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.
ManorMyth
Man_Or_Myth
Man_Or_Myth
Poem Published
18th Apr 2025 9:59pm
18th Apr 2025 9:59pm
Jacob the hunter (Pt 3)
(It’s been some time since I last made an update to this story. Im looking for thoughts on tone and grammar)
“I know how it sounds, but trust me these savage beasts are real and I will rid this country of them by myself if I have to.” Jacob stares at the determination on Lilith’s face. “I can’t deny these claims you make does align with my goal. So, we can help one another until the goal is done and no further.” Staring at Lilith with his own determination, Jacob resolves himself to end the beast and have his revenge.
Back in town, as Sir Newborn frustratingly awaits...
“I know how it sounds, but trust me these savage beasts are real and I will rid this country of them by myself if I have to.” Jacob stares at the determination on Lilith’s face. “I can’t deny these claims you make does align with my goal. So, we can help one another until the goal is done and no further.” Staring at Lilith with his own determination, Jacob resolves himself to end the beast and have his revenge.
Back in town, as Sir Newborn frustratingly awaits...
#books
#fiction
#ShortStory #tragedy
#ShortStory #tragedy
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Vision_of_insanity
Poem Published
14th Apr 2025 7:45pm
14th Apr 2025 7:45pm
Kill Him Again
Martha Fokker of Lincoln, Nebraska greased the floor of her kitchen in an attempt to kill her one-legged boyfriend in 1991. She slipped on the floor and knocked herself unconscious instead. Police found more grease near the top of the stairs and by the bathroom door. The boyfriend, Lou Briccant, insisted that Martha was doing a little housework. Six months later, Martha fell backwards killing herself on a flight of stairs in the basement. She was carrying up that same bucket of grease that she tried using on her boyfriend to kill him. Was she going to clean the floors or attempt to kill him...
#boyfriend
#fiction
#mystery #tragedy
#mystery #tragedy
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Vision_of_insanity
Poem Published
22nd Mar 2025 10:13am
22nd Mar 2025 10:13am
A Toxic Drowning
They were married for a very long time
Minimal love for one another
Both daydreamed about the perfect crime.
A poor swimmer she was at best
He thought of submerging her deep
An expeditious agonizing death.
He enjoyed her cooking and anything she made
She thought of poisoning his food
Wild Mushrooms, drain cleaners or a can of raid.
One day they went walking on the beach
The ocean was violent
Waves crashing within an arms reach
She made a picnic basket full of joy
Pie, sandwiches and soda ...
Minimal love for one another
Both daydreamed about the perfect crime.
A poor swimmer she was at best
He thought of submerging her deep
An expeditious agonizing death.
He enjoyed her cooking and anything she made
She thought of poisoning his food
Wild Mushrooms, drain cleaners or a can of raid.
One day they went walking on the beach
The ocean was violent
Waves crashing within an arms reach
She made a picnic basket full of joy
Pie, sandwiches and soda ...
#relationships
#rhyming
#tragedy
110 reads
8 Comments
drivelicious13
alon aLion
alon aLion
Poem Published
13th Mar 2025 10:00pm
13th Mar 2025 10:00pm
Judgement Day (ReMix --- Timely as F !)
twitter carbuncle
personal hygiene
worse
than a monkey's uncle
stinkier than
a skunkle
constantly amidst
rhetorical rumble
somehow positioned
and in process
of making
Advancements tumble
was he behind
the back draft
of notre damn?
either way
not nearly matching
the shame
her ancient
institution arcane
perpetrates
through the ages
and nuff
of her "sages"
...
personal hygiene
worse
than a monkey's uncle
stinkier than
a skunkle
constantly amidst
rhetorical rumble
somehow positioned
and in process
of making
Advancements tumble
was he behind
the back draft
of notre damn?
either way
not nearly matching
the shame
her ancient
institution arcane
perpetrates
through the ages
and nuff
of her "sages"
...
#CallToAction
#HumanRights
#politics
#religion
#tragedy
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MalcolmG
Poem Published
5th Mar 2025 1:25pm
5th Mar 2025 1:25pm
MOUTHFUL OF KNIVES
What does the body do with a wound it cannot close?
A memory that just won't fade , a dream that replays a thousand times that you can't run from!
