Sad Poems. Above are examples of sad poems about life, depression, love, and more. Yes, believe it or not, poetry about sadness can help you lift your spirits when you feel down or are unhappy. It is a natural feeling and one that all people experience but talking about how you feel and writing about sadness can put you on the road to healing. Regardless of the reason, or even if there doesn’t seem to be one, reading and sharing poetry can help you when sadness holds you in its grip. These poetic works will help you to learn how to write poetry about sadness and see how the best poets from all over the world write this form of poetry.
The world doesn't want meThe world doesn’t want me—
I feel it in the spaces between words,
in the rooms that fall silent when I enter,
in the way their eyes cut through me, sharp and indifferent.
I exist like an echo no...
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Categories:
sad, 10th grade, 8th grade,
Form: Free verse
Sad
Categories:
sad, age, crazy, dark, depression,
Form: Rhyme
thorns in the glass“there are thorns in the glass”
the baby exclaims
as she points, points, points
to the mirror of life,
yet no one listens,
and she is ignored.
“there are thorns in the glass”
the child cries,
tugging at men’s jackets,
grabbing women’s hands,
yet she’s...
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Categories:
sad, society,
Form: Narrative
Dear DonaldThe sky paints you,
On the day that you died,
And left me with grief so blue.
And I cried and cried and cried.
The sky is not purple or red.
It's the color of my tears that I...
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Categories:
sad, death, death of a
Form: Rhyme
Dogs of War and Why I Feel Sad For The ZionistsBabes. Raised to outfit an agenda. The element of nature versus nurture. A pitbull is a dog like any other as is a Jew is a human like any other. Babes. Any dog any human,...
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Categories:
sad, dog, jewish, sympathy,
Form: Haibun
Still hereThe clock ticks, and I sit, it’s 1 AM,
A silent treatment to the passing time.
Tomorrow, something I cannot touch.
Where will I be? Who will I become?
The question haunts me but calms me
Like quiet waves.
Yet I...
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Categories:
sad, 7th grade, feelings, school,
Form: Free verse
Poem Number 3,062 for the Day
This is poem number 3,062 for the day
~ 3,060 I’ve thrown away
...
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Categories:
giggle, poems, sad,
Form: Couplet
GoneDamn.
You're really gone.
I guess it hit me on the way
To your celebration of life ceremony.
It's going to feel weird when I go to the house,
The halls won't fill with reggae music...
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Categories:
sad, 8th grade, death, grandfather,
Form: Free verse
SupercalifragilisticexpialidociousThe world once shined in golden hue,
But now it weeps in shades of blue.
A heart once full, now torn apart,
Left cold within the lonely dark.
Dark lingers deep where sorrow stays,
Sorrow...
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Categories:
sad, sorrow,
Form: Rhyme
Little StacyThere's a house, enormous and aimless.
But there's a mural on the wall that's shameless.
It shows a little girl
In her dress that twirls,
Crazy though she seems.
In her eyes, hurt beams.
Her father just stands there,
Getting nowhere.
His back...
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Categories:
sad, anger, angst, dad, daughter,
Form: Rhyme
Losing A Most Treasured FriendMy greatest sin was how I lost you,
For my greatest treasure was you....
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Categories:
sad, break up, first love,
Form: Crystalline
A New Sadness
she reads the day's news
and learns of her new sadness~
notice of his death
Note: inspired by "The Gun", Dragnet, season 1 episode 15, April 27, 1967...
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Categories:
sad,
Form: Senryu
The MasqueradeOh, your eyes so dry,
Longing for a long cry.
All those fake chortles,
Hollow habits of a mortal.
Someone asking, "How's your day?"
You liberally
Lying with "I'm okay."
Okay is not the word I'd use,
Though it's an excellent excuse
Hiding my...
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Categories:
sad, angst, anxiety, emotions, humanity,
Form: Rhyme
The IncidentIt’s deathly cold.
The walls are blank
The air is so thick that you could take a
blade to it as you would a cake and serve it
...
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Categories:
sad, 8th grade, dark, hurt,
Form: Free verse
Love so warm but heart too coldThe world was gray, a lonely ,dark space,
Where joy had fled, leaving no joyful trace.
They called me kind, a heart of purest gold,
But kindness, it seemed, had grown strangely cold.
They'd praise my soul, then turn...
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Categories:
absence, dark, sad,
Form: Rhyme
Specific Types of Sad Poems
Read wonderful sad poetry on the following sub-topics:
boyfriend, breakup, cry, death, depression, feeling, friends, girlfriend, goodbye, heartbreak, kids, life, rhyme,
and more.
Definition | What is Sad in Poetry?
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