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Missing Poems | Examples of Missing Poetry

Missing Poems - Examples of all types of missing poetry to share and read. This list of missing poems is composed of the works of modern poets on PoetrySoup. Tell your mom, best friend, dad, or someone you love that you miss him or her with a poem. Show how much you yearn for the one you cherish. Read short, long, best, and famous examples of missing poetry. This list of works about missing is an excellent resource for examples of how to write missing poems.
Premium Member Covered with Sweat
a crucial detail the key to the case slipped the attorney’s mind how could this happen to him now ...Read the rest...
Categories: fear, loss, missing,
Form: Imagism



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: missing, appreciation, feelings, forgiveness, i
Form: Free verse
Deeply, Dearly, Desperately
I am wanting so much to kiss your thin lips so deeply. I find myself here simply missing you oh so dearly. I'm longing for your body to be against mine desperately....Read the rest...
Categories: kiss, love, missing you,
Form: Sijo
Accident Unnoticed
A day in my life Disappointment came discreet My cellphone broke down....Read the rest...
Categories: discrimination, engagement, life, missing,
Form: Haiku
Premium Member You're Always On My Mind
There is much you haven't told me All the good can't be saved And for that, I cannot blame you As attempts seldom me The many things you said and did You knew you took the time You was forever on...Read the rest...
Categories: missing, america, appreciation, feelings, inspiration,
Form: Lyric



Love Divides
In concert with the dimming sun I rise to greet the day Walk fast in joyous warmth Under stars refrain Heights of shadows coat the moon Turning toward the ocean waves In concert with the morning gloom My heart now seems to...Read the rest...
Categories: missing, adventure, art, best friend,
Form: Free verse
RIP POOH BEAR
I just got some sad news Which is giving me the blues My bestie nicknamed pooh bear Went very far away from here I can't believe he passed away From a stroke late yesterday My friend from the very start Will always...Read the rest...
Categories: missing, death of a friend,
Form: Rhyme
I Could Look At You For Hours
Now, so suddenly. You carry a halo around you. The ones I don't used to see. Everything. All at once. Visibly, electrifying the layers of my skin. Walking in unexpectedly smiling instantly at me. Peace signs used to be overrated. I couldn't...Read the rest...
Categories: missing, death, love, love hurts,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member You Are Always On My Mind
My dearest Mom, now fifty-two years gone- although to me, it seems like yesterday. You were too young to leave this Earth at dawn that dark, regretful, cold September day. I feel your presence more than I can say because...Read the rest...
Categories: loss, missing you, mother,
Form: Dizain
Premium Member Two is for Tango
Me and the dance floor don't really get along, but she made me want to tango So, against my introverted instincts I approached her with half a cup of confidence and the other half nerves Only...Read the rest...
Categories: anxiety, dance, memory, missing
Form: Blank verse
Premium Member You were always on my mind
One day you were sadly taken away So extremely ill you were, you couldn't stay I could not be with you, Covid was rife For three months I missed the love of my life. I feared the worst, then...Read the rest...
Categories: missing, care, i love you,
Form: Rhyme
Sitting Quietly in May
Some might say, it's just another day but the days so quickly pass age marking time far too fast; spring was a season of mixed messages days of rain and dampened dew full of old memories, ...Read the rest...
Categories: lost love, missing you,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member The Unknown Soldier Tribute
"TO ALL, and to those whom may be among the numbers of 'The Unknown' that my belated brother Kimo [August 26, 1969] may have known," ... by The Poet (Lyrics attuned: "When the Roll Is Called...Read the rest...
Categories: missing, appreciation, death, memorial day,
Form: Lyric
Wanting
I'm lost I'm lost in a world Looking for a place too call home, I'm tired of living life through the pictures on phone I just want to ...Read the rest...
Categories: missing, change, cry, dream, forgiveness,
Form: Free verse
Para:voce
Enquanto você ainda vive ... Enquanto ainda respiro, vivo por você... Enquanto ainda te espero, sonho com você... Todas as noites mal dormidas, todos os dias mal aproveitados, todos são pensando em você... Mas, o que eu...Read the rest...
Categories: missing, allusion, art, confidence, dedication,
Form: Free verse

Specific Types of Missing Poems

Read wonderful missing poetry on the following sub-topics: best friend, christmas, dad, death, father, friends, for her, for him, grandma, i miss you, love, mom, mother, someone you love, someone, and more.

Definition | What is Missing in Poetry?

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