Thoughts that drown and swallow you from the inside out.
The wind shreds its own breath, bleeding rust between its teeth. Oh the taste of Iron ! All too familiar, all too real.
A mouth unhinges. Not to scream, not to pray—just to split, broken thoughts, empty.
Something shatters under the skin—bone, voice, meaning— lost , no where to hide.
a hymn reduced to marrow, an altar eaten from the inside out.
A stone...
A memory that just won't fade , a dream that replays a thousand times that you can't run from!
Thoughts that drown and swallow you from the inside out.
The wind shreds its own breath, bleeding rust between its teeth. Oh the taste of Iron ! All too familiar, all too real.
A mouth unhinges. Not to scream, not to pray—just to split, broken thoughts, empty.
Something shatters under the skin—bone, voice, meaning— lost , no where to hide.
a hymn reduced to marrow, an altar eaten from the inside out.
A stone...
#abuse
#despair
#evil
#suffering
#tragedy
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2 Comments
Vision_of_insanity
Poem Published
3rd Mar 2025 9:43pm
3rd Mar 2025 9:43pm
Fading Away Our Love (collab with Fia Naturie)
I knew the end
Before it has started
A cold wind
Freezes my heart
And the pain tears us apart
Always weeping
inside my chest
I had to tell him
I couldn't string this along
Our two hearts were once one
Now only emptiness
I call home
Our time will fade
The end of all today
A blackened sun
Shines my next day
As the stars come out
I want to be with you
But the next day
Realization shows through
We were no good together
You know this to be true
Nothing harder ...
Before it has started
A cold wind
Freezes my heart
And the pain tears us apart
Always weeping
inside my chest
I had to tell him
I couldn't string this along
Our two hearts were once one
Now only emptiness
I call home
Our time will fade
The end of all today
A blackened sun
Shines my next day
As the stars come out
I want to be with you
But the next day
Realization shows through
We were no good together
You know this to be true
Nothing harder ...
#emptiness
#heartbroken
#relationships
#sadness
#tragedy
201 reads
13 Comments
Kaden_Malis
Kaden Malis
Kaden Malis
Poem Published
2nd Mar 2025 2:01pm
2nd Mar 2025 2:01pm
The war is over?
I can't go on any longer
War wearied and worn soldiers
Fight battles for leaders
Whose hearts have grown colder
Hiding out in buildings of rubble
Machine gun fire doubles
While comfortable generals raise a toast
For map lines moving, ever so subtle
Clouds of debris from bombings
Innocent families sobbing
Cries from the dark night
Are stuck in my head, forever haunting
Friends tell me the war has ended
I'm back home and mending
But my thoughts are troubled
And I feel into hell, I've descended
War wearied and worn soldiers
Fight battles for leaders
Whose hearts have grown colder
Hiding out in buildings of rubble
Machine gun fire doubles
While comfortable generals raise a toast
For map lines moving, ever so subtle
Clouds of debris from bombings
Innocent families sobbing
Cries from the dark night
Are stuck in my head, forever haunting
Friends tell me the war has ended
I'm back home and mending
But my thoughts are troubled
And I feel into hell, I've descended
#death
#sacrifice
#suffering
#tragedy
#war
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Vision_of_insanity
Poem Published
22nd Feb 2025 4:58pm
22nd Feb 2025 4:58pm
Teenage Love
Love is flawed
Hate is pure
Real to me at least
I burn and destroy pop song lies in my room at night
People really listen to this shit?
Laughing uncontrollably on how weak and lame this crap really is
Thinking of poor, sad little boys and desperate, tragic little girls
Their cry eyed faces
Hard dick blueball realities
Soft-hungry pussies craving love
Their painful pathetic minds
Maybe they should collaborate and write love songs to the fucking moon
Hate is pure
Real to me at least
I burn and destroy pop song lies in my room at night
People really listen to this shit?
