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Lost Poems | Examples of Lost Poetry

Lost Poems - Examples of all types of lost poetry to share and read. This list of lost poems is composed of the works of modern poets on PoetrySoup. Read short, long, best, and famous examples of lost poetry. This list of works about lost is an excellent resource for examples on how to write lost poems.
Come Back to Me
I have made my decisions in this life I'm living. Put forth my best to bring you happiness, but I'm still giving. I watch my family regather, Sharing moments of joy and laughter. I too am pursuing what everyone's after— a...Read the rest...
Categories: lost, appreciation, feelings, forgiveness, i
Form: Free verse



Premium Member this is the reroute 2015
THIS IS THE REROUTE THE RUT FOR THE RAM NOT LIKE A DODGE WHERE YOU GOT ALL YOU CAN THIS IS THE REROUTE LIKE A YEAR FOR A SCORE A WANDER NOT REACHING FOR A HEART TO WANT MORE THIS IS THE REROUTE...Read the rest...
Categories: lost, analogy, car, encouraging, growing
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Rescue of innocence
you have draped your innocence in the warmth of muslin your dark eyes speak of your loneliness in this strange land your lips whisper within yourself your desires when they should be screaming out loud for justice do not...Read the rest...
Categories: lost, anti bullying, child abuse,
Form: Suzette Prime
The Empty Room
The room beckons to me, Its silence speaks to me, There’s a volume in its emptiness, A mystery in its void. The past is revealed, The hidden is shown, I see children in a meadow, Playing in the embrace of twilight. There’s a...Read the rest...
Categories: children, dark, lost, mystery,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Pieces of a dream
Now and then things remind me. Of a time, none could find me. And the place where your eyes did. In the raw candor of summer. Where wine and secrets poured. Out of your mouth. Into a somnium reverb. As the night...Read the rest...
Categories: deep, lost love, love,
Form: Rhyme



Premium Member Sunflowers
I'll bring Sunflowers calling on you, Dear. Bouquet sworn vows until promises wear time's ragged edge begs my suicide flight from top floor ledge I miss...Read the rest...
Categories: lost love,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Shape Shifting Soul
The songs I sang in my lives before, still I hear sometimes in my dreams, the silence I know from times past, had voices that once spoke to my soul, the tears are memories that rain through, but the sadness...Read the rest...
Categories: blessing, confidence, fantasy, lost,
Form: Free verse
Trust Me
"Trust me," he said, and gave me such an impish grin it melted my apprehensiveness. "I wouldn't lead you astray." And so I did, trust him, and let him lead me down the garden...Read the rest...
Categories: desire, emotions, feelings, lost
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Always On My Mind
Not a day passes that I do not think of you, when I open my eyes in the morning; when I am going about my daily activities, ...Read the rest...
Categories: lost love,
Form: Verse
My Love
You were going to be my forever, Had a whole life planned for us, You made me lighter than a feather, Floating, loved, careless. All my life waiting for the girl of my dreams, Finally found my one and only, All...Read the rest...
Categories: heartbroken, lost love, love,
Form: Rhyme
What I believed
Looking back, I shouldn't be surprised at all; thinking of the lies they claimed were gospel true: Humpty Dumpty didn't sit upon the wall, families don't really live inside a shoe, Jack and Jill just made it up about...Read the rest...
Categories: lost love,
Form: Ottava rima
Premium Member Farewell
He’s the same, as usual What a boring man Utterly delusional Is his far-fetched plan Sitting in the arm chair With his eyes shut Doesn’t seem he’s there Where his body’s at Would you like to tell him What he didn’t know If it could...Read the rest...
Categories: deep, lost love,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Can We Try It One More Time
It might sound crazy But I've stumbled Through these busy roads North South West and East Just find your lovely face Here we go Can we try one more time Sweet candle light and wine Can you hear me This is your...Read the rest...
Categories: lost love,
Form: Verse
Abyss
It was just as warm, capable of profound warmness Just as sweet, an epitome of sweetness It was passionate, took pride in being affectionate Understood what was meant to Loved what was supposed to It was "love" Until it plunged into the…...Read the rest...
Categories: heartbreak, lost love,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Runaway Thoughts
All aboard thoughts, there's plenty of space. Ignore what lays at the forefront, it's about time it departed. Outstaying their welcome, promoting themselves as guardian. Any excuse to be at the helm. That's right, get closer, move to the...Read the rest...
Categories: absence, lost love, sad,
Form: Free verse

Specific Types of Lost Poems

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