sad poetry

The cathartic nature of poetry makes it one of the best outlets to channel feelings of sadness, emotional turmoil, grief and despair.

Let Down
How many times have you been let down? Have you counted, have you done the math? It's a staggering number, isn't it? Everyone in my life has let me down,
By Slgtlyscatt3redabout a year ago in Poets
Didn't Get That
Sweet Anne Marie Always makes mistakes Never learns, never learns And so her heart it breaks Over and over and over Lover to lover to lover
By Slgtlyscatt3redabout a year ago in Poets
Poem : Love is the Whisper
Love's Quiet Song Love is the whisper in the first light of dawn, A transient heat that keeps the night. It's in the look that requires no speech,
By Am@n Khan about a year ago in Poets
Dare I Say . Runner-Up in Things You Can’t Say Out Loud Challenge.
Dare I say, No, my old friend, You may not think of me fondly on a slow Sunday afternoon as you sip your earl grey, reminisce about old times, giggle at memories past, and generously hope I’m doing well in this big old world
By Mikayla Roseabout a year ago in Poets
Empty vase
I hope you remember the day I bought you flowers The weight that red vase held The smell of me finding your favourite flowers by accident
By Bevabout a year ago in Poets
Drifting Away
I want to give up I've lost my love She's drifting away In the current I made Because there's a storm that follows me I try to stay with her
By CotardDelusionzabout a year ago in Poets
T.L.C.. Content Warning.
Tired Lonely Careless My personal recipe for sin... Faceless with apathy, is by far, me at my ugliest‐ and not coincidentally enough,
By JMabout a year ago in Poets
Dangerous Wishes VII. Content Warning.
One of these days... Desire, will at last, be my doom‐ whether defined, or denied... What difference does it make? Whether I die to myself, by myself, or from myself...
By JMabout a year ago in Poets
Bite Your Tongue, Carol. Runner-Up in I Didn’t Say That Out Loud Challenge. Content Warning.
"Bite your tongue, Carol," That's what you all told me, Trying to silence me into shame, Because you were too blind to see his game,
By Carol Ann Townendabout a year ago in Poets
I Wished You Were Dead. Content Warning.
Shut your face inner ramblings voices in my head hold your tongue zip your lips i never said it but wanted to i wished you were dead
By Marilyn Gloverabout a year ago in Poets
Capital “g“
Growing up I never capitalized my name because I didn’t deem myself important I also thought the capital letter “g” was ugly
By Ecarg Nosiveabout a year ago in Poets
To those who comment and like Thank You
To those who comment and like thank you. Yesterday, 13 of you stood with me. Out of 417 subscribers. Maybe the rest were busy.
By ♿ V+ Marie381Uk about a year ago in Poets