Grief Poems. Read and share great examples of poetry about grieving. This list of new poems is composed of the works of modern poets on PoetrySoup. Read
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Family Reunion Breast beat for her I doubt you fathom crude
Understand thus gravitas of thy actions true
This must entrust you knot the thread bear
Bang thy drum roll knees follow you we share
Needless pain inflicted as I stroked...
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Categories:
grief, crazy, dark, daughter, death,
Form: Prose
To you, I'm sorryTo her, I hope you don't take it to hard
My intentions were harmless
Me, I'll wait out the pain...
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Categories:
grief, anxiety, depression, for her,
Form: Kimo
Would the World be a Better Place Without Pain?I live life for myself,
But I also live for those who did not get to.
For those who have gone through the same struggles but didn’t see the silver lining,
For those who couldn’t...
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Categories:
grief, death, deep, depression, emo,
Form: Free verse
Crimson BouquetIn spectral glow moon's pallor,
country home towered ominously,
fortress bearing silent the tragedy,
ensnared within its stone.
Her footfalls echoed in the hollow foyer,
mournful dirge in the cathedral of loss,
mirth of yesteryears drifting through
grief shrouded chambers.
In the...
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Categories:
dark, gothic, grief, horror,
Form: Free verse
Passive aggressive insubordination against establishmentarian paradigmBully me, yours truly
never ordained, gifted, or blessed
with mien mean characteristic
evoking, jump/kickstarting,
representing, nor zapping
friend or foe courtesy fiery intimidation
if anything aura, charisma, dogma, and karma
emanating, issuing, and oozing out
body electric of one heretofore bookish...
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Categories:
grief, 12th grade, anger, body,
Form: Free verse
StuckIce touching the
ends of my hair.
I guess I am
no longer going
anywhere.
I thought that this
would be a fresh start.
A new beginning.
A start of something new.
But the clouds have followed
me all the way through.
DOOM! DOOM! DOOM!
My arms...
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Categories:
grief, abuse, addiction, anxiety, emotions,
Form: Prose
Tears in GazaThe wives wail for their fallen husbands' embrace,
The children's tears fall on their mothers' lifeless face,
Men beg for mercy from soldiers in the fray,
I weep, powerless to save them from this dismay.
Displaced and far from...
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Categories:
faith, freedom, grief, humanity,
Form: Rhyme
the deceit of a mother9 years had passed without a trace of you in my mind
And in the 10th year, like a dormant volcano now live, you met me once again
Isn't it funny, how, you left...
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Categories:
betrayal, grief,
Form: Free verse
Forget you notI still hear you
in song lyrics
when i stay up
too late at night
and yes,
it still hurts me...
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Categories:
grief, absence, deep, emotions, first
Form: Free verse
The Weight of TimeI feel the weight of time
Pressing down on my neck
I thought the weight of
stress would dissipate
with time
but the frosting
no longer tastes
better than the cake.
How could the snow
no longer look the same?
Santa nothing but...
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Categories:
grief, betrayal, dark, death, fear,
Form: Prose
Soul EaterSoul 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…
...
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Categories:
baby, death, grief, loss,
Form: Free verse
MaybeMaybe If you knew how much you meant to me,
Maybe if you knew how much I loved you,
Maybe if you knew how much of an impact you made on my life,
Maybe if...
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Categories:
death, deep, grief,
Form: Free verse
Seven hundred and TenSeven hundred and ten days ago, but it seems like just yesterday because shock from that days grip is only now, starting to let go. I have been in slow motion since the words of...
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Categories:
angel, beautiful, grief, heaven,
Form: Rhyme
If Only You KnewIf only, if only, if only you knew
The measure of affection felt for you.
Your potential great, so much more to do,
Then you concluded your time was through.
If only you knew how much time you spent
In...
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Categories:
grief,
Form: Rhyme
is it real?i was never her favorite.
what if she despises me and she believes
i’m just another person
who will go away and she’ll never see again,
who she never loved even though i love her?
and it hurts...
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Categories:
grief, 8th grade, angst, anxiety,
Form: Free verse
Specific Types of Grief Poems
Definition | What is Grief in Poetry?
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