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every time it rains, i think of you"Every time it rains, I think of you,"
That's what Anonymous said—
Too afraid to say it to your face
Because it's already too late:
They let you go.
And you're also too afraid
To pick up the phone,...
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Categories:
lost love, rain, sad
Form: Free verse
M' Wife is Gone, Seven YearsI loved m' ver', ver' difficult ol' wife
She made m' heart sing, and she drove me mad.
She often was ver' mad with me, real mad!
But she loved me more than anyone ever had....
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Categories:
lost love, love, miracle,
Form: Free verse
Voyage of the SoulIn the timeless tumult of time’s tempestuous tide,
I find myself adrift, with neither rudder, nor guide.
Each crest and trough, a murmured decree of fate,
In this ceaseless sea, I strive to navigate.
Amidst the ragged rocks and...
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Categories:
lost, anxiety, courage, dark, depression,
Form: Rhyme
Art Of Endurance
In desolate wasteland of deprivation,
sauntering languidly with my indigent life,
I tried tolerantly for so long
to smoothen the angularities
of our beleaguered bond.
Swirling in the egregious whirlpool
of searing indignation,
sucked...
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Categories:
analogy, lost love, relationship,
Form: Free verse
Moonlit LongingMoonbeams dance upon my wall
Echoes of laughter, whispers of it all
Fading shadows, eerie silence deep
My heart beats lonely, in a loveless sleep
Sparkling eyes, now lost in the night
Darkness descends, and my heart takes flight
Soul mates...
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Categories:
longing, loss, lost love,
Form: Free verse
Topping StreetI miss with lifetime sadness my love of Topping Street
The walks we had on Comos' shores; when life was complete,
Oh, the simple Irish diner to which we did meet
Lead to the hours of love...
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Categories:
deep, heartbreak, heartbroken, lost
Form: Monorhyme
Lost--A Cautionary Tale for After the Party I Woke Up On A Tropical Island Poetry ContestPoem written for “After the Party, I Woke Up on a Tropical Island”
Anoucheka Gangabisson, sponsor 5/26/2024
Poet’s Note: I used a series of &&&&’s to indicate a shift into a different aspect of the poem and...
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Categories:
lost,
Form: Free verse
Same door, different sideI remember walking out your door for the first time and finally finding myself and the person who helped me find myself
I was in love
And within a heartbeat two years went by and I was...
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Categories:
lost love,
Form: Free verse
Love PoemsA poem is someone's soul on paper:
It emits a feeling,
Perhaps of great rage or warmth or sadness—
But the feeling, it is there.
But when I read a poem crafted so heartfelt;
From one ordinary person to another—
Though...
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Categories:
angst, longing, lost, love,
Form: Free verse
Look CloselySubmerged in his fanciful palette of
feigned perfection his fetid smile
suffused through the cold laps of the
...
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Categories:
lost, anxiety, deep, imagery, imagination,
Form: Free verse
War's Last Battleground
He fell as he retreated
from war’s last battleground
Stray bullet lodged beneath his brain
ghostly whispers in...
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Categories:
death, joy, lost love,
Form: Narrative
Feathers Of A RobinThere's a robin on my fence today,
A feather by my feet
A heart-shaped leaf that blows along
Beside me down the street
Your song played on the radio
This morning in the car
And just last night I could've sworn
I...
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Categories:
lost love,
Form: Rhyme
A Letter To A Dear LoverDear lover
I vividly remember
What you used to do
When you were in love
Dear loser
You cannot remember
What you used to do
Since now, you ain't in love.
Being in love is either
Feeling a sweet or a sour
Pain
It is being
In...
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Categories:
lost, beautiful, deep, i love
Form: Rhyme
Love's Unsteady Stead -- Glenn Hughes Poetry ContestNote from poetess: I wrote this poem remembering the first time I heard Hughes' song, "This Time Around." I was dating a man who joined the US Navy. Because he was on a submarine out...
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Categories:
lost love, love, time,
Form: Rhyme
Echoes of Love's Gentle TouchIn the whispers of 2010, our hearts entwined
like tender vines on a trellis, our love defined
I found my voice in poetry, a language true
to express the depths of my devotion, anew
With every dawn, a poem...
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Categories:
lost, art, inspirational, inspirational love,
Form: Free verse
Specific Types of Lost Poems
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alone, confused, feeling, friendship, generation, hope, life, love, paradise, soul,
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Definition | What is Lost in Poetry?
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