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.
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
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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
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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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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
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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
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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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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
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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
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