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Break Up Poems | Examples of Break Up Poetry

Break Up Poems - Examples of all types of break up 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 break up.
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If you have experienced a tough break-up like a divorce, please take care and be gentle with yourself. You need time to process your emotions and you definitely need time to grieve. Even if the end...Read the rest...
Categories: break up, emotions, encouraging,
Form: Rhyme



My Divorce
I still remember that day as if it were today The day papers were served, the day I officially walked away One may think that on that day I would have been sad But contraire monsieur, on that...Read the rest...
Categories: break up, celebration, courage,
Form: Dramatic Monologue
Stupid Life
I really live a stupid life With an even dumber wife My car is a ford Mechanic tells me time to pull the cord My credit is practically zero Not even a loan can be my hero All my friends fled...Read the rest...
Categories: break up, addiction, anger, anxiety, break
Form: Free verse
Shades
He sits there with defiance in his eyes and listens to the choir as it sings the final chorus before it dies, the room was packed with critics and a mountain of problems was climbing...Read the