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Sorrow Poems | Examples of Sorrow Poetry

Sorrow Poems - Examples of all types of sorrow 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 sorrow.
Premium Member The old tattered book
There on the shelf among all the other books, Was one, a book that was old and tattered. By the cover, nothing could be told by the looks, Inside were written words of a life that was shattered. Pages...Read the rest...
Categories: sorrow, books, christian, emotions, grief,
Form: Rhyme



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...Read the rest...
Categories: sorrow, crazy, dark, daughter, death,
Form: Prose
Thespians Tragedy :Love's Silent Stage
Today, upon this stage, an actress must Perform a tale of love and woe. Many roles in past, she played and executed well But in the hushed embrace of theater's din light The actress is tasked with...Read the rest...
Categories: sorrow, 12th grade, character, feelings,
Form: Free verse
little did I know
little did I know this way then would be familiar without all the wanting ...Read the rest...
Categories: anxiety, confusion, depression, sorrow,
Form: Free verse
Crying Shame
It has just come to me, As I lay here thinking, How sorry it seems to be And what a crying shame That I am left behind, A fish washed up on shore, A lonely cub separated And abandoned by the...Read the rest...
Categories: sorrow, abuse, anxiety, conflict, depression,
Form: Free verse



Forget you not
I still hear you in song lyrics when i stay up too late at night and yes, it still hurts me...Read the rest...
Categories: sorrow, absence, deep, emotions, first
Form: Free verse
Forever Lonesome
Yearning for what once was Take me to a time of love that once was A simpler time just me and you Sitting under the sun Daisies a few Mildew a plenty Rivers flowing free without any envy...Read the rest...
Categories: emotions, heartbroken, sorrow,
Form: Free verse
Turbulent Seas
Turbulent seas, Down deep we go, How I yurn to be free, Deep down we go Oh Let me breathe Deep 'Into the, vo i d 'Let' me be at 'p e a c e' Deep into the dark I want to 'b...Read the rest...
Categories: sorrow, dark, lost, ocean, pain,
Form: Rhyme
Where Were You
Where were you? ____the days were dark abyssal nights Swallowing my love when his soul was leaching; fading into nothing Where were you? when he lied on his head, stood with his tongue and shed blood;his eyes Pleading for mercy in the filthy hands of devii where...Read the rest...
Categories: death, prayer, solitude, sorrow,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member The Wake-up Call
"The Wake-up Call" some of us woke up far too late; we were too concerned about ourselves and The Great Escape Candide Diderot. ‘24 ...Read the rest...
Categories: humanity, lost, nature, sorrow,
Form: Narrative
Premium Member Don't Say Boo
~ To the tune of 'Everybody Loves Somebody Sometimes ~ ...Read the rest...
Categories: baseball, future, song, sorrow,
Form: Lyric
Premium Member When Silence Speaks
The devil sleeps in the hearts of men, When silence speaks no need of pen, Veiled, a puppet master pulling strings, Empathy dangling as the devil sings. Humanity resides in dreams despair, Hope futile against the growing swell, Frothing, the raging...Read the rest...
Categories: evil, pain, silence, sorrow,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member My Heart's Decree
I'm stealing a few moments from Father Time to pen my thoughts on parchment pages. I write of mirth we shared, sweet and sublime, capturing it in recorded history of us for the ages. As twilight broaches night, I...Read the rest...
Categories: farewell, sorrow,
Form: Dramatic Verse
Always You
I dreamt of you again last night. You spoke a foreign tongue, and you did not know your own name. But I knew it was you, because your beauty is unmistakable. You spoke with someone else's voice, and...Read the rest...
Categories: sorrow, bereavement, betrayal, death, dream,
Form: Free verse
Oblivion
In the depths of her despair, she's confined, A solitary figure, lost in her mind, Engulfed by shadows, no end in sight, She battles demons in the darkest night. Her thoughts, like poison, eat away, Condemning her to an endless...Read the rest...
Categories: sorrow, conflict, dark, depression, heartbroken,
Form: Rhyme

Specific Types of Sorrow Poems

Definition | What is Sorrow in Poetry?


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