Poems About Tragedy by Top Critiquers
#tragedy
DanielChristensen
Poem Published
7th Jan 2021 2:45am
7th Jan 2021 2:45am
Pupils Equal And Reactive to Light
Hi, folks. I wrote this in reaction to the events of this day, which will live in infamy, January 6th of 2021, the day that insurrectionists, fueled and emboldened by the lies and misdirection of a megalomaniacal autocrat, desperate to hold the reins of power, stormed the Capitol building in a lunatic attempt to overthrow the democratic process. During the violence, a woman as yet unnamed was shot and killed, who fired the fatal bullet is also as yet unknown. In a democracy, we decide upon our leadership by the process of voting and accept the results of that electoral race. Protest is an...
#corruption
#violence
#America
#tragedy
#deception
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11 Comments
crimsin
Unveiling
Unveiling
Poem Published
28th Feb 2018 6:19am
28th Feb 2018 6:19am
bloodletting
drifting into silence
let it take me into its arms
you see it cuts?
with little slivers of mirror
reflections of my nature
they glare at me
from their seat of cut glass judgment
a slice for the broken woman
who is afraid of her reflection
a nick to my closed wounds
they should always be open and oozing
a cut to the psyche who tried to comfort me
until the ego made me face
my own terrifying id
this is a bizarre place I've entered
faces smile behind the veil
parade pain she is...
let it take me into its arms
you see it cuts?
with little slivers of mirror
reflections of my nature
they glare at me
from their seat of cut glass judgment
a slice for the broken woman
who is afraid of her reflection
a nick to my closed wounds
they should always be open and oozing
a cut to the psyche who tried to comfort me
until the ego made me face
my own terrifying id
this is a bizarre place I've entered
faces smile behind the veil
parade pain she is...
#grief
#dark
#men
#tragedy
#despair
782 reads
14 Comments
PoetSpeak
Poem Published
11th Sep 2021 1:56pm
11th Sep 2021 1:56pm
Springsteen THE RISING 9/11 - said it best in music
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#evil
#tragedy
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11 Comments
SweetKittyCat5
Poem Published
30th Nov 2021 00:53am
30th Nov 2021 00:53am
The Dark Fires Of Miss. Saigon (Act III of Act III)
My love my whispers are getting faint to speak
The demons’ fog swirls and circles my feet
Obscuring my sight, my war for freedom is getting weak
Torrents of pain, silenced voices, weary faces without names
Sacrifices of blood on the pentagram of pain
Blackness comforting the steps of my feet
The stench of humanity’s disobedience, roasting in a lake of fire as consecrated meat
Death in my disgraced dishonor birthed in the name of love
The passage of the abyss is narrow I tarry in...
The demons’ fog swirls and circles my feet
Obscuring my sight, my war for freedom is getting weak
Torrents of pain, silenced voices, weary faces without names
Sacrifices of blood on the pentagram of pain
Blackness comforting the steps of my feet
The stench of humanity’s disobedience, roasting in a lake of fire as consecrated meat
Death in my disgraced dishonor birthed in the name of love
The passage of the abyss is narrow I tarry in...
#love
#suicide
#UnrequitedLove
#tragedy
#despair
479 reads
7 Comments
MidnightSonneteer
Poem Published
14th Aug 2022 3:49pm
14th Aug 2022 3:49pm
The Land of Guns and Pills
Of chivalry and scholarship
Libertarians are devoid
Since they prefer gun ownership
Washed down with an opioid.
They tune in right wing anger whores
Who tell the bumpkins who to hate
Then wonder why the world deplores
The denizens of our nation state
Who cannot think but only do
As they lock and load their rifles
Prior to shooting a crowd or two
Over ideological trifles...
Which often fail to annotate
That rage NEVER...makes a nation great.
Libertarians are devoid
Since they prefer gun ownership
Washed down with an opioid.
They tune in right wing anger whores
Who tell the bumpkins who to hate
Then wonder why the world deplores
The denizens of our nation state
Who cannot think but only do
As they lock and load their rifles
Prior to shooting a crowd or two
Over ideological trifles...
Which often fail to annotate
That rage NEVER...makes a nation great.
#tragedy
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0 Comments
Poetic_Quill
Mister Write
Mister Write
Poem Published
16th May 2021 3:04pm
16th May 2021 3:04pm
Highway Of Tears
So many missing and murdered indigenous women
did they deserve to die the way these people have?
mothers, daughters, sisters, aunts and grandmothers
some would blame their at risk lifestyle and other crap
At risk lifestyles from being oppressed for many years
Alcoholics? Yes. Prostitues? Yes. Drug addicts? Yes
deserving of less respect because that is all they knew?
no, they deserved better because of their addictions
These women deserved love, kindness, support and help
but aboriginals in Canada seldom get that kind of luxury ...
did they deserve to die the way these people have?
mothers, daughters, sisters, aunts and grandmothers
some would blame their at risk lifestyle and other crap
At risk lifestyles from being oppressed for many years
Alcoholics? Yes. Prostitues? Yes. Drug addicts? Yes
deserving of less respect because that is all they knew?
no, they deserved better because of their addictions
These women deserved love, kindness, support and help
but aboriginals in Canada seldom get that kind of luxury ...
