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Birthday Grief Poems

These Birthday Grief poems are examples of Grief poems about Birthday. These are the best examples of Grief Birthday poems written by international poets.


Premium Member Am I Crazy?
Am I crazy
if it’s been five years
and I still expect you to walk through the door?
If I can’t give away your clothes
because you might need...

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Categories: grief, bereavement, death, divorce, eulogy,



Reflections of the Past, Visions of the Future
I celebrated my father's birthday this last April 4th, 2025
He would have been 75,
Yet 7 years ago, a white butterfly laid him to rest, with...

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Categories: grief, butterfly, dad, death, faith,

The story of everything
Inspired by Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy. We all move through loss and grief at our own pace and in our own way. 

It's...

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Categories: emotions, feelings, grief, i

THE START OF ANOTHER SAD WEEK
Some years ago a great man was born this week
He was my beautiful son
He had such a big heart that is hard to describe
I saw...

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Categories: birthday, father son, grief,

Premium Member Young Babe
A young babe was born in the middle of the month of May.
She lost her mother in a sad way days before her first birthday.
To...

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Categories: grief, baby, birth, death, family,



The Vow
(A lone voice whispers)


I'll buy a white silk ribbon
Tonight

From O'Mallys 
My love

On our golden wedding anniversary 

Lay it on your favourite glass dresser
The one we...

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Categories: grief,

I Survived An First
It's a first of many I realized this Easter.
I had a first birthday, first Thanksgiving,
first Christmas without you.
Even though I thought I couldn't.
It was hard...

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Categories: grief, farewell, pain,

The Date
The Date 

Growing up you are forced to learn the dates 
Write in your notes book today’s date, , learn your birthdate and know each...

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© Neha gehi  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: grief,

June's heart is grief
You used to like me, what's happened now?

Ever since June, you've been so blue. 

Stressing over nothing at all?

A one sided drama, a small conflict?

Is...

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Categories: grief, age, angel, birthday, child,

HOY

Hoy es tu dia, Pero no estas. 
Hoy me pierdo en el recuerdo.
Hoy me encuentro en tus memorias. 

El dolor me mata.
El dolor me ciega.
El...

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Categories: birthday, child, death, grief,

Premium Member At the Edge
Sitting at the edge
Fire lights flickering by my face
Eyes frozen shut 
The coldness comes through my dangling foot
Moving my head 
It  s c r...

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Categories: grief, angst, death, fathers day,

Psychologically still thirteen
Psychologically still thirteen 

Ordinarily meaning pre Internet days
familiarization with me would entail
bringing the avid listener 
into my private mancave hideaways
less a physical place than a...

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Categories: grief, 7th grade, age, angst,

Premium Member Languish
in a dungeon of grief she used to languish.
her much beloved dog succumbed to cancer;
she got another sooner than expected -

    ...

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Categories: grief, cancer, death, dog, freedom,

Waking Grief
Her husband's kisses made her heartbeat quicken;
he held her hand and whispered, 'Happy birthday' -
and for a moment, Janet felt convinced his
untimely death had been...

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© Jack Horne  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: grief, death,

To Love Is To Loose
To feel love is to feel a cold knife stab you through the heart.
To taste love is to eat a birthday cake with icing too...

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Categories: angst, grief, heartbreak, lost


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