Absence Poems - Examples of all types of absence poetry to share and read. This list of new poems is composed of the works of modern poets on PoetrySoup. Read
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sykehusSykehus
The old hospital in the town center
stark and unpainted
Dotted about in the near vicinity
Funeral homes look like pearls
around an elderly lady's neck
at every election cycle the promise
was to build a new Krankenhause
in a rural environment...
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Categories:
absence, abuse, age, betrayal,
Form: Blank verse
Starlit Destinies
"I carry your heart with me (I carry it in my heart) I am never without it..."
E.E. Cummings
Amber hues kissed twilight's platinum pigments that night,
beckoning ivory pearls to weave patterns of astral flames.
Charm of...
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Categories:
absence, lost love, romantic
Form: Abecedarian
Demons
I sit back an watch
Not saying a single thing,
Plotting till i cant think straight,
My brain boils with hate ,
Itself its trying to uncage
all the racing thoughts
giving way to rage
So here...
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Categories:
absence, allusion, anger, dark,
Form: ABC
Things changeMy heart is crushed
My thoughts of love vanish,
Thinking of you
Makes me weak
As if I couldn't move,
Only if u knew
...
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Categories:
absence, addiction, allusion, anger,
Form: I do not know?
Satanist Seeks Conservative AidThere is a movement amongst Republican ranks
in The United States Congress, regarding the
the absence of religion in schools, and its
herald revival, like some Bible Belt Tent
-- minus the tambourines, being it is
The Halls of Congress...
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Categories:
absence,
Form: Political Verse
Forget you notI still hear you
in song lyrics
when i stay up
too late at night
and yes,
it still hurts me...
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Categories:
absence, deep, emotions, first
Form: Free verse
SubliminalHelium filled balloons
Rose above the weary
Casket impaled with in
The crevice onlooker’s teary
Dressed in black
No one bright
Send off to the dead
No dry eye in sight
There is always
A story to be...
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Categories:
absence,
Form: Free verse
InsurgentsThe day has just dawn and the infidels are all over the lawn, they are setting up tents in the field and continue to ignore the written deal, the widows and single women are at...
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Categories:
absence, abuse, character, earth,
Form: Narrative
A Mother's SonA Mother's Son
One had to carry me in her womb for nine months awaiting the day on which I was to come out, Only to be cheated that I'm no longer nine months old.
I've...
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Categories:
absence, appreciation, introspection, mother
Form: Ballad
You're much better off then meEven a girlfriend now you have, who is nice, straightforward, great at school and always supports you.
She is funny and always looks beautiful.
*they spilled water on her*
I should probably help her!!
Ah, here are...
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Categories:
absence,
Form: Free verse
tight as a mouthfulthe smithy was empty
and the tree near it had fallen
and no one had expected it
the sunken sun had made a stand
with desperate gaiety
swept through sleep
to break the night
The Autumn children
like caged birds
counted the crocus stalks
and...
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Categories:
absence,
Form: Free verse
looking for wordsLooking for words.
Pink and blue billows on the poetic sky drip of eager words
Alas, towards dawn, a westerly wind blew cleared the sky
In the morning blank screen lit up when the sun shone.
But the sun...
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Categories:
absence, abuse, age, allusion,
Form: Blank verse
ALL
I am replaceable but My Love and memories won't leave
Do you know why?
My all is what I gave before it went sour!
I am replaceable but My all and Love were blameless,
After all, My skin got...
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Categories:
absence, baby, betrayal, confidence,
Form: Imagism
Under the Pouring RainUnder the pouring rain,
I no longer have thoughts of you
Or of your lingering presence
And your condemning silence.
To live another day without you
Feels easier as I stand drenched.
Under the pouring rain,
I could look back at history
And...
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Categories:
absence,
Form: Free verse
BE A SOMEBODYWrite! Anything. Be a dream writer
Write poeticly. Be about a spree! Take
Vacation from mundane. Be
Astounding! Astonish YOURSELF!
HAVE WORD WEALTH! I am LONELY
COME AND SEE. Visit me! Be just
Like me! This me....
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Categories:
absence, africa, allusion, appreciation,
Form: Free verse
Specific Types of Absence Poems
Definition | What is Absence in Poetry?
Poems Related to Absence
cut, vacancy, hooky, absenteeism, truancy, french leave, nonattendance, awol, nonappearance, no show, deficiency, drought, lack, omission, dearth, privation, void, inadequacy, insufficiency, want, need, unavailability,