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.
MidnightSonneteer
Poem Published
17th Oct 2024 5:29pm
17th Oct 2024 5:29pm
Thanatomaniacs
Too much they think about impending death
when they might instead embrace life and love
just like the poets do with every breath
that all life lovers have ever heard of.
So close your ears to the man with the gun
who prattles on about caliber force.
He! He...is the devil we should shun
and all of his weapon loving discourse
confirming to us that he thinks it's neat
to blast his brothers into kingdom dumb
as smoking piles of once human meat
certain to upset his once happy mum!
Life by and for the sword is...
when they might instead embrace life and love
just like the poets do with every breath
that all life lovers have ever heard of.
So close your ears to the man with the gun
who prattles on about caliber force.
He! He...is the devil we should shun
and all of his weapon loving discourse
confirming to us that he thinks it's neat
to blast his brothers into kingdom dumb
as smoking piles of once human meat
certain to upset his once happy mum!
Life by and for the sword is...
#hypocrisy
#lies
#sacrifice #tragedy
#sacrifice #tragedy
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Vision_of_insanity
Poem Published
10th Oct 2024 11:46am
10th Oct 2024 11:46am
I'm a Masochist
I was walking down the street
Saw a child with a kite
Wrapped within the wires
The child began to ignite
Some wealthy, arrogant woman
Up ahead an open manhole
Not paying attention
This was her final stroll
Evil things make me happy
I laugh, I feel good about myself
I'm a sadist
Nasty customer giving the cashier a hard time
Complaining about prices, screaming, causing a scene
As she was walking across the street
A car ran her down, the visual was so obscene
Little snot nose kid
All over my...
Saw a child with a kite
Wrapped within the wires
The child began to ignite
Some wealthy, arrogant woman
Up ahead an open manhole
Not paying attention
This was her final stroll
Evil things make me happy
I laugh, I feel good about myself
I'm a sadist
Nasty customer giving the cashier a hard time
Complaining about prices, screaming, causing a scene
As she was walking across the street
A car ran her down, the visual was so obscene
Little snot nose kid
All over my...
#devil
#fate
#rhyming
#satirical
#tragedy
91 reads
4 Comments
Stoney223
WOLF BAY33
WOLF BAY33
Poem Published
8th Oct 2024 10:58pm
8th Oct 2024 10:58pm
WHEN THE DARKNESS COMES
When the weight of the world is heavy upon your shoulders, 🤫 what is the first thing that comes to your mind. 🤔 Is it the memories of once upon a Time ⌚ that you remember, or is it that moment in your life and world, that everything just feels like like sweet apple pie. 🥧 When the weight of the world, 🌍 starts to get you down, with the deepness of the deepest, thoughts of the blues and spiritual you find thyself. Sometimes lost and confuse and afraid, just as you began to singing those old country blues. Yet as you look up at the distance skies of the...
#fiction
#narrative
#StreamOfConsciousness #tragedy
#StreamOfConsciousness #tragedy
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Stoney223
WOLF BAY33
WOLF BAY33
Poem Published
1st Oct 2024 8:36pm
1st Oct 2024 8:36pm
A CHANGE IS COMING
As I continue to stand and tolerate, the deepness of the real things, that will affect the very foundation of the world. 🌍 AS we use to connect with it emotionally and physically and spiritually, but yet it's not the same situations that we have known in the past. WHEN things were good for the betterment of humanity and society. For sure we will face now more than ever truly bad times, living in a place that has changed in ways that we could never image. 🤨 For sure people that we thought we could trust, have now become the enemy of the state, with there wicked web...
#greed
#lies
#StreamOfConsciousness
#tragedy
#TruthOfLife
135 reads
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Wordsmith
Poem Published
1st Oct 2024 9:33am
1st Oct 2024 9:33am
Unshackled Yet Enchained (Nigeria's Cry)
October 1st, a day of claimed pride,
Nigeria's independence, a partial stride,
From colonial chains, we broke the mold,
But subtle bonds remain, our progress to hold.
The masters left, but their systems stay,
Institutions rigged, to keep us at bay,
Economic strings, pulled from afar,
Our resources exploited, like a scar.
Foreign powers meddle, with hidden hands,
Influencing policies, that grip our lands,
IMF and World Bank, with conditional ties,
Shackling our growth, with debt's disguise.
Our leaders, puppets on a...
Nigeria's independence, a partial stride,
From colonial chains, we broke the mold,
But subtle bonds remain, our progress to hold.
The masters left, but their systems stay,
Institutions rigged, to keep us at bay,
Economic strings, pulled from afar,
Our resources exploited, like a scar.
Foreign powers meddle, with hidden hands,
Influencing policies, that grip our lands,
IMF and World Bank, with conditional ties,
Shackling our growth, with debt's disguise.
Our leaders, puppets on a...
