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Loss Poems | Examples of Loss Poetry

Loss Poems - Examples of all types of loss poetry to share and read. This list of loss poems is composed of the works of modern poets on PoetrySoup. Read short, long, best, and famous examples of loss poetry. This list of works about loss is an excellent resource for examples on how to write loss poems.
Alone
The thought of losing someone is hard to bear, But holding on only brings more despair. Hopes and dreams turn into disillusions, Bringing on deep depression, along with seclusion. Despite the pain, the heart fights to stay alive, Because the...Read the rest...
Categories: longing, loss, solitude,
Form: Rhyme

Melancholy
Melancholy The sky was blue today And some pelicans were soaring above Some clouds skipped along on high And the air was full of love For we are here in this precious world Made for us in all its worth Please...Read the rest...
Categories: death, life, loss,
Form: Dramatic Verse
Premium Member Soul Eater
Soul Eater The concept of the soul was intangible and distant. Faith and belief all that gave it substance, weak and watery as it was. Until that wretched day… ...Read the rest...
Categories: baby, death, grief, loss,
Form: Free verse
epiphany
You can do as you want You can do as you please But all I ask, All I ask is just do it with me And you know that I'm scared But why shouldn't I be? You know I should be I...Read the rest...
Categories: loss, 12th grade, angst, anxiety,
Form: Free verse
IF ONLY YOU KNEW
IF ONLY YOU KNEW If only you knew what words to say Thinking none at all might be best Yet feelings need to have their day If only you knew where love resided Not in the brain, but an aching...Read the rest...
Categories: loss, lost love,
Form: Rhyme

Asher
I lost my grandson Asher He couldn't make it He's Gods precious angel Which was hard to handle I will always think of you And miss you and love you Love from Grandma...Read the rest...
Categories: angel, baby, grandson, loss,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Playing Games with an Ancient
I returned home after forty years to my home island of Hawaii. Its preferred nickname is the Big Island, lovingly a.k.a., the Orchid Isle, and yes, a.k.a., the Volcanic Island. Rightly named as the sole...Read the rest...
Categories: loss, analogy, anxiety, change, courage,
Form: Dramatic Monologue
Mother's Day
A day of laughter love and joy A bitter day Yet tastes so sweet A day when I feel incomplete...Read the rest...
Categories: loss, mothers day,
Form: I do not know?
Premium Member Rainbow Bridge, A Haiku Trilogy
Raibow Bridge, A Haiku Trilogy We found you,dear cat. ‘Lovey’.dead you, beauty you. Our soul tears ,splash, splash. ...Read the rest...
Categories: angel, loss, nostalgia,
Form: Haiku
Premium Member Mother's Child-
Energy We were in the upper room Energy Mother's child In communication He supplanted placing mine spiritual seed planting in the heavens Me the placed seed Mother's child Desending planted from grace Placed in a womb She receives seedling fleeting Spiraling...Read the rest...
Categories: loss, analogy, appreciation, birth, child,
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: loss, analogy, break up, creation,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member the good fight
* death is a process of many stages, and dementia can be one of the ugliest … Dad taught me many lessons in life, and he fought to the last to retain what sensibilities he...Read the rest...
Categories: loss, age, analogy, father son,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Home Again
His trip took him across many miles That might have seemed unending - But he did not notice. His flight was uneventful And should have been quite peaceful - But he did not notice. The roads traversed green countryside And might have...Read the rest...
Categories: loss, bereavement, care, death, encouraging,
Form: Free verse
Something WILL FALL Through
Something WILL FALL Through I MEAN It's really hard to Be "thorough..." When all the little HOLES are so 'SMALL.' -Gray Squirrel 05-10-2024 ...Read the rest...
Categories: loss, animal, environment, heart, life,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member And Still The Sun Will Rise
Life will have days that you will wish to revise Things said or done will fill you with compromise Decisions over which you will agonize And still, the sun will rise At times others will seek to antagonize Nights filled...Read the rest...
Categories: loss, hope, inspiration, joy, life,
Form: Lyric

Specific Types of Loss Poems

Read wonderful loss poetry on the following sub-topics: baby, brother, brother in law, cat, child, dog, father, friend, horse, mother, pet, stepfather and more.

Definition | What is Loss in Poetry?


Book: Shattered Sighs