, she had frequently proclaimed that she could avoid danger more easily then hearing people.
She was much more sensitive to vibrations, especially from approaching trains and those roaring train whistles.
She was wrong.
She was mangled beyond recognition.
They were able to identify the body, since her i-phone survived the collision.
#technology
#motivational
#LifeChangingMoment
#tragedy
#trains
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GERIATRIC
Oh..
I
am
Sooo
Intimidated
Grandma..
I
am
Sooo
Intimidated
Grandma..
#tragedy
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she loved the river
Life is like the river, sometimes it sweeps you gently along and
sometimes the rapids come out of nowhere.”―Emma Smith
she loved the river,
the whispering, lisping river.
there skinny-dipped
under the curtain of its depths,
when no one was around.
fish popping out huge eyes,
attracted by her nippled elegance
and marvelled by her gently rippled dance.
she moved the river, ...
sometimes the rapids come out of nowhere.”―Emma Smith
she loved the river,
the whispering, lisping river.
there skinny-dipped
under the curtain of its depths,
when no one was around.
fish popping out huge eyes,
attracted by her nippled elegance
and marvelled by her gently rippled dance.
she moved the river, ...
#river
#water
#nature
#fate
#tragedy
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Cataclysmic
When time and certainty have no meaning,
the planet stops rotating,
a catastrophic event.
the planet stops rotating,
a catastrophic event.
#earth
#environment
#nature #tragedy
#nature #tragedy
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Diaryofabasketcase
Diaryofabasketcase
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Unwelcome Guest
#dark
#death
#evil
#tragedy
#suffering
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it's all relative
when all laws have been
abolished
one could be arrested and
punished for anything
there will no difference
between the innocent
and the guilty
and the gallows will
sing
abolished
one could be arrested and
punished for anything
there will no difference
between the innocent
and the guilty
and the gallows will
sing
#lies
#shadows
#tragedy #manipulation
#tragedy #manipulation
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unshockable
Unshakable resilience in the crucible of life has rendered my spirit
‘brave, strong and utterly unshockable.’ Bring it on!”—CAB
i've witnessed fire come down from heav'n,
smelting sand, steel, and stones;
survived the rape of nine-elev’n;
broken a thousand bones.
i've seen seas sweep swift swirling storms
that smother saint and sage,
and refugees torn from their dorms
like cattle in a cage.
i have beheld the prisoner rot
in gaol without a...
‘brave, strong and utterly unshockable.’ Bring it on!”—CAB
i've witnessed fire come down from heav'n,
smelting sand, steel, and stones;
survived the rape of nine-elev’n;
broken a thousand bones.
i've seen seas sweep swift swirling storms
that smother saint and sage,
and refugees torn from their dorms
like cattle in a cage.
i have beheld the prisoner rot
in gaol without a...
#conflict
#war
#fate
#tragedy
#rebellion
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Peace thief
I've drowned myself in vapid tears
Decaying roots with no room to grow
Corroded with incessant fears
Distinguish between friend and foe
I've seen the armageddon
With raging wars in the fading sunset
While protestors are setting
The tables for the final banquet
The will to rule is fading fast
Like the forces on the front lines
Knowing rules will not last
For those who have an abeld mind
It's a losing situation
No winner will emerge
We've joined together in creation
Of the curse of the purge ...
Decaying roots with no room to grow
Corroded with incessant fears
Distinguish between friend and foe
I've seen the armageddon
With raging wars in the fading sunset
While protestors are setting
The tables for the final banquet
The will to rule is fading fast
Like the forces on the front lines
Knowing rules will not last
For those who have an abeld mind
It's a losing situation
No winner will emerge
We've joined together in creation
Of the curse of the purge ...
#grief
#dark
#war
#tragedy
#greed
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