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Break Up Poems | Examples of Break Up Poetry

Break Up Poems - Examples of all types of break up poetry to share and read. This list of new poems is composed of the works of modern poets on PoetrySoup. Read short, long, best, and famous poem examples for break up.
In Love's Embrace
In love's embrace, I find my soul deep, Where shadows dance, and secrets softly keep. To rescue us, my heart shall not rest. Even if I had to go through test For in your eyes, I see the spark...Read the rest...
Categories: 11th grade, break up,
Form: Rhyme



Saboteur
If you're not a well-paid saboteur You should look into the job List me as a reference on your resume And on the day I get the call I'll tell them all about your Inability to accept responsibility And anti-social personality...Read the rest...
Categories: break up, anger, betrayal, boyfriend, break
Form: Rhyme
Something to Survive
I couldn't see it Blame the way the viscid blackness Of your soul Exterminates the sunlight Couldn't feel it Sinking in your tar like sand And blowing bubbles Like a boiling child Not loved enough to understand That living Isn't the same as having...Read the rest...
Categories: betrayal, break up, conflict,
Form: Free verse
NIGHT WIND
Distressful notes of pain Strained with tears of plight Echo through the silent night Filling the empty spaces in my heart. Like a tribute song at a funeral The notes constantly rise and fall. Like spaces in...Read the rest...
Categories: break up, 12th grade, betrayal, break
Form: Free verse
Premium Member I Can Lie Too
You're so incredible, the most amazing man I'm taken to the heights of pleasure with the touch of your hand There will never be another man who compares Your eyes, your smile... no one as perfect anywhere I will...Read the rest...
Categories: black love, break up,
Form: Burlesque



The Cycle of Misery
killed it it is dead its over just stop it now it is the very end its enough over i said...over! "please...." and it is back. all that, undoing gone down the drain bye... "I'm sorry..." hi, lets start again? " it's okay " what's next?...Read the rest...
Categories: break up, anxiety, best friend, betrayal,
Form: Free verse
Artireal Insomicycle
Arterial Insomnicycle Losing sleep over losing someone is sleep never re-found, For the years we spend when Nature’s sweet restorer refuses, Fault found not in Medicine, for hospitals only treat broken hearts, Cures are found with different compounds of...Read the rest...
Categories: appreciation, break up, courage,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Wings
As I laid there looking up at the stars, I felt sad and all alone. The sting of old scars made me realize that you were already gone. No matter what I said, I was to blame, yelling at me...Read the rest...
Categories: break up, change, christian,
Form: Rhyme
Trying to forget u
My life, empty My heart, pained Popping pills down my throat heart racing, blood boiling as I indulge myself in carnal desires Drown another glass seeking thrills on the fine line that separates life and death, hoping to forget u Another whiff(overdose) only to stay...Read the rest...
Categories: break up, first love,
Form: Free verse
they shoot horses too
They shoot horses too The US president tells Israel not to enter Gaza Israel enters anyway, which tells us the might  of the Jewish lobby trumps everything, leaving the US, looking weak The students, who are not, yet, corrupted  protest against Israel, arrested and...Read the rest...
Categories: anti bullying, break up,
Form: Blank verse
You Wanted A Galaxy
You wanted me to give you a galaxy But I could only reach for the stars You wanted my everything But I only wanted your arms...Read the rest...
Categories: break up, emotions, feelings,
Form: Free verse
NOTHING MISSING, NOTHING BROKEN
NOTHING MISSING, NOTHING BROKEN With your head, roll out drums, Mighty trumpets in their stead, And like Eagles soar higher in the sky, The skies of your mind, Do not crumble on vain things, And do not hijack your...Read the rest...
Categories: allusion, anxiety, break up,
Form: Free verse
Heart of Steal
Heart of Steal With a heart as strong as steel, heart always searching the cosmos for love? The man of steel stands tall and proud, his eyes locked on the horizon, forever reaching for the stars...Read the rest...
Categories: anger, betrayal, break up,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member odic fail
hope … dismay heaven, hell gods, mortality … love all live within us we create our own realities and we dwell there … oh, we are taught the tools for life - the skills we use to SHAPE that actuality, but we construct it...Read the rest...
Categories: analogy, break up, creation,
Form: Free verse
our curse - a love poem
i see the way you look at him, holding his hand, kissing him, and i see you’ve been cursed. cursed to love a man you never truly loved, cursed to lose the girl who gave you butterflies. if you were...Read the rest...
Categories: break up, gender, girlfriend,
Form: Free verse

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