#freedom
#HumanRights
#politics
#suffering
#tragedy
78 reads
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oldmanG
Poem Published
29th Sep 2024 3:48pm
29th Sep 2024 3:48pm
Climate times(flyin high)
Flyin high in climate times
Gonna get an RV to see
Things not saw by my eyes
Mile marker 29 flys by
Pull into the campground
Stretch my legs and let go
As small talk goes all around
Back on the horse
Rubber on asphalt
Driving on an American Dream
Driving on an American Dream
Mountains stand tall in the distance
A frog hops into whitewater
I want to go to Hawaii
I can’t step onto the runway ...
Gonna get an RV to see
Things not saw by my eyes
Mile marker 29 flys by
Pull into the campground
Stretch my legs and let go
As small talk goes all around
Back on the horse
Rubber on asphalt
Driving on an American Dream
Driving on an American Dream
Mountains stand tall in the distance
A frog hops into whitewater
I want to go to Hawaii
I can’t step onto the runway ...
#earth
#fire
#tragedy #water
#tragedy #water
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oldmanG
Poem Published
29th Sep 2024 1:43am
29th Sep 2024 1:43am
Poor billions
Two Ships not passing in the night
Darkness rises sun stands tall
Off the coast of anywhere you are
Waves lap at the sand seashells glisten
We set off on our journey of life
Crowded and cramped
Not 1st Class
Here is where the story turns into 2 episodes
Clothes on my back baby in arms
Looking for a brighter future for us and them
A world away rich men play with their toys
Titan not Titanium headed for an iceberg
1:45 in there is a Warning
Bubbles rise up
Billions go down...
Darkness rises sun stands tall
Off the coast of anywhere you are
Waves lap at the sand seashells glisten
We set off on our journey of life
Crowded and cramped
Not 1st Class
Here is where the story turns into 2 episodes
Clothes on my back baby in arms
Looking for a brighter future for us and them
A world away rich men play with their toys
Titan not Titanium headed for an iceberg
1:45 in there is a Warning
Bubbles rise up
Billions go down...
#children
#sea
#tragedy #women
#tragedy #women
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Vision_of_insanity
Poem Published
28th Sep 2024 7:28pm
28th Sep 2024 7:28pm
Whoever Loses, Wins
The Beatles have a song on their "White Album" "Happiness is a warm gun"
It should have been titled
Happiness is a loaded gun
A gun that's loaded can be many things:
Friend
Enemy
Defender
Victim
Murderer
Why don't you come and stay awhile
We'll have a friendly game of Russian Roulette
Whoever loses, wins
It should have been titled
Happiness is a loaded gun
A gun that's loaded can be many things:
Friend
Enemy
Defender
Victim
Murderer
Why don't you come and stay awhile
We'll have a friendly game of Russian Roulette
Whoever loses, wins
#SelfHarm
#suicide
#ThrillSeeking
#tragedy
#violence
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Vision_of_insanity
Poem Published
28th Sep 2024 7:22pm
28th Sep 2024 7:22pm
You'll then see it my way
Taking what's mine is mine
Taking what's yours is mine
How can I strive to be the best when everyone has something I want?
I've been rejected all my life
Now it's time for me to get what I want, what I need
If you don't want to let go, that's perfectly fine
I have your name & number
I'll find you
Force it out of your grip and annihilate you
You'll then see it my way
Taking what's yours is mine
How can I strive to be the best when everyone has something I want?
I've been rejected all my life
Now it's time for me to get what I want, what I need
If you don't want to let go, that's perfectly fine
I have your name & number
I'll find you
Force it out of your grip and annihilate you
You'll then see it my way
#bullying
#greed
#manipulation
#SelfReflection
#tragedy
132 reads
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Stoney223
WOLF BAY33
WOLF BAY33
Poem Published
21st Sep 2024 1:47am
21st Sep 2024 1:47am
AS THIS WORLD CHANGE
Here we are still moving on as the situations of the world even becomes, more darker with each day that seems to get worser. Then the day as before leaving you not better off. YET still facing a society of chaos and drama and madness, in a ball of confusion impacting the very quality of life. But yet you keep on pushing and striving and moving, forward with your faith and continue to pray that it isn't God to blame. FOR it is the blame that falls at the feet of mankind. For sure we can ask thyself, 🤔 if we want to be really be honest within thyself, who is truly to blame for the...
#manipulation
#philosophical
#PowerOfWords
#StreamOfConsciousness
#tragedy
134 reads
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Vision_of_insanity
Poem Published
19th Sep 2024 11:21am
19th Sep 2024 11:21am
Stay Away From The Tracks
A teenage girl somewhere anywhere was busy text messaging friends on her cell phone several months 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.
#fiction
#motivational
#technology
#tragedy
#trains
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Vision_of_insanity
Poem Published
17th Sep 2024 11:04am
17th Sep 2024 11:04am
She likes her floors clean and her boyfriend dead
Martha Fokker of Lincoln, Nebraska greased the floor of her kitchen in an attempt to kill her one-legged boyfriend in 1993. 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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