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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
epiphanyYou can do as you want
You can do as you please
But all I ask,
All I ask is just do it with me
And you know that I'm scared
But why shouldn't I be?
You know I should be
I...
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Categories:
loss, 12th grade, angst, anxiety,
Form: Free verse
IF ONLY YOU KNEWIF ONLY YOU KNEW
If only you knew what words to say
Thinking none at all might be best
Yet feelings need to have their day
If only you knew where love resided
Not in the brain, but an aching...
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Categories:
loss, lost love,
Form: Rhyme
AsherI lost my grandson Asher
He couldn't make it
He's Gods precious angel
Which was hard to handle
I will always think of you
And miss you
and love you
Love from Grandma...
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Categories:
angel, baby, grandson, loss,
Form: Free verse
Playing Games with an AncientI returned home after forty years to my home island of Hawaii. Its preferred nickname is the Big Island, lovingly a.k.a., the Orchid Isle, and yes, a.k.a., the Volcanic Island. Rightly named as the sole...
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Categories:
loss, analogy, anxiety, change, courage,
Form: Dramatic Monologue
Mother's DayA day of laughter love and joy
A bitter day
Yet tastes so sweet
A day when I feel incomplete...
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Categories:
loss, mothers day,
Form: I do not know?
Rainbow Bridge, A Haiku Trilogy
Raibow Bridge, A Haiku Trilogy
We found you,dear cat.
‘Lovey’.dead you, beauty you.
Our soul tears ,splash, splash.
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Categories:
angel, loss, nostalgia,
Form: Haiku
Mother's Child-Energy
We were in the upper room
Energy
Mother's child
In communication
He supplanted placing mine spiritual seed planting in the heavens
Me the placed seed
Mother's child
Desending planted from grace
Placed in a womb
She receives seedling fleeting
Spiraling...
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Categories:
loss, analogy, appreciation, birth, child,
Form: Free verse
odic fail
hope …
dismay
heaven, hell
gods, mortality … love
all live within us
we create our own realities
and we dwell there …
oh, we are taught the tools for life -
the skills we use to SHAPE that actuality,
but we construct it...
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Categories:
loss, analogy, break up, creation,
Form: Free verse
the good fight
* death is a process of many stages, and dementia can be one of the ugliest … Dad taught me many lessons in life, and he fought to the last to retain what sensibilities he...
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Categories:
loss, age, analogy, father son,
Form: Rhyme
Home AgainHis 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...
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Categories:
loss, bereavement, care, death, encouraging,
Form: Free verse
Something WILL FALL ThroughSomething WILL FALL Through
I MEAN
It's really hard to
Be "thorough..."
When all the little
HOLES are so
'SMALL.'
-Gray Squirrel
05-10-2024
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Categories:
loss, animal, environment, heart, life,
Form: Free verse
And Still The Sun Will RiseLife will have days that you will wish to revise
Things said or done will fill you with compromise
Decisions over which you will agonize
And still, the sun will rise
At times others will seek to antagonize
Nights filled...
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Categories:
loss, hope, inspiration, joy, life,
Form: Lyric
Of Mice and MenI am a mouse, catatonic with fear;
just trying to stay still and silent,
to survive.
Batted about by an indifferent cat;
for him a lazy afternoon,
for me an aching lifetime.
It has no idea of the torture it inflicts;
no...
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Categories:
anger, death, grief, loss,
Form: Free verse
Where my memory's goI had a moment to see
Flashbacks
Rewind,
Rewind my memory
I need these thoughts to breath
Fireworks to help me feel
Light my mind
Keep me spinning on this timeline
Moments ago, we touched hands and it touched my soul
Only my heartbeats...
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Categories:
bereavement, friendship love, loss,
Form: Free verse
Specific Types of Loss Poems
Read wonderful loss poetry on the following sub-topics:
baby, brother, brother in law, cat, child, dog, father, friend, horse, mother, pet, stepfather
and more.
Definition | What is Loss in Poetry?
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