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Goodbye Poems | Examples of Goodbye Poetry

Goodbye Poems - Examples of all types of goodbye poetry to share and read. This list of goodbye poems is composed of the works of modern poets on PoetrySoup. Read short, long, best, and famous examples of goodbye poetry. This list of works about goodbye is an excellent resource for examples on how to write goodbye poems.
Swear-to-Goodness
I make you tragic Stir the dormant conscience in your gut Until you're sick with how you hate yourself And ashamed because you should Even as your feet defy the exhortation That if guilt could make you will You would I make...Read the rest...
Categories: goodbye, angst, betrayal, character, crazy,
Form: Rhyme



Burned Alive
How While I Was burned alive With loving you Could you help but feel The heat from it beside me?...Read the rest...
Categories: goodbye, angst, betrayal, depression, devotion,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member departure
A time of sorrow overdue apologies regretful goodbyes...Read the rest...
Categories: goodbye,
Form: Haiku
Premium Member Butter Yellow
I can almost smell the fresh paint. That isn't possible however. That scent was almost 19 years ago… Butter Yellow was the name on the sample card. Rocking chair. Tiny pink booties. Stickers hide butter yellow...Read the rest...
Categories: goodbye, baby, caregiving, daughter, family,
Form: Free verse
The Other Woman
You did not care who you hurt No thought for his wife, you came first The family you destroyed, along the way How selfish you were and yet I hear (you pray)? I hope you are proud of what...Read the rest...
Categories: betrayal, goodbye, heartbreak, marriage,
Form: Free verse



Mirrored
My sadness is in the slumping of your shoulders And your resignation is in the bowing of my head Regret pours from your listless palms Set open on your lap And a mirror on the wall that's opposite the...Read the rest...
Categories: goodbye, angst, betrayal, boyfriend, conflict,
Form: Rhyme
Goodbye
Goodbye hope, Your time has past, Cannot cope, I'm at my last. There's nothing left, Done nothing right, She's out the door, Out of sight. The road has come to the end, No more turns, No more bends, Isolated. Broken. Deprived. Voided. Goodbye love, Poured it all out, Empty tank, Broken spout. Goodbye...Read the rest...
Categories: goodbye, anger, angst, anxiety, depression,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Message Left on the Windshield
The rain fogged my window and thoughts It triggered the grief of losing you It cried for me when I couldn't What I would give just to see you one more time I just want to see you from...Read the rest...
Categories: goodbye, grief, i love
Form: Blank verse
You
I met you Running one day Wish I’d withdrew. Instead, I’d stay For twenty-five years While you’d betray And cause tears But now, phew: Dear heart disappears! ...Read the rest...
Categories: goodbye,
Form: Other
A Boy, a Dog Named Fillip
Full of life but barely breathing Bleary with the way your brown eyes shine Rising like smoke, dark fur streams through And gently dances like the fire Fillip was a boy, a dog, driven away...Read the rest...
Categories: death, dog, goodbye,
Form: Rhyme
Afraid of goodbye
Chained to the wall with a necklace of silver Hung out to dry on the first rainy day Push comes to shove, it's been waiting forever Here at the end, I've got something to say Where did you go, when the sun painted...Read the rest...
Categories: goodbye, hello,
Form: Rhyme
Plain Affected
The forest around her story damning the plains— The littlest girl seen by the wind through the plains. Green honey passes just by a bee's swirling wings; The gold smoothed by her heart; fingers reading the plains. The likelihood...Read the rest...
Categories: angst, future, goodbye, introspection,
Form: Ghazal
Premium Member Wings
As I laid there looking up at the stars, I felt sad and all alone. The sting of old scars made me realize that you were already gone. No matter what I said, I was to blame, yelling at me...Read the rest...
Categories: goodbye, break up, change, christian,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Bad News, Morose News
It’s like being hit by a meteor Where there’s no tomorrow It is like doomsday, really Where everything is ugly And absolutely nothing is pretty I just received the bad news That my sister-in-law had died Suddenly and extemporaneously Without being sick tremendously I...Read the rest...
Categories: goodbye, dark, death, death of
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Home Again
His trip took him across many miles That might have seemed unending - But he did not notice. His flight was uneventful And should have been quite peaceful - But he did not notice. The roads traversed green countryside And might have...Read the rest...
Categories: goodbye, bereavement, care, death, encouraging,
Form: Free verse

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