Best Cry Poems
Below are the all-time best Cry poems written by Poets on PoetrySoup. These top poems in list format are the best examples of cry poems written by PoetrySoup members
Will You Tie My Shoes When I Grow OldYou were beautiful,
my tiny child,
wrapped tightly in my arms,
close to my heart.
I listened to you breathing.
I counted your fingers
and your toes.
Helpless,
you...
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Categories:
cry, caregiving, childhood, daughter, growing
Form:
Narrative
Her Masterpiece Is Her StoryHer paintbrush is a razor,
Her canvas, her wrists,
"I deserve the pain."
She shrugs and insists.
One day the brush will push down,
And it will cut so deep,
That...
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Categories:
cry, abuse, addiction, anger, body,
Form:
Rhyme
Umbrella*I Will Cry*
If this world really mattered,
Why does it bleed?
I could tell you how much I love you,
But, that will never heal the pain.
I am...
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Categories:
beautiful, cry, rain,
Form:
Dramatic Monologue
Dry MascaraDRY MASCARA
Nobody sees through the shadow and the color of my eyes
The times I've cried are the only time you notice the trace down my...
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Categories:
cry, deep, depression, grief,
Form:
Alliteration
Crying RiverCrying River (The Untold Ballad)
Undercover waters of rain dash
Cold children, no smiling splash
Tragic sobs, epic force of the mountain rain
Beautiful as it may seem...
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Categories:
beautiful, cry, deep, freedom,
Form:
Ballad
- Haiku X 62 - Deep Wounded -deep wounds that leave scars
one moment much more must flow -
shadows from the soul
...
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Categories:
cry, hurt,
Form:
Haiku
Worst Love Poem Ever WrittenI suck at dying poems
Chemo poems, Metastatic Cancer poems,
Hair falling out in the shower poems
And I told a half truth
When I told you I...
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Categories:
cancer, cry, death of
Form:
Elegy
Tissue Boxlike visitors from outer space
they came with tears, and lined the sidewalk
long in face, and arms embracing
some (I have no inkling) who
they were or why...
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Categories:
child, cry, daughter, grief,
Form:
Free verse
Even the Angels WeptThe day you died you took me with you,
The way you lied shook me black and blue.
The sorrow you felt, I sure felt it too,
The...
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Categories:
angel, cry, depression, suicide,
Form:
Couplet
Can You Spare a TeardropI cried for so long, so many nights,
and now no more tears can drop,
I'm all out, do you have some to spare,
cause you know once...
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Categories:
cry, emotions, feelings, how
Form:
Quatrain
Behind the SmileJust another sinking tear
In this river full of pain
Racing fast to nowhere
A world that's gone insane
Hope committed suicide
Before I had the chance
Forced to live without...
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Categories:
cry, angst, betrayal, break up,
Form:
Lyric
Dead Men Do Tell TalesDead Men Do Tell Tales
I saw, the rot of sad, deep selfish desires,
burning endlessly in clever fires
Piles of cash a tall mountain...
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Categories:
conflict, cry, dark, deep,
Form:
Rhyme
The Heartbeat of My LifeMama don't take my breath away
My only chance to love and play
I know you're hurting I can tell
Mama don't give up on me as well
Mama...
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Categories:
abortion, baby, cry,
Form:
Verse
Categories:
angst, cry, emotions, sad,
Form:
Free verse
Spurned LoveShe awoke
to a blazing sun,
brightest orb,
day’s lover.
The moon, jealous of her love,
cried for the night’s loss.
She, sleeping,
missed the soft caress,
silken touch,
palest rays
that beckoned her to...
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Categories:
cry, day, love, moon,
Form:
Shadorma