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.
DamianDeadLove
Poem Published
17th Sep 2024 7:27am
17th Sep 2024 7:27am
Love Ends Up Dead
Rubbing elbows with important people
Grifting off a talent you don’t possess
Always funding someone else's dream
Down to the very last detail you obsess
Catering to his every need gotta be hands on
Seize the right moment before it’s long gone
Preaching under the guise of protection
Getting dirty just to glow in the power
Morphing into some pseudo father figure
Pawn his future just to fill an hour
Envy fueling the dynamic of this relationship
Wrecking his heart for a one man ego-trip
A father looks out for his...
Grifting off a talent you don’t possess
Always funding someone else's dream
Down to the very last detail you obsess
Catering to his every need gotta be hands on
Seize the right moment before it’s long gone
Preaching under the guise of protection
Getting dirty just to glow in the power
Morphing into some pseudo father figure
Pawn his future just to fill an hour
Envy fueling the dynamic of this relationship
Wrecking his heart for a one man ego-trip
A father looks out for his...
#lyrics
#tragedy
186 reads
18 Comments
Naajir
Poem Published
13th Sep 2024 8:26pm
13th Sep 2024 8:26pm
Joker
What did Heath Ledger say?...
Insanity is just like gravity
....all you need is a little ...push
Yeahhh..
.......even without speaking it aloud
I think every one of us has a
latent Joker languishing inside of us ...lingering at the precipice...
.................fingering dark thoughts
Edging emotions...hedging bets for a better tomorrow
Damn!!...
There's so much silent sorrow ...deafening....soul deadening ...
Insanity is just like gravity
....all you need is a little ...push
Yeahhh..
.......even without speaking it aloud
I think every one of us has a
latent Joker languishing inside of us ...lingering at the precipice...
.................fingering dark thoughts
Edging emotions...hedging bets for a better tomorrow
Damn!!...
There's so much silent sorrow ...deafening....soul deadening ...
#dark
#tragedy
#TruthOfLife
333 reads
moon_bather
Poem Published
10th Sep 2024 3:27am
10th Sep 2024 3:27am
Liquified, My Dear
Grab me a glass’
Who am I talking to?
No one, just me
Sitting in my solitude
Trembling hand fully extends
Reaching for that bottle
The eager liquid spills out
Filling the depths of my highball
Already drank all the beer
And all mixers are empty
Now to bring out the real stuff
Also known as the green fairy
The wormwood provides answers
The bitter licorice concedes
Ill feelings quickly fading
While animosity retreats
Who am I talking to?
No one, just me
Sitting in my solitude
Trembling hand fully extends
Reaching for that bottle
The eager liquid spills out
Filling the depths of my highball
Already drank all the beer
And all mixers are empty
Now to bring out the real stuff
Also known as the green fairy
The wormwood provides answers
The bitter licorice concedes
Ill feelings quickly fading
While animosity retreats
#addiction
#alcohol
#confessional
#funny
#tragedy
139 reads
2 Comments
smackdownraven
Poem Published
30th Aug 2024 10:09pm
30th Aug 2024 10:09pm
earth
wilting in the dryness of dread
a cruel world with everyone smiling
I always wonder are they lying
they have no sorrow
or are they actors on a stage
how did I get left out
I didn't get the script
I'm just getting through life
missing the secret cues
that say smile now
cry here this is an acceptable time
cut the grief you should be done
oh forget it you should be happy
ignore the foreboding feeling in your gut
when kids aren't safe today
cause our women are targets
because our beautiful earth...
a cruel world with everyone smiling
I always wonder are they lying
they have no sorrow
or are they actors on a stage
how did I get left out
I didn't get the script
I'm just getting through life
missing the secret cues
that say smile now
cry here this is an acceptable time
cut the grief you should be done
oh forget it you should be happy
ignore the foreboding feeling in your gut
when kids aren't safe today
cause our women are targets
because our beautiful earth...
#confessional
#tragedy
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0 Comments
thinlane
Poem Published
15th Aug 2024 7:05pm
15th Aug 2024 7:05pm
Casualties
The soldiers all load up their guns
All set to fight at the rising sun
To kill and maim, a heartless horde
Until the enemy can fight no more
The battle blood runs bright and red
And sets a trap within their heads
The future filled with flashback pain
Every day they'll fight again
Tears and nighttime screams abound
They can't escape the dreams they've found
Til one by one the the rifles roar
Until the soldiers are no more
And in the end the score is tied
The losers dead the victors die
At their own hands the war will end ...
All set to fight at the rising sun
To kill and maim, a heartless horde
Until the enemy can fight no more
The battle blood runs bright and red
And sets a trap within their heads
The future filled with flashback pain
Every day they'll fight again
Tears and nighttime screams abound
They can't escape the dreams they've found
Til one by one the the rifles roar
Until the soldiers are no more
And in the end the score is tied
The losers dead the victors die
At their own hands the war will end ...