#death
#shadows
#silence
#tragedy
#suffering
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2 Comments
Cipher_O
Poem Published
24th Aug 2021 11:56am
24th Aug 2021 11:56am
Preservation
Lapping waves gently contact
the shore -
where sits,
Just Her.
Limpid pools withholding tears.
Solemnity of sorrow
so sincere -
serene
almost.
She is elemental
supernal,
heart -
shaped in art.
Solitary as a ghost
unseen
An abyss of inky things
before her
seen
unseen
Sacred vigil
of the veil
Swaying
Waves
lapping
Outside of time
reason
&
rhyme
Portraying
All things beautiful...
the shore -
where sits,
Just Her.
Limpid pools withholding tears.
Solemnity of sorrow
so sincere -
serene
almost.
She is elemental
supernal,
heart -
shaped in art.
Solitary as a ghost
unseen
An abyss of inky things
before her
seen
unseen
Sacred vigil
of the veil
Swaying
Waves
lapping
Outside of time
reason
&
rhyme
Portraying
All things beautiful...
#death
#shadows
#silence
#tragedy
#suffering
336 reads
2 Comments
buddhakitty
Poem Published
21st Apr 2022 1:09pm
21st Apr 2022 1:09pm
war, genocide, poverty, famine, homelessness, pandemics and other f**ked up shit
someone,
please tell Mr God,
that we've had
quite
enough.
04/21-8:07 am
please tell Mr God,
that we've had
quite
enough.
04/21-8:07 am
#hate
#tragedy
#suffering
243 reads
6 Comments
mel44
Poem Published
21st Mar 2023 3:33pm
21st Mar 2023 3:33pm
Mortality
Who shall explain
devastating tragedy
imprisoned in death
never to be free
Demons do creep
there is no misgiving
venomous strikes
attacking the living
Spectres of regret
carve images in the mind
casting ominous shadows
calamity assigned
Heart wrenching fate
brutal and unfair
it comes for us all
innocents beware
devastating tragedy
imprisoned in death
never to be free
Demons do creep
there is no misgiving
venomous strikes
attacking the living
Spectres of regret
carve images in the mind
casting ominous shadows
calamity assigned
Heart wrenching fate
brutal and unfair
it comes for us all
innocents beware
#dark
#death
#tragedy
28 reads
3 Comments
goldenmyst
Poem Published
8th Sep 2019 3:31pm
8th Sep 2019 3:31pm
Group Home Blues - A Dream
Group Home Blues
I joke with her in the dining hall about going solo in the game of love. She smiles like I’ve said the funniest thing she’s ever heard. Our group living affords us little privacy but much laughter. She is a redhead with big blue eyes which if you stare into long enough become hypnotist crystals. Tall as a girl who grew up on homegrown corn, fresh milk from the cow, and where tomatoes are eaten straight off the vine, she is a down on her luck farm girl.
I find myself alone in my room stripping down for a shower. I hear a knock on the door and upon...
I joke with her in the dining hall about going solo in the game of love. She smiles like I’ve said the funniest thing she’s ever heard. Our group living affords us little privacy but much laughter. She is a redhead with big blue eyes which if you stare into long enough become hypnotist crystals. Tall as a girl who grew up on homegrown corn, fresh milk from the cow, and where tomatoes are eaten straight off the vine, she is a down on her luck farm girl.
I find myself alone in my room stripping down for a shower. I hear a knock on the door and upon...
#sex
#erotic
#bipolar
#MentalHealth
#tragedy
428 reads
6 Comments
Kinkpoet
Poem Published
12th May 2020 00:24am
12th May 2020 00:24am
!!!WARNING!!!
#sex
#violence
#tragedy #risk
#tragedy #risk
558 reads
10 Comments
FATBOY300PLUS
Poem Published
2nd Jun 2020 5:40pm
2nd Jun 2020 5:40pm
Only When the Rain Falls on Your Head
To the ears of the unhearing
Screams go unheard
Unnoticed
Like a whisper in a whirlwind
Only when the tornado removes the roof of the pampered and privileged
And only as torrents fall upon and tarnish a closet full of Armani's finest
and rain ruins that $400 hairdo
Will those who look away
Finally look at what was happening all around them all along
As the water rises higher inside the walls of a now roofless bowl that was once an impenetrable fortress
We,
who have learned to swim the raging rivers,
shall see if that...
Screams go unheard
Unnoticed
Like a whisper in a whirlwind
Only when the tornado removes the roof of the pampered and privileged
And only as torrents fall upon and tarnish a closet full of Armani's finest
and rain ruins that $400 hairdo
Will those who look away
Finally look at what was happening all around them all along
As the water rises higher inside the walls of a now roofless bowl that was once an impenetrable fortress
We,
who have learned to swim the raging rivers,
shall see if that...
#river
#tragedy
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3 Comments
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