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Poems about being kidnapped offer a chilling glimpse into the depths of human suffering and resilience. Through the skillful use of language, imagery, and symbolism, these poets capture the fear, despair, and yearning for freedom that define such traumatic events.
My Kidnapping. It began as a day so ordinary that if it was a shoe. It would have been an ordinary shoe; the kettle. Boiled boilingly and the steam hung in the kitchen. Like drapes in a play. Someone came up to the door. And didn’t knock and burst in; you know those clowns. That burst through paper hoops in sad circuses.
It’s a poem which very skilfully and subtly opens up the psychological complexity of assault accompanied by an insidious kind of chivalry - ‘Sometimes in my dreams…I don’t need to be ordered’ - where the mugging might also perhaps stand for other kinds of violation or abuse or manipulative relationship.
so you'll understand why I was kidnapped. The S.L.A. has declared war against the Government I'm telling you now why this happened so that you'll know so that you'll have something to use, the knowledge to try to get me out of here. Bye. I’m the happiest mother in the whole world.
‘The Time I Was Mugged in New York City’ by Imogen Wade was inspired by a real-life experience. Imogen said: “Writing this poem helped me step into my memories and unknot an event that I’d never processed.
Below are the all-time best Kidnapping poems written by Poets on PoetrySoup. These top poems in list format are the best examples of kidnapping poems written by PoetrySoup members. Kidnapping You. Kidnapped. I plan to kidnap you~though you. are a fully grown man. I hold for you, a bag of sweets… My heart's sweetest confections. and then...
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