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Bad News, Morose NewsIt’s like being hit by a meteor
Where there’s no tomorrow
It is like doomsday, really
Where everything is ugly
And absolutely nothing is pretty
I just received the bad news
That my sister-in-law had died
Suddenly and extemporaneously
Without being sick tremendously
I...
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Categories:
goodbye, dark, death, death of
Form: Rhyme
Home AgainHis 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...
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Categories:
goodbye, bereavement, care, death, encouraging,
Form: Free verse
A Summer FlowerRing, ring, ringing a bell
And singing towards the sound of crystals.
Too cold for a moonlight shine;
Too hot for a feast’s flame;
However just right it is, how softly
It sits and waddles its paws,
Little sundrops flop over...
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Categories:
beauty, confusion, goodbye,
Form: Free verse
The Little Girl You Once KnewDon’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 ...
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Categories:
goodbye, emotions, feelings, first love,
Form: Rhyme
PRELUDE TO LONELINESSWe 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...
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Categories:
angst, conflict, goodbye,
Form: Free verse
In the Eventin 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...
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Categories:
caregiving, death, goodbye, memorial,
Form: Dramatic Monologue
Rest in Power KamehamehaAfter 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...
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Categories:
goodbye, blessing, culture, devotion, farewell,
Form: Elegy
I am going to liveI 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....
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Categories:
goodbye, life, love,
Form: Rhyme
Haunted by Your GhostEach 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...
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Categories:
confusion, cry, goodbye, lonely,
Form: Rhyme
The Last PageYou 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...
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Categories:
goodbye, high school,
Form: Free verse
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...
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Categories:
goodbye, abuse, anger, break up,
Form: Rhyme
Too LateFar 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...
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Categories:
depression, goodbye, grave, heartbroken,
Form: Free verse
Hurt AgainShe 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...
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Categories:
anger, blue, depression, goodbye,
Form: Free verse
Just One More TurnTo 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...
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Categories:
goodbye, death, death of a
Form: Free verse
Tomorrow Never ComesSomethings 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...
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Categories:
farewell, fate, goodbye, inspirational
Form: Free verse
Specific Types of Goodbye Poems
Read wonderful goodbye poetry on the following sub-topics:
break up, coworker, cousin, dad, farewell, friend, funny, grandma, grandpa, her, him, love, retirement, saying, sister, student, teacher,
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