#death
#tragedy
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Vision_of_insanity
Poem Published
10th Aug 2024 10:57am
10th Aug 2024 10:57am
The Perfect Crime
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
She said to...
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
She said to...
#death
#food
#marriage
#rhyming
#tragedy
67 reads
6 Comments
thinlane
Poem Published
29th Jul 2024 5:12pm
29th Jul 2024 5:12pm
The Big Show
Have you heard the word
About the show that came to town
While you were sleeping in your bed
It's gonna really rock your world
They won't say who's going to play
On that monstrous massive stage
But you can try and try and try
But you won't find a seat to buy
It's the biggest fucking show
This town has ever seen
But you'll be lucky
To buy a tee shirt
There's a billion watts of sound
And speakers all around
They're setting up for a million
Rabid fans
But nobody can find a ticket
To get them through the...
About the show that came to town
While you were sleeping in your bed
It's gonna really rock your world
They won't say who's going to play
On that monstrous massive stage
But you can try and try and try
But you won't find a seat to buy
It's the biggest fucking show
This town has ever seen
But you'll be lucky
To buy a tee shirt
There's a billion watts of sound
And speakers all around
They're setting up for a million
Rabid fans
But nobody can find a ticket
To get them through the...
#death
#tragedy
115 reads
1 Comment
buddhakitty
Poem Published
29th Jul 2024 1:34am
29th Jul 2024 1:34am
ain't that the truth
another night
another poem
when talent
fails
guile and
hubris
overcomes
another poem
when talent
fails
guile and
hubris
overcomes
#confessional
#nonfiction
#tragedy
116 reads
2 Comments
Abracadabra
Poem Published
25th Jul 2024 6:35pm
25th Jul 2024 6:35pm
*Dancing with Donald*
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I woke up dirty dancing
the sheets in disarray
my mouth was full of Trump
so there was nothing I could say...
I woke up dirty dancing
the sheets in disarray
my mouth was full of Trump
so there was nothing I could say...
#tragedy
#unicorns
94 reads
1 Comment
Vision_of_insanity
Poem Published
24th Jul 2024 4:21pm
24th Jul 2024 4:21pm
Not Your Kind
She was just a lonely girl
tossed around in a gloomy world
she never knew right from wrong
How can you blame her (2x)
If she's not your kind
She never had a father
her mother never cared
she was all alone in this world
How can you blame her (2x)
If she's not your kind
Oh no,
no one cared
if she lived or died
Oh no,
no one cared
if she lived or died
People just don't care about the stones that they throw
Her miserable life is filled with tears
Never having a chance...
tossed around in a gloomy world
she never knew right from wrong
How can you blame her (2x)
If she's not your kind
She never had a father
her mother never cared
she was all alone in this world
How can you blame her (2x)
If she's not your kind
Oh no,
no one cared
if she lived or died
Oh no,
no one cared
if she lived or died
People just don't care about the stones that they throw
Her miserable life is filled with tears
Never having a chance...
#love
#lyrics
#poverty
#sadness
#tragedy
104 reads
13 Comments
Kaden_Malis
Kaden Malis
Kaden Malis
Poem Published
14th Jul 2024 2:10pm
14th Jul 2024 2:10pm
07/13/24 Butler, Pennsylvania
Bodies falling
Duty calling
Madness mauling
Generation clueless
Preparation useless
Nation godless
Situation dire
Government liars
Media pyre
Evil lurking
People searching
Satan laughing
God have mercy
Duty calling
Madness mauling
Generation clueless
Preparation useless
Nation godless
Situation dire
Government liars
Media pyre
Evil lurking
People searching
Satan laughing
God have mercy
#anxiety
#death
#politics
#tragedy
#violence
151 reads
3 Comments
Lozzamus
Poem Published
13th Jul 2024 5:36pm
13th Jul 2024 5:36pm
Silent - A Tragedy
Two Years Ago, Gavin
After that? Pretty blurred, really. Tragic, like a dying swan. All that beauty gone. Jace invited me back to his for a drink and a grill up, but I made a decision: get a train and return home early, enough of Philippa. Dawn went to fetch Paul, and Paul drove Dawn, Jace and me back to Lyme House to collect my stuff. Then on to the train station.
We didn't say much on the way to the station. Such an intensity of emotion, Jace and Dawn seemed upset by my departure, even though we hardly knew each other.
At the station, Dawn hugged me,...
After that? Pretty blurred, really. Tragic, like a dying swan. All that beauty gone. Jace invited me back to his for a drink and a grill up, but I made a decision: get a train and return home early, enough of Philippa. Dawn went to fetch Paul, and Paul drove Dawn, Jace and me back to Lyme House to collect my stuff. Then on to the train station.
We didn't say much on the way to the station. Such an intensity of emotion, Jace and Dawn seemed upset by my departure, even though we hardly knew each other.
At the station, Dawn hugged me,...
#mystery
#risk
#tragedy
90 reads
2 Comments
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