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.
tell_me_wy
Poem Published
30th Dec 2024 00:58am
30th Dec 2024 00:58am
Jeju
I saw the plane
Crash;
I screamed,
Mutedly:
‘God,
Why?’
Crash;
I screamed,
Mutedly:
‘God,
Why?’
#grief
#tragedy
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Vision_of_insanity
Poem Published
26th Dec 2024 11:58am
26th Dec 2024 11:58am
On Her Birthday
Her girlfriends took her out Friday afternoon for her birthday
This was her 40th
That Sunday her & her husband were leaving for a Mediterranean Cruise
That was his gift to her
He was deeply in love with her
There was also a close bond between the two of them
About ten years ago she helped her husband overcome drugs & alcohol
He was hooked for years
Almost lost his job, family, house and his own life because of these addictions
It was tough for him
Many times he fell off but he persevered and kept on pushing forward
One day,...
This was her 40th
That Sunday her & her husband were leaving for a Mediterranean Cruise
That was his gift to her
He was deeply in love with her
There was also a close bond between the two of them
About ten years ago she helped her husband overcome drugs & alcohol
He was hooked for years
Almost lost his job, family, house and his own life because of these addictions
It was tough for him
Many times he fell off but he persevered and kept on pushing forward
One day,...
#addiction
#birthday
#friendship
#love
#tragedy
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Vision_of_insanity
Poem Published
13th Dec 2024 8:08pm
13th Dec 2024 8:08pm
Time For Lunch
These 4 pigs found the body of a 11 year old girl
She was strangled & mutilated at the nearby park
There was no witnesses or evidence except a radio flyer wagon near the girls body
The 4 pigs began brainstorming, thinking what they should do
The 20 year veteran said,
Let's take this child, the radio flyer wagon and go door to door
The rookie placed her mangled corpse into the wagon
From there, they began walking the neighborhood
The rookie cop had the honor of wheeling the wagon
Her lifeless body, bouncing around like some used & abused rag...
She was strangled & mutilated at the nearby park
There was no witnesses or evidence except a radio flyer wagon near the girls body
The 4 pigs began brainstorming, thinking what they should do
The 20 year veteran said,
Let's take this child, the radio flyer wagon and go door to door
The rookie placed her mangled corpse into the wagon
From there, they began walking the neighborhood
The rookie cop had the honor of wheeling the wagon
Her lifeless body, bouncing around like some used & abused rag...
#children
#death
#ignorance
#tragedy
#violence
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DarkPopPrincess
Poem Published
11th Dec 2024 10:00pm
11th Dec 2024 10:00pm
No Real Help For Those With Rage
Feeling dejected after being that a homicidal support group online couldn't be run by DBSA. God damn it!
There is no help for people like us!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Just angers me so much and shuts me down at the same time.
There's gotta be a way to make this support group online before I build my temple.
I know how to help these people.
Doesn't anyone care that they could save their children's lives?
Is there no mercy or justice?
You could save your children if you knew when to...
There is no help for people like us!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Just angers me so much and shuts me down at the same time.
There's gotta be a way to make this support group online before I build my temple.
I know how to help these people.
Doesn't anyone care that they could save their children's lives?
Is there no mercy or justice?
You could save your children if you knew when to...
#hypocrisy
#lies
#tragedy #TruthOfLife
#tragedy #TruthOfLife
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MidnightSonneteer
Poem Published
5th Dec 2024 9:27pm
5th Dec 2024 9:27pm
Bro-sencrantz and Shill-denstern
The mind gets boggled awful hard
when folks do stupid things,
like hoist with their own petard
outrageous votes for kings.
Bombs away, sirs, in your own boots,
to step in your own deuce,
but progress seeks far better routes...
where dipshits just vamoose!
when folks do stupid things,
like hoist with their own petard
outrageous votes for kings.
Bombs away, sirs, in your own boots,
to step in your own deuce,
but progress seeks far better routes...
where dipshits just vamoose!
#CallToAction
#lies
#manipulation #tragedy
#manipulation #tragedy
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missjem56
Poem Published
29th Nov 2024 5:22pm
29th Nov 2024 5:22pm
The Time Fairy
Her lifeless body
Lay stricken
Upon the bell tower
Her wings
Frayed, and broken
Her words lay on her dying lips
Unspoken
Chasing ghosts
Vanquished dreams
Lost hope
And a fragile heart
Beating a tentative beat
Delicate tears
Caress the saddened soul
No longer whole
Her lifeless body
Still upon the bell tower
Awaiting a burial of sorts
Time moved forward
The hands of the clock
Together, cast her asunder
She was lost to time
Yet became part of it
As her silken...
Lay stricken
Upon the bell tower
Her wings
Frayed, and broken
Her words lay on her dying lips
Unspoken
Chasing ghosts
Vanquished dreams
Lost hope
And a fragile heart
Beating a tentative beat
Delicate tears
Caress the saddened soul
No longer whole
Her lifeless body
Still upon the bell tower
Awaiting a burial of sorts
Time moved forward
The hands of the clock
Together, cast her asunder
She was lost to time
Yet became part of it
As her silken...
