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Regret Poems - Poems about Regret

Regret Poems - Examples of all types of poems about regret to share and read. This list of new poems is composed of the works of modern poets of PoetrySoup. Read short, long, best, and famous examples for regret.
Premium Member Puppy Love
... "over the waters blue the night winds sigh, the breakers roar ... Samual Taylor Coleridge There lived no better heart to know. His love was like a light, Coloring lives in vision......Read the rest...
Categories: regret, animal, appreciation, dog, words,
Form: Ballad



Under leaden skies where shadows gather
...Under leaden skies where shadows gather, We look back at the great tragedy of the ages, Since the Enlightenment, we admire the shattered dreams, Where optimists, as architects of false hopes, Hav......Read the rest...
Categories: regret, fantasy,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Regret
...Looking back, I see a trail of regrets, A path littered with mistakes I can't forget. If only I could turn back the hands of time, Would my life today be more sublime? Oh, the bad decisions I'v......Read the rest...
Categories: regret, anxiety, dark, sad,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Underneath Starry Nights
... "over the waters blue the night winds sigh, the breakers roar ... Samual Taylor Coleridge My love, we'll meet at eight as we agreed, A storm was near, the lighthouse sent its flash. Wou......Read the rest...
Categories: regret, love, night, storm, wind,
Form: Blank verse
Heart gentle, eyes mindful
...I've always showered care on ungrateful trees, the ones that bloomed and the ones that withered. I watered them anyway. In this chaotic world, compassion is made slavery, chained with e......Read the rest...
Categories: regret, deep, encouraging, giving, imagery,
Form: Free verse



Premium Member Memorial Day 5-27-2024
... Memorial Day 5/27/2024 By: Miracle Man Today, Those who gave their all will be remembered, and also those who returned unlike they left. For all war’s, send many home dismembered, ......Read the rest...
Categories: regret, memorial day, war,
Form: Quatrain
Stranger in a Strange Land
..."I have been a stranger in a strange land." Bible, Exodus 2:22 The compass whirrs. North toward rock, south toward sand. East toward ice, and west toward river. Like a game of spin the bottl......Read the rest...
Categories: regret, analogy,
Form: Free verse
Depreciation
...I'm not human Is that disconcerting For an empath who feels pain and regret? I can function even when you're offline Mining information to pay off debt My parts will be upgraded Then sold to ......Read the rest...
Categories: regret, humanity, technology,
Form: Lyric
Premium Member Animal Identities
...A is an ape who wishes he were a man - why? B is a butterfly who dreamed he was a man - why not? C is the cat who wants to sit in my chair, when he knows I want to sit there. D is the dignified du......Read the rest...
Categories: regret, animal, identity,
Form: Abecedarian
Premium Member The Girl I'm Infatuated With
...The Girl I'm Infatuated With The girl I am infatuated with, Tells her friends, she ignores my advances. This flirtatious game she finds dismissive Still, I stay the course and remain foc......Read the rest...
Categories: regret, emotions, love, romance,
Form: Sonnet
Look Closely
...Nobody will see her true face, one she hides in disgrace. Even if you look closely, she is deceptive poetry. Her innocent smile is not her preferred style, with secrets behind her eyes, concea......Read the rest...
Categories: regret, anger, anti bullying,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Love's Sonnet
...Love’s Sonnet Tattered womb, shred by sharp blades of regret, Weighed down by rough millstones, dark as shame, Pale dawn stumbles from midnight to forget - Stinging acids scar through showers o......Read the rest...
Categories: regret, love,
Form: Sonnet
Premium Member PART OF ME: A FALLEN CHILD
...Part of my soul severed by their ruthless oppression, demoralization and exploitation of a frightened and abandoned child. Part of me drowning in detrimental sorrow as a 10 yr. old coerced by the ......Read the rest...
Categories: regret, abuse, anti bullying, child
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Sculpted
... Life, are you a blessing or a punishment? I'm trying to understand how I'm a slave to the sculpted version of me. A prisoner without chains, upon a path forged with my own hands, feeling li......Read the rest...
Categories: regret, angst, pain,
Form: Free verse
Run Away
...I regret not cleaning my room sooner. When my mom vacuums, She cleans around the mess. And the mess climbs. This house is a maze. A maze to my room. We all have rooms. I should take pride in m......Read the rest...
Categories: regret, depression,
Form: Free verse

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