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Lost Love Poems | Examples of Lost Love Poetry

Lost Love Poems - Examples of all types of lost love 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 lost love.
Premium Member 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...Read the rest...
Categories: absence, lost love, romantic
Form: Abecedarian



Premium Member Unscathed
Unscathed I didn’t know I was coming apart at the seams Until i came undone I didn't know y arms were mangled Until they fell off Until I heard my heart break I didn't know i wanted to cry...Read the rest...
Categories: lost love, angst, emotions, heartbroken, introspection,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Raven and Wren
RAVEN AND WREN As the world wakes up To the sun’s gentle rays of light Frozen memories melt and flow Penetrate but do not satiate Moments of insipid sight A scenery of incessant delight As the raven chases the wren Back to...Read the rest...
Categories: lost love, bird, fate, hurt, leaving,
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: lost love, 12th grade, betrayal, break
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Misty Blues
Oh, trees of once so forest green now shrouded to me in pale hues as my hearts reflection of blues mirrors a lifeless figurine Pray hide from me sunbursts of glow for the sky is of mist alone and where...Read the rest...
Categories: lost love, solitude,
Form: Quatrain



Premium Member If Only You Knew
I must have rehearsed a thousand times, but the words just floated away; if you only knew how much I loved you, how much I wanted you in my life. Each moment we shared is a memory, to cherish...Read the rest...
Categories: lost love,
Form: Verse
PROMISES
You promised to love me till death us do part. I promised I’d always be faithful to you. Our lives seemed idyllic back then at the start, As, day-after-day, my deep love for you grew. Then, right out of...Read the rest...
Categories: lost love,
Form: Ottava rima
Premium Member If Only You Knew
Withered meadows of yesteryears ache, recalling memories forlorn, As discords of then mourn, assailing vibes of now, emotions torn; Yet I believe, love would have still vouched~ together we belong, If only you knew, how to strum, sensuous...Read the rest...
Categories: lost love, love,
Form: Rhyme
IF ONLY YOU KNEW
IF ONLY YOU KNEW I could have made you happy I know I could But you never knew. You didn’t see the love shining from my eyes Bathing you in an iridescent glow. You knew nothing of my heart Pounding whenever...Read the rest...
Categories: lost love,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member If Only You Knew
Love came and went like a lost Autumn leaf tumbling from a naked limb of death though beauty was found her kisses turned brief tender, gentle, then a Winter's breath in my heart's landscape, my eyes are crying darkness falls...Read the rest...
Categories: lost love,
Form: Sonnet
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
Premium Member Window to the Soul
Window to the Soul The eyes of lovers are open doors, unlocked by true love and intimacy. Each of us holds ourselves captive in that inner panic room, that shelter we begin building upon our first...Read the rest...
Categories: lost love, heartbreak, hurt, loneliness, lost
Form: Free verse
For all the Ticks
you and all your natural beauty looked my way today with these vege thread eyes i could just curl up beside and watch for all the ticks speak their nonsense or not - they give me life...Read the rest...
Categories: lost love, remembrance day,
Form: Prose Poetry
Premium Member Had
Yes once, I had a love now, I sigh ! He flew above and I weep a mourning dove ! My grief deep death, oh why ... memories I keep !...Read the rest...
Categories: lost love,
Form: Other
Premium Member Prayers
We all need prayers My brothers and sisters Even if you don’t believe As we breathe and live We all need prayers We all love flowers We all enjoy living Talking, eating and singing We fear God’s wraft True or false? We love life We...Read the rest...
Categories: lost love, feelings, flower, heaven, inspiration,
Form: Rhyme

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