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Goodbye Poems | Examples of Goodbye Poetry

Goodbye Poems - Examples of all types of goodbye poetry to share and read. This list of goodbye poems is composed of the works of modern poets on PoetrySoup. Read short, long, best, and famous examples of goodbye poetry. This list of works about goodbye is an excellent resource for examples on how to write goodbye poems.
The Little Girl You Once Knew
Don’t look for me in the meadow for I won’t be there The little girl you once knew is gone forever and I don’t know where Left to search for those long lost dreams I ...Read the rest...
Categories: goodbye, emotions, feelings, first love,
Form: Rhyme



PRELUDE TO LONELINESS
We let time go by thinking that we will remain the same. As we were together each day became a change within itself. The change within us gradually occurred. Separation was not our plan. What we did not see...Read the rest...
Categories: angst, conflict, goodbye,
Form: Free verse
In the Event
in the event in the event that i dont wake up tomorrow please hold your tears and your sorrow for i am finally free no more pain inside of me no more unexplained symptoms or signs or wavering and trying...Read the rest...
Categories: caregiving, death, goodbye, memorial,
Form: Dramatic Monologue
Rest in Power Kamehameha
After school on my TV screen you were there Giving me power from my bullies or scratching my hair. How can I forget how you looked, orange gi. Large biceps It is unforgettable, common as commonsense But oh, how...Read the rest...
Categories: goodbye, blessing, culture, devotion, farewell,
Form: Elegy
I am going to live
I am going to leave I want to lose, I need to lose. Someone I want to forget. You don’t own me. Good I want to win, That’s why I need to lose I want to go. I will....Read the rest...
Categories: goodbye, life, love,
Form: Rhyme



Haunted by Your Ghost
Each dawn, I wake up to the ghost of your voice, Your words I once cherished, now haunt my choice. For without your tender touch, the night stands so still, No comfort is found, as darkness brings its...Read the rest...
Categories: confusion, cry, goodbye, lonely,
Form: Rhyme
The Last Page
You were like the last page of an old notebook Which I doodled on and scribbled on Torn off So that others couldn’t see it Couldn’t peep in To the place I displayed my soul on A chapter better...Read the rest...
Categories: goodbye, high school,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Devour
You're a cannibal, baby, consuming pieces of my heart, chewing on my frailty, and tearing me apart, You're a scavenger, baby, overhead with your eyes honed, peeling layers of my flesh, until I'm bare to...Read the rest...
Categories: goodbye, abuse, anger, break up,
Form: Rhyme
Too Late
Far from this place, Where peace escapes, He ran, lost in the race, No one cared for his fate. Death's beckoning touch, Drew him near, His grave, a sanctuary, Where mercy did appear. All he had, a distant memory, A broken story, filled with...Read the rest...
Categories: depression, goodbye, grave, heartbroken,
Form: Free verse
Hurt Again
She was like the softest clouds, On a warm, sunlit day. Standing out in any crowd, In a celestial way. Unsure how to cope, With a loss so profound. Yet within, there's false hope, Things might turn around. My past reveals unworthiness, My...Read the rest...
Categories: anger, blue, depression, goodbye,
Form: Free verse
Just One More Turn
To break a man's life down into digits, to numbers, might seem strange to you; distant, or heartless, or just odd. But that was just our way; we'd both been dubbed 'robot' at one time or another. So that's what I'll do. Forty...Read the rest...
Categories: goodbye, death, death of a
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Tomorrow Never Comes
Somethings are better done to day – tomorrow never comes like mending fences and pitching hay meal on the table and time to pray grace in the morning at the end of day remind those special someones just how much you love them do it without...Read the rest...
Categories: farewell, fate, goodbye, inspirational
Form: Free verse
Burning Brisk
Love’s flicker fizzles Hearts apart, souls within Salient shade fades flames...Read the rest...
Categories: emotions, feelings, goodbye, heartbreak,
Form: Senryu
Premium Member Tangerine Sunsets
I love the end of the day, when the sun want to climb into bed. The moon will be rising soon, showing off it's big bright face. The white clouds, are turning a dark gray. Some flying so high, as if...Read the rest...
Categories: day, flower, goodbye, love,
Form: Free verse
First Love: Ephemera
There’s a box lying somewhere. Somewhere in a dusty cupboard. Somewhere behind old paper, older words, and wounds older still. Somewhere no one can find it. I think about it, sometimes. Sometimes, when I breathe. Sometimes, when I exhale puffs of...Read the rest...
Categories: goodbye, beautiful, first love, good
Form: Free verse

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