#fairies
#LifeAsAWriter
#sadness #tragedy
#sadness #tragedy
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MidnightSonneteer
Poem Published
26th Nov 2024 9:59pm
26th Nov 2024 9:59pm
I Wield This in His Memory
Fuck off, MAGA, and your mad assail;
you no more own the skies of liberty
than the Pequod owned that honky whale
or Ahab all the hate he put to sea.
My father's "good news" was a flimsy blade
he chose to wield for the greater good
but the news today would see him dismayed
at decency no longer understood.
So now words must be of sterner steel
as..."naught's an angle to the iron way"
to rend a path back to what we feel
about the heartless fuckers holding sway... ...
you no more own the skies of liberty
than the Pequod owned that honky whale
or Ahab all the hate he put to sea.
My father's "good news" was a flimsy blade
he chose to wield for the greater good
but the news today would see him dismayed
at decency no longer understood.
So now words must be of sterner steel
as..."naught's an angle to the iron way"
to rend a path back to what we feel
about the heartless fuckers holding sway... ...
#manipulation
#tragedy
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oldmanG
Poem Published
16th Nov 2024 10:35pm
16th Nov 2024 10:35pm
Coup(unseen)
Coup(unseen)
There was a coup unseen
In beautiful Myanmar
Democracy ruined by a junta
Coup de tat sounds kinda nice
Till the bullet tears an innocent
Soul open
Happened two years ago
But the world hasn’t noticed
Too busy with invasions and
covid and disinformation
Half a world away
On the other side
What we don’t see
We don’t seem to feel
They are wanting the same things
We’re really not that different
Not the same customs or culture
But deep inside crack us open
And...
There was a coup unseen
In beautiful Myanmar
Democracy ruined by a junta
Coup de tat sounds kinda nice
Till the bullet tears an innocent
Soul open
Happened two years ago
But the world hasn’t noticed
Too busy with invasions and
covid and disinformation
Half a world away
On the other side
What we don’t see
We don’t seem to feel
They are wanting the same things
We’re really not that different
Not the same customs or culture
But deep inside crack us open
And...
#apocalypse
#shadows
#silence
#suffering
#tragedy
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Green_Arrow
Poem Published
10th Nov 2024 10:14pm
10th Nov 2024 10:14pm
Hello? Who's Out There?
Elizabeth was
taking a shower before
she heard someone step
into the bathroom which made
her say "Hello? Who's out there?"
Russ came home from work
and saw that the front door was
forced open. He went
into the bathroom and found
his roommate slashed with a blade.
taking a shower before
she heard someone step
into the bathroom which made
her say "Hello? Who's out there?"
Russ came home from work
and saw that the front door was
forced open. He went
into the bathroom and found
his roommate slashed with a blade.
#death
#fiction
#mystery
#tanka
#tragedy
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Ashleysworld
Poem Published
26th Oct 2024 3:48am
26th Oct 2024 3:48am
The Rapist
#abuse
#tragedy
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RobinHood
Robin
Robin
Poem Published
18th Oct 2024 6:38pm
18th Oct 2024 6:38pm
Lose-Lose Transaction
I'm fallin' apart
See me resignin' from the action
'cause I don't wanna start
Another lose-lose transaction
Baby
Will everything be fine?
Have I been broken by ambition?
Falling through the floor
Is this just one more transition?
I ain't been here before
But I've always been a fighter
I don't know myself no more
You say you'll hold me tighter
See me resignin' from the action
'cause I don't wanna start
Another lose-lose transaction
Baby
Will everything be fine?
Have I been broken by ambition?
Falling through the floor
Is this just one more transition?
I ain't been here before
But I've always been a fighter
I don't know myself no more
You say you'll hold me tighter
#sadness
#tragedy
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randyjohnson
Poem Published
17th Oct 2024 11:28pm
17th Oct 2024 11:28pm
A Dog's Broken Heart
When it came to that dog's heart, his owner's death sure did break it.
He lost his master and his best friend and he simply couldn't take it.
He stayed at his owner's grave and he would continuously howl.
When I tried to move him, he snapped at me and he would growl.
I gave him food but he wouldn't eat and he starved to death.
He couldn't live without his owner and he took his final breath.
A veterinarian tried to help the dog but he growled and snapped at him too.
The vet wanted to save the dog's life but sadly, there was nothing he could do. ...
He lost his master and his best friend and he simply couldn't take it.
He stayed at his owner's grave and he would continuously howl.
When I tried to move him, he snapped at me and he would growl.
I gave him food but he wouldn't eat and he starved to death.
He couldn't live without his owner and he took his final breath.
A veterinarian tried to help the dog but he growled and snapped at him too.
The vet wanted to save the dog's life but sadly, there was nothing he could do. ...
#death
#dogs
#tragedy
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