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Absence Poems | Examples of Absence Poetry

Absence Poems - Examples of all types of absence poetry to share and read. This list of new poems is composed of the works of modern poets on PoetrySoup. Read short, long, best, and famous poem examples for absence.
ALL
I am replaceable but My Love and memories won't leave Do you know why? My all is what I gave before it went sour! I am replaceable but My all and Love were blameless, After all, My skin got...Read the rest...
Categories: absence, baby, betrayal, confidence,
Form: Imagism



Under the Pouring Rain
Under the pouring rain, I no longer have thoughts of you Or of your lingering presence And your condemning silence. To live another day without you Feels easier as I stand drenched. Under the pouring rain, I could look back at history And...Read the rest...
Categories: absence,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member BE A SOMEBODY
Write! Anything. Be a dream writer Write poeticly. Be about a spree! Take Vacation from mundane. Be Astounding! Astonish YOURSELF! HAVE WORD WEALTH! I am LONELY COME AND SEE. Visit me! Be just Like me! This me....Read the rest...
Categories: absence, africa, allusion, appreciation,
Form: Free verse
Split Screen
Two people are on the screen which one is your dream? Two dresses are hanging on the door which one did you picked up on the shore; two cabs are waiting at the gate which...Read the rest...
Categories: absence, abuse, adventure, appreciation,
Form: Narrative
rainbow alliance
Rainbow alliance On a barbed wire fence between Chile and Argentine hangs thousands of plastic bags, some of the bags from top shops London, New York, Paris, and Bonn. Here are Japanese, Swedish bags, Arabic bags, and...Read the rest...
Categories: 7th grade, absence, abuse,
Form: Blank verse



Premium Member BIG IDEAS? THESE WORDS
It's my words if I start to play I will Too sing for this. My piano Assist and shift. I will also linger In the midst of it. How will I say? Mention a meaningful statement The linguist...Read the rest...
Categories: absence, allusion, beach, beautiful,
Form: Free verse
I wasn't the reason why
Why do you have to go? why I can't see your face? why you don't say goodbye why you leave me with this pain? why I am so sad? why I am so afraid? did I do something wrong to make you...Read the rest...
Categories: absence, mom, mother, mother
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member The Compassion I Didn't Have
We thought life would have been so simple: flowers and hugs, sentimental nights and songs; then, reality came with its pain... we were no longer that invincible, rather two people so gullible! The compassion I didn't have hurts inside, now it's tearing...Read the rest...
Categories: absence, abuse, break up,
Form: Rhyme
Even Harder Than Spoken smooth Transitions
Bel canto Her asking Suport- Part three Somewhere they say that you and I are together somewhere they'll believe that we are one we found interest in us together we're interested in having fun My true love don't know we're together If it goes Your way we've...Read the rest...
Categories: absence, culture, devotion, love,
Form: Bio
Premium Member EVERYBODY SHOULD WRITE POETRY
I believe everybody should and can Write poetry or at least one or A few poems every now and then. We all HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO WIN! that essential within. You should begin with reading poems The more you...Read the rest...
Categories: absence, allusion,
Form: Free verse
dependence
Dependence Looking out of the window at the doctor's waiting room his receptionist had gone outside for a smoke she wore black underwear under a white nylon dress Faux pas?  What do I care, who dresses in a black T-shirt jeans and a...Read the rest...
Categories: absence, abuse, anxiety,
Form: Blank verse
Premium Member My ballet shoes
My ballet shoes have a name, undisguised among a multitude. They dance free all over, without a name. My dancing shoes are old, great enough for the right feet to keep on dancing. My ballet shoes only fit my feet to be...Read the rest...
Categories: absence, adventure, allusion, culture,
Form: Free verse
Lou
Kidding around, I called mother “Lou” Short for Louella between us two. She’d return the favor; call me “number three.” At the time it was cute, now it’s precious to me. “Thank you, Lou” always brought a smile, A wink...Read the rest...
Categories: absence, devotion, family, hope,
Form: Couplet
the tribe
The lost tribe Holocaust, the ongoing tragedy this time, it is the Palestinians who are victims from a tribe that has learned that if one has  to survive, they must be ty, able to tell lies and cynically plays on...Read the rest...
Categories: absence, abuse, addiction,
Form: Blank verse
Premium Member Timelapse
You caught me running, constantly looking back, tears merging within the rain. If I took a leap, would I fly? Left behind, the mole above your lip, laughter in your eyes, jaded progression. It could have been...Read the rest...
Categories: absence, care, cry, dark,
Form: Free verse

Specific Types of Absence Poems

Definition | What is Absence in Poetry?


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