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Sorrow Poems | Examples of Sorrow Poetry

Sorrow Poems - Examples of all types of sorrow poetry to share and read. This list of new poems is composed of the works of modern poets on PoetrySoup. Read short, long, best, and famous poem examples for sorrow.
Forget you not
I still hear you in song lyrics when i stay up too late at night and yes, it still hurts me...Read the rest...
Categories: sorrow, absence, deep, emotions, first
Form: Free verse



Forever Lonesome
Yearning for what once was Take me to a time of love that once was A simpler time just me and you Sitting under the sun Daisies a few Mildew a plenty Rivers flowing free without any envy...Read the rest...
Categories: emotions, heartbroken, sorrow,
Form: Free verse
Turbulent Seas
Turbulent seas, Down deep we go, How I yurn to be free, Deep down we go Oh Let me breathe Deep 'Into the, vo i d 'Let' me be at 'p e a c e' Deep into the dark I want to 'b...Read the rest...
Categories: sorrow, dark, lost, ocean, pain,
Form: Rhyme
Where Were You
Where were you? ____the days were dark abyssal nights Swallowing my love when his soul was leaching; fading into nothing Where were you? when he lied on his head, stood with his tongue and shed blood;his eyes Pleading for mercy in the filthy hands of devii where...Read the rest...
Categories: death, prayer, solitude, sorrow,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member The Wake-up Call
"The Wake-up Call" some of us woke up far too late; we were too concerned about ourselves and The Great Escape Candide Diderot. ‘24 ...Read the rest...
Categories: humanity, lost, nature, sorrow,
Form: Narrative



Premium Member Don't Say Boo
~ To the tune of 'Everybody Loves Somebody Sometimes ~ ...Read the rest...
Categories: baseball, future, song, sorrow,
Form: Lyric
Premium Member When Silence Speaks
The devil sleeps in the hearts of men, When silence speaks no need of pen, Veiled, a puppet master pulling strings, Empathy dangling as the devil sings. Humanity resides in dreams despair, Hope futile against the growing swell, Frothing, the raging...Read the rest...
Categories: evil, pain, silence, sorrow,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member My Heart's Decree
I'm stealing a few moments from Father Time to pen my thoughts on parchment pages. I write of mirth we shared, sweet and sublime, capturing it in recorded history of us for the ages. As twilight broaches night, I...Read the rest...
Categories: farewell, sorrow,
Form: Dramatic Verse
Always You
I dreamt of you again last night. You spoke a foreign language, and you did not know your name. But I knew it was you because your beauty is unmistakable. You spoke with someone else's voice, and you...Read the rest...
Categories: sorrow, bereavement, betrayal, death, dream,
Form: Free verse
Oblivion
In the depths of her despair, she's confined, A solitary figure, lost in her mind, Engulfed by shadows, no end in sight, She battles demons in the darkest night. Her thoughts, like poison, eat away, Condemning her to an endless...Read the rest...
Categories: sorrow, conflict, dark, depression, heartbroken,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member IN HER EYES
He believes he first fell in love with her eyes…they are so revealing… they’ve always told her story…..expressed how she was feeling. Through all their years together he is no longer surprised how easily he can read her…when...Read the rest...
Categories: love, sorrow,
Form: Rhyme
All Turns Silent in the Meadows
It was the strangest thing I saw that day A grassy grove and a man shouting mad I didn't even know what to say His face dragged down by his eye bags His feet slept on the dirt, twigs...Read the rest...
Categories: sorrow, cry, death, loss, psychological,
Form: Free verse
Father's Memorial day
The world has indeed been forgetting me Forgetting me cruelly As waste that neither grow nor breathe It is a fermentation of anger and despair As Despairing as it struggles with anger At the unknowns in dark...Read the rest...
Categories: sorrow, appreciation, blessing, father, father
Form: Free verse
Why Were Tears Invented
Why were tears invented Why does pain invite their flow Why must someone feel so hurt ...Read the rest...
Categories: anxiety, cry, sad, sorrow,
Form: Rhyme
Demons
My entire life I've been drowning in a darkness As a little girl I begged to be loved: Nothing more nothing less I kept telling myself it will be better when I am grown But those demons...Read the rest...
Categories: sorrow, dark, heartbroken, hurt, loneliness,
Form: Rhyme

Specific Types of Sorrow Poems

Definition | What is Sorrow in Poetry?


Book: Shattered Sighs