Absence Poems - Examples of all types of absence poetry to share and read. This list of new poems is composed of the works of modern poets on PoetrySoup. Read
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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:
absence, deep, emotions, first
Form: Free verse
SubliminalHelium filled balloons
Rose above the weary
Casket impaled with in
The crevice onlooker’s teary
Dressed in black
No one bright
Send off to the dead
No dry eye in sight
There is always
A story to be...
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Categories:
absence,
Form: Free verse
InsurgentsThe day has just dawn and the infidels are all over the lawn, they are setting up tents in the field and continue to ignore the written deal, the widows and single women are at...
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Categories:
absence, abuse, character, earth,
Form: Narrative
A Mother's SonA Mother's Son
One had to carry me in her womb for nine months awaiting the day on which I was to come out, Only to be cheated that I'm no longer nine months old.
I've...
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Categories:
absence, appreciation, introspection, mother
Form: Ballad
You're much better off then meEven a girlfriend now you have, who is nice, straightforward, great at school and always supports you.
She is funny and always looks beautiful.
*they spilled water on her*
I should probably help her!!
Ah, here are...
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Categories:
absence,
Form: Free verse
tight as a mouththe smithy was empty
and the tree near it had fallen
and no one had expected it
the sunken sun had made a stand
with desperate gaiety
swept through sleep
to break the night
The Autumn children
like caged birds
counted the crocus stalks
and...
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Categories:
absence,
Form: Free verse
looking for wordsLooking for words.
Pink and blue billows on the poetic sky drip of eager words
Alas, towards dawn, a westerly wind blew cleared the sky
In the morning blank screen lit up when the sun shone.
But the sun...
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Categories:
absence, abuse, age, allusion,
Form: Blank verse
ALL
I am replaceable but My Love and memories won't leave
Do you know why?
My all is what I gave before it went sour!
I am replaceable but My all and Love were blameless,
After all, My skin got...
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Categories:
absence, baby, betrayal, confidence,
Form: Imagism
Under the Pouring RainUnder the pouring rain,
I no longer have thoughts of you
Or of your lingering presence
And your condemning silence.
To live another day without you
Feels easier as I stand drenched.
Under the pouring rain,
I could look back at history
And...
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Categories:
absence,
Form: Free verse
BE A SOMEBODYWrite! Anything. Be a dream writer
Write poeticly. Be about a spree! Take
Vacation from mundane. Be
Astounding! Astonish YOURSELF!
HAVE WORD WEALTH! I am LONELY
COME AND SEE. Visit me! Be just
Like me! This me....
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Categories:
absence, africa, allusion, appreciation,
Form: Free verse
Split ScreenTwo people are on the screen which one is your dream? Two dresses are hanging on the door which one did you picked up on the shore; two cabs are waiting at the gate which...
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Categories:
absence, abuse, adventure, appreciation,
Form: Narrative
rainbow allianceRainbow alliance
On a barbed wire fence between Chile and Argentine
hangs thousands of plastic bags, some of the bags from top shops
London, New York, Paris, and Bonn.
Here are Japanese, Swedish bags, Arabic bags, and...
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Categories:
7th grade, absence, abuse,
Form: Blank verse
BIG IDEAS? THESE WORDSIt's my words if I start to play I will
Too sing for this. My piano
Assist and shift. I will also linger
In the midst of it. How will I say?
Mention a meaningful statement
The linguist...
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Categories:
absence, allusion, beach, beautiful,
Form: Free verse
I wasn't the reason whyWhy do you have to go?
why I can't see your face?
why you don't say goodbye
why you leave me with this pain?
why I am so sad?
why I am so afraid?
did I do something wrong
to make you...
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Categories:
absence, mom, mother, mother
Form: Rhyme
The Compassion I Didn't HaveWe thought life would have been
so simple: flowers and hugs,
sentimental nights and songs;
then, reality came with its pain...
we were no longer that invincible,
rather two people so gullible!
The compassion I didn't have
hurts inside, now it's tearing...
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Categories:
absence, abuse, break up,
Form: Rhyme
Specific Types of Absence Poems
Definition | What is Absence in Poetry?
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