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Bereavement Poems | Examples of Bereavement Poetry

Bereavement Poems - Examples of all types of bereavement 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 bereavement.
Premium Member Miracles From Heaven
You gave your love to heal a girl A believer she was true You put her to the final test Her love was deep for you Her Pastor said God loved her She found hard to believe The pain and danger...Read the rest...
Categories: bereavement, christian, joy,
Form: Ballad



Premium Member Home Again
His trip took him across many miles That might have seemed unending - But he did not notice. His flight was uneventful And should have been quite peaceful - But he did not notice. The roads traversed green countryside And might have...Read the rest...
Categories: bereavement, care, death, encouraging,
Form: Free verse
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Sebaceous glands connected to follicles secrete an oily substance called sebum With a title deeply rooted in subject matter iterated above invariably makes for hair raising poem, though I immediately attest said material constitutes atypical topic the writing process (with intent to...Read the rest...
Categories: bereavement, 12th grade, 9th grade,
Form: Free verse
Grief
Grief holds me in bed Beats me down Destroys my mind I can't bring myself to face it....Read the rest...
Categories: bereavement, cry, dark, death,
Form: Free verse
Baby bird
On the drive to work as the sun beams for Me My mind and core still always reeling Can't comprehend the depth of feeling As you helped to ease and fix A heart that had...Read the rest...
Categories: angst, anxiety, bereavement, best
Form: Bio



Where my memory's go
I had a moment to see Flashbacks Rewind, Rewind my memory I need these thoughts to breath Fireworks to help me feel Light my mind Keep me spinning on this timeline Moments ago, we touched hands and it touched my soul Only my heartbeats...Read the rest...
Categories: bereavement, friendship love, loss,
Form: Free verse
Always You
I 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...Read the rest...
Categories: bereavement, betrayal, death, dream,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member The Fragile Heart
The tenderness of the fragile heart, Resembles a historic yet dramatic, Work of art as seen through the ages. The portrait never shows broken hearts, Devastation of death or the, Heartbreak of losing a child. The heart cries in silence, As you...Read the rest...
Categories: beautiful, bereavement, cry, devotion,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Burial At Sea
______________________________________________________________ There'd needn't be no digs of earth or clumps of clay that weigh my girth, ...Read the rest...
Categories: baptism, bereavement, death, funeral,
Form: Elegiac Lyric
Until Death Do Us Apart
I want to run away But have got no way out of here I want to just sit ‘n’ cry But have got all my tears frozen I want to endlessly smile But…… just got no reason. I want to dance...Read the rest...
Categories: bereavement, cancer, death, depression,
Form: Free verse
Eminent domain, manifest destiny, usurpation
Eminent domain, manifest destiny, usurpation... Maternal grandfather of mine long since passed among the living; He left his Motherland before onset of Holodomor, a policy of the Soviet Union aimed at the destruction of the Ukrainian nation, the 1932–1933 genocide...Read the rest...
Categories: abuse, age, anger, bereavement,
Form: Free verse
Mountebank
You made me less. Sleepless. And now I’m falling asleep at the table. Theology swims, Trapped in my teacup. You made me weak. Weak as the colour pink, And still, I shrink. You lied. The cat was not blue, The things you said...Read the rest...
Categories: anger, atheist, bereavement, betrayal,
Form: Free verse
New Life
Hermit crab human scuttling about In my new life. Ill fitting suit. Like wearing your mother's clothes - Clip clopping around the kitchen... High heals filled with little feet... And dreams of an old lady and her children. Have I wandered...Read the rest...
Categories: angst, anxiety, bereavement, break
Form: Free verse
The Motion
They are wandering everywhere and you act as if you don’t care; they are wandering everywhere and you are walking around clapping your hands and stomping your feet and dragging your body on the cold...Read the rest...
Categories: bereavement, best friend, change,
Form: Narrative
Premium Member Mountebank
Written: April 25, 2024 For Edward Ibeh Contest ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Young souls stalked by predators at night, They aim to...Read the rest...
Categories: analogy, bereavement, future,
Form: Rhyme

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