Laughing uncontrollably on how weak and lame this crap really is
Thinking of poor, sad little boys and desperate, tragic little girls
Their cry eyed faces
Hard dick blueball realities
Soft-hungry pussies craving love
Their painful pathetic minds
Maybe they should collaborate and write love songs to the fucking moon
#love
#music
#PopCulture
#teens
#tragedy
134 reads
10 Comments
Vision_of_insanity
Poem Published
20th Feb 2025 8:33pm
20th Feb 2025 8:33pm
An Elementary Rhyme For No Reason
Spitting out vulgarity
When asked for charity
A motionless bird
Is often never heard
Pick up the loose crumbs
Moisten the tips of your thumbs
Remove your ear from the door
Nothing you haven't heard before
Someone's lazy brown eye
Is looking at me below the sky
Beyond the glass
Is a pain in your ass
There's a reason mom hides
That deadly bottle of formaldehyde
If you'd like to catch snowflakes
Keep a pail nearby for heaven sake
Chocolate is man's best friend
Had...
When asked for charity
A motionless bird
Is often never heard
Pick up the loose crumbs
Moisten the tips of your thumbs
Remove your ear from the door
Nothing you haven't heard before
Someone's lazy brown eye
Is looking at me below the sky
Beyond the glass
Is a pain in your ass
There's a reason mom hides
That deadly bottle of formaldehyde
If you'd like to catch snowflakes
Keep a pail nearby for heaven sake
Chocolate is man's best friend
Had...
#dark
#hell
#magic
#rhyming
#tragedy
130 reads
6 Comments
PAR
Poem Published
16th Feb 2025 8:23pm
16th Feb 2025 8:23pm
Knights stall around the table
Mirror, mirror on the wall
Error, error and that's all
Horror, terror and a fall
Warriors attend a call
Summoning in a mall
Everyone's a pall
Holly grail ball
Stand tall
Stall
Stall
Stall
Stall
Mirror
On the wall
Warriors attend
A call before the fall
Error, error and that's all
Horror, terror and a fall
Warriors attend a call
Summoning in a mall
Everyone's a pall
Holly grail ball
Stand tall
Stall
Stall
Stall
Stall
Mirror
On the wall
Warriors attend
A call before the fall
#heroic
#mythology
#tradition #tragedy
#tradition #tragedy
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12 Comments
PunkPoe
Poem Published
14th Feb 2025 5:25am
14th Feb 2025 5:25am
Cabernet Valentine
Cabernet Valentine”
Oh my sweet silent Valentine veins flowing life
Secrets are meant to be kept my obedient wife
Luscious ruby mouth perked open for kissing
Shouldn't be too many acrylics inside missing
Most special day of the year celebrated lovers
Jack-o'-lantern face that is loved by mothers
You were stunning under your sexy lace negligee
If you hadn't screamed maybe you wouldn't be ugly
Silken raven strands stained in cherry hemoglobin
Pink blush cheeks smeared in tears, eyes bulging
...
Oh my sweet silent Valentine veins flowing life
Secrets are meant to be kept my obedient wife
Luscious ruby mouth perked open for kissing
Shouldn't be too many acrylics inside missing
Most special day of the year celebrated lovers
Jack-o'-lantern face that is loved by mothers
You were stunning under your sexy lace negligee
If you hadn't screamed maybe you wouldn't be ugly
Silken raven strands stained in cherry hemoglobin
Pink blush cheeks smeared in tears, eyes bulging
...
#bittersweet
#horror
#lover
#tragedy
#ValentinesDay
124 reads
2 Comments
DarkPopPrincess
Poem Published
6th Feb 2025 9:25pm
6th Feb 2025 9:25pm
Existential Dread
I realized today why I have existential dread. Its darker reasons.
I have existential dread about why money exists, why people wear clothes, and so forth because my family made me feel disgusting. Like an animal. Not a human. Not a beautiful soul. But a body that they could take advantage of. That they could beat, rape, and destroy. I never felt like anything but a meat suit. A piece of meat.
I remember when I was 21, going out with this guy, thinking I liked him, but then going to the restroom, being vulnerable in there, feeling disgusted. All I kept thinking was...
I have existential dread about why money exists, why people wear clothes, and so forth because my family made me feel disgusting. Like an animal. Not a human. Not a beautiful soul. But a body that they could take advantage of. That they could beat, rape, and destroy. I never felt like anything but a meat suit. A piece of meat.
I remember when I was 21, going out with this guy, thinking I liked him, but then going to the restroom, being vulnerable in there, feeling disgusted. All I kept thinking was...
#dark
#tragedy
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