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Bereavement Poems | Examples of Bereavement Poetry

Bereavement Poems - Examples of all types of bereavement 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 bereavement.
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: bereavement, betrayal, death, dream,
Form: Free verse



Premium Member The Fragile Heart
The tenderness of the fragile heart, Resembles a historic yet dramatic, Work of art as seen through the ages. The portrait never shows broken hearts, Devastation of death or the, Heartbreak of losing a child. The heart cries in silence, As you...Read the rest...
Categories: beautiful, bereavement, cry, devotion,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Burial At Sea
______________________________________________________________ There'd needn't be no digs of earth or clumps of clay that weigh my girth, ...Read the rest...
Categories: baptism, bereavement, death, funeral,
Form: Elegiac Lyric
Until Death Do Us Apart
I want to run away But have got no way out of here I want to just sit ‘n’ cry But have got all my tears frozen I want to endlessly smile But…… just got no reason. I want to dance...Read the rest...
Categories: bereavement, cancer, death, depression,
Form: Free verse
Eminent domain, manifest destiny, usurpation
Eminent domain, manifest destiny, usurpation... Maternal grandfather of mine long since passed among the living; He left his Motherland before onset of Holodomor, a policy of the Soviet Union aimed at the destruction of the Ukrainian nation, the 1932–1933 genocide...Read the rest...
Categories: abuse, age, anger, bereavement,
Form: Free verse



Mountebank
You made me less. Sleepless. And now I’m falling asleep at the table. Theology swims, Trapped in my teacup. You made me weak. Weak as the colour pink, And still, I shrink. You lied. The cat was not blue, The things you said...Read the rest...
Categories: anger, atheist, bereavement, betrayal,
Form: Free verse
New Life
Hermit crab human scuttling about In my new life. Ill fitting suit. Like wearing your mother's clothes - Clip clopping around the kitchen... High heals filled with little feet... And dreams of an old lady and her children. Have I wandered...Read the rest...
Categories: angst, anxiety, bereavement, break
Form: Free verse
The Motion
They are wandering everywhere and you act as if you don’t care; they are wandering everywhere and you are walking around clapping your hands and stomping your feet and dragging your body on the cold...Read the rest...
Categories: bereavement, best friend, change,
Form: Narrative
Premium Member Mountebank
Written: April 25, 2024 For Edward Ibeh Contest ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Young souls stalked by predators at night, They aim to...Read the rest...
Categories: analogy, bereavement, future,
Form: Rhyme
Darkness
My darkness has lifted my future looks clear, Then one certain trigger, My eyes shed a tear, Then thoughts after thoughts, It's now all out of sorts, Remembering the cancer, 3years that she fought. My darkness has lifted my future...Read the rest...
Categories: bereavement, cancer, death,
Form: Rhyme
Darkness
My darkness has lifted my future looks clear, Then one certain trigger, My eyes shed a tear, Then thoughts after thoughts, It's now all out of sorts, Remembering the cancer, 3years that she fought. My darkness has lifted my future...Read the rest...
Categories: bereavement, cancer, death,
Form: Rhyme
Necessary changes
I don't expect my life to be, the same as before that's for all to see, But I need to move on and cope with my loss, The loss of my loved one the family...Read the rest...
Categories: bereavement, cancer, death,
Form: Rhyme
Finding a purpose
What is my purpose, What is my dream, Is life meant to hurt us, Why is my life so mean. Life is a test, Life is a mission, Life has no rest, When you've lost your ambition. Life...Read the rest...
Categories: bereavement, cancer, death,
Form: Rhyme
Bad day
What come over me today, Really low is all I'll say, Waking up late wrong side of bed, That's all rubbish as it's all in my head. It all leads back to that awful day, My...Read the rest...
Categories: bereavement, cancer, death,
Form: Rhyme
Lost love
I am lost I am lonely I am hurt to the core, My life was fantastic but now that's no more, I've been left with a hole that no one can fill, No woman has...Read the rest...
Categories: bereavement, cancer, death,
Form: Rhyme

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