Reading and writing poems about the death of a loved one are a beautiful way to deal with the emotions and trauma associated with mortality. These beautiful and inspirations poems about death help us see how others are enduring the loss of a parent, other family members, a friend, or loved one. Everyone’s experiences are different, and we cannot compare feelings, but coping with grief and death is something all must go through, and we can learn from the sadness and reactions of others expressed in poetry.
Surreality: NEWHere I am, Shake & Bake in the Far Out West
where they now smoke down and out, their
new front yards...
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Categories:
analogy, appreciation, change, death,
Form: Personification
Don't worry about the warDon’t worry about the Ukraine,
Don’t worry at all they said,
None of our boys are among the killed,
No one who matters is dead....
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Categories:
death, political, war,
Form: Rhyme
The day I dieTHE DAY I DIE
I know there's nothing great about someone dying,but I know the day I die will be the greatest night because that's the night I will finally be free from pain.
The...
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Categories:
anxiety, death, depression,
Form: Narrative
Who WillWho will wipe away these tears
when helpless on my bed I lie
wearied by my woeful fears
knowing that I soon will die?
Crying softly through the night
praying for a hopeful sign
asking for a brief respite
from the...
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Categories:
death, god, hope,
Form: Rhyme
Old Friends, new livesWe grow up bonding
we become inseparable
share dreams and hopes together
waiting to explore life on our own
then in a blank we graduate
go our separate ways
keep in touch every week
then...
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Categories:
death, life,
Form: Free verse
AjaFrom the valley of a lone Victor,
Hope bloomed on mornings dew,
Carrying promises of a brighter sun,
In echoes of joy and persistent smile.
Here he comes, draped In night’s shroud ,
Messenger of silent, gusty winds,
Challenging the ‘criers...
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Categories:
death,
Form: Free verse
Trick Up Her SleeveWritten by Gail DeBole
on April 24, 2024
He ransacked the dumpster near the vacant campground
Looking for small trinkets like a well-trained bloodhound.
You know the story. His wife had to go.
After her death, his assets would grow.
He...
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Categories:
betrayal, death, murder,
Form: Couplet
The Bucket List BluesWhen my doctor calls me in, says I’ve got complications,
let’s not blow our savings, on round the world vacations,
my pre-paid funeral, is all that I want planned,
I’ll refuse a fancy cruise, that trip to...
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Categories:
death, family, humor,
Form: Rhyme
Ghost Stories[Fiction Out West]
A mining town, among others, had been shut down the longest. Long before the mines closed, and all the towns followed. As the story goes; one night, a 10-year-old boy walks into a...
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Categories:
child, death, horror, mother
Form: Other
Clean AirClean air has now become a pipe dream.
The bleak energy speaks loudly,
With a lot of stale and toxic air.
Like Jonah in the belly of the whale,
People stay choking, choking for fresh air!
Sapphire waters, smothered,
With...
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Categories:
abuse, death, nature, pollution,
Form: Free verse
These Dying EyesOver tepid seas of tranquility
My mind is awash with the ability
To sail to the edge of oblivion's breadth
For this is the day and the hour of my death
I fear not the impending darkness to come
But...
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Categories:
death, life,
Form: Rhyme
Sweet Yesterday - EphemeraLetter of the past,
Now a treasured piece,
Letter of gone years,
Now a keepsake.
She wrote it to show her love,
She wrote it to tell me how proud she was of me,
It had words from the depth of...
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Categories:
death, grandmother, lost love,
Form: Free verse
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
Specific Types of Death Poems
Read wonderful death poetry on the following sub-topics:
anniversary, brother, cat, child, dog, elegy, eulogy, father, friend, funeral, goodbye, grandfather, grandmonther, grief, in loving memory, loss, lover, memorial, missing you, mother, moving on, pet, rip, sad, sister, suicide, sympathy,
and more.
Definition | What is Death in Poetry?
Poems Related to Death
afterlife, bereavement, darkness, death of a friend, decease, demise, departure, dying, eternal rest, extinction, fatality, grave, grim reaper, heaven, loss, lost love, mortality, paradise, parting, passing, passing over, repose, sleep, the end, tomb