sad poetry

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

Thriving After Surviving
Childhood trauma, grief, and loss here So much worry, anger, and fear Racism alive And will I survive I can strive Shed a tear
By Denise E Lindquistabout a year ago in Poets
Strange Brew
I won't be stirred up into hate. I see what you are doing With your potion. You take a pinch of this and a handful of that,
By Rachel Deemingabout a year ago in Poets
How Fragile We Are
If blood will flow When flesh and steel are one Drying in the color of the evening sun Tomorrows rain Will wash the stains away
By Zakir Ullahabout a year ago in Poets
Ashes in the Rain
I. The City Sleeps with One Eye Open The city hunches like a drunk in the alley, coughing neon into puddles, its breath thick with secrets and gin.
By Esther Sunabout a year ago in Poets
"If Only I Had Awakened in Time"
If only I had awakened in time, When my heart first whispered to stop, When her eyes hid the tears, And her lips chose silence over words.
By Usamaabout a year ago in Poets
Logic Doesn’t Fix Everything
I don’t talk about the way I fold my arms in photos not from the cold, but from the shame of absence. I don’t say I know every trick in the book
By E. C. Miraabout a year ago in Poets
Death By Sharing Too Much identity out there on the WWW
Death By Sharing Too Much identity She wrote like silence breaking glass sharp and spare, nothing dressed words that cut and didn’t bleed
By ♿ V+ Marie381Uk about a year ago in Poets
Before You Ended Me
Before You Ended Me You pulled at my sanity, like you were pulling the petals from a rose. I wouldn’t be bought or used,
By ♿ V+ Marie381Uk about a year ago in Poets
The Letter Came on a Thursday
The Letter Came on a Thursday The letter came on a Thursday It sat in the pile like it belonged A plain envelope his solicitors name in the corner.
By ♿ V+ Marie381Uk about a year ago in Poets
Why do I dream You?
Why do I dream you I don't know why do I meet you passing by in the most discomfort time eating some two balls of food chewing in my mouth and passing by you walking in front watching me again but for the first time like a place of yours from the dreams of previous life why I ended up in there I haven't been thinking about you anymore being left with whole alone for far too long
By Antea Lumina Kala Matylda about a year ago in Poets
She Summons me
Of a thousand sorrows,misery and pain.. tired,shallow,nothing to gain Oh you! who once had lived.. within me you always conceived...
By Aleehaabout a year ago in Poets
Where Sky Meets Stone
Golden spill across glass and stone, Sky blushes in hues softly grown. Steel giants shimmer, touched by flame, Silent in dusk, yet never the same.
By mitty anegoabout a year ago in Poets