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I fellIn between
Walking across the smooth sand
Listening to the whispers of sea and land
Glazing into the endless waters
Tasting the salty winds
Smiling between tears
And crying in the midst of grins
I fell in love
And I fell...
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Categories:
loss,
Form: Free verse
tethers
break …
my heart?
you did not break my heart
you COULD not break my heart
I utilized all the “Yous” that came before
constructing barriers that you,
in your most formidably malodorous
and vehemently vile self,
couldn’t penetrate in an eon of...
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Categories:
loss, analogy, break up, feelings,
Form: Free verse
dance, divine
a stroll …
just a stroll … like any other
numberless now, the times this path
had taken her to the wood -
the dark, deep wood where her
memories dwelled
thoughts astray in the gloaming …
the same walk she and...
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Categories:
loss, age, appreciation, beauty, life,
Form: Free verse
I cannot tell himI cannot tell him that I still love him,
That losing him breaks my heart in a thousand new ways each day.
Because if I did, then he might try to come back to me.
I cannot tell...
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Categories:
heartbroken, loss, love, love
Form: Free verse
Retirement DayRetirement after all these years, time has really flown by
My alarm is also retiring, no need to ask why
First thing on my agenda is a holiday to an exotic place far away
A change to relax...
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Categories:
loss, retirement,
Form: Rhyme
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:
loss, bereavement, betrayal, death, dream,
Form: Free verse
Too Late10
10 days, which is more than a week.
9
She cuddles and it’s ok, it’s ok.
8
She ate really good today. We gave her another can and we smiled.
7
It’s one week away. I had an appointment at the...
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Categories:
cat, loss,
Form: Free verse
pink hair and motorcyclesyou remember that one time when ava fell off the swings and cut her knee?
how everyone laughed at her for her childish hubris in thinking she could jump and land,
unscathed, from that high a distance?
how...
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Categories:
loss, first love, i love
Form: Free verse
All Turns Silent in the Meadows
It was the strangest thing I saw that day
A grassy grove and a man shouting mad
I didn't even know what to say
His face dragged down by his eye bags
His feet slept on the dirt, twigs...
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Categories:
cry, death, loss, psychological,
Form: Free verse
Until it's GoneAuthor Dana Redricks
May 2, 2024
You don't miss a good thing until it's gone, when you're all alone and when your loved one is not around to call on the phone. When the tables have...
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Categories:
loss, deep, desire, emotions, encouraging,
Form: Ballad
A Crooked HouseThere was a crooked house
in a crooked part of town
Where you could down a pint or two
and let your life calm down
A place to relax and to de-stress
with friends and glass or two.
Yes we...
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Categories:
appreciation, environment, farewell, loss,
Form: Rhyme
See MeBorn with chains on my wrists,
wondering through life a mist,
lost and forgotten for so long,
in a dark tunnel no light shines through,
growing and learning as life goes on trying
to find myself in this harsh...
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Categories:
loss, beauty, blessing, care, conflict,
Form: Free verse
The Awful Word DeathThe sadness of getting lonely, weary and old
is none other than the anguishing thought,
we can't avoid feeling or mentioning at all cost;
daily unrest triggers the awful death word!
Will all frighten when that time comes?...
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Categories:
loss, abuse, age, anger, anxiety,
Form: Rhyme
CleanI’m busy again.
Dusting, organizing, mopping.
Everything is clean already.
We already swept up all her old food.
And mopped her muddy paw prints.
It’s clean, it’s clean enough!
They say.
We don’t get less sad.
The house just gets clean.
We remember her...
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Categories:
angst, cat, loss,
Form: Free verse
Another poem about lonelinessI’m so lonesome I could cry
Cry for the pup lost from the pack
He’s gotta find comfort in winter
I’m so lonesome feeling disconnected
Cold comfort, but bees have a hive
Everything is interconnected
I’m so lonesome like Pluto
But, the...
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Categories:
loss, depression, loneliness, lonely, longing,
Form: Free verse
Specific Types of Loss Poems
Read wonderful loss poetry on the following sub-topics:
baby, brother, brother in law, cat, child, dog, father, friend, horse, mother, pet, stepfather
and more.
Definition | What is Loss in Poetry?
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