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
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Always YouI 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...
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Categories:
bereavement, betrayal, death, dream,
Form: Free verse
The Fragile HeartThe 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...
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Categories:
beautiful, bereavement, cry, devotion,
Form: Free verse
Burial At Sea______________________________________________________________
There'd needn't be
no digs of earth
or clumps of clay
that weigh my girth,
...
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Categories:
baptism, bereavement, death, funeral,
Form: Elegiac Lyric
Until Death Do Us ApartI 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...
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Categories:
bereavement, cancer, death, depression,
Form: Free verse
Eminent domain, manifest destiny, usurpationEminent 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...
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Categories:
abuse, age, anger, bereavement,
Form: Free verse
MountebankYou 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...
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Categories:
anger, atheist, bereavement, betrayal,
Form: Free verse
New LifeHermit 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...
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Categories:
angst, anxiety, bereavement, break
Form: Free verse
The MotionThey 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...
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Categories:
bereavement, best friend, change,
Form: Narrative
Mountebank
Written: April 25, 2024 For Edward Ibeh Contest
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Young souls stalked by predators at night,
They aim to...
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Categories:
analogy, bereavement, future,
Form: Rhyme
DarknessMy 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...
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Categories:
bereavement, cancer, death,
Form: Rhyme
DarknessMy 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...
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Categories:
bereavement, cancer, death,
Form: Rhyme
Necessary changesI 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...
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Categories:
bereavement, cancer, death,
Form: Rhyme
Finding a purposeWhat 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...
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Categories:
bereavement, cancer, death,
Form: Rhyme
Bad dayWhat 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...
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Categories:
bereavement, cancer, death,
Form: Rhyme
Lost loveI 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...
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Categories:
bereavement, cancer, death,
Form: Rhyme
Specific Types of Bereavement Poems
Definition | What is Bereavement in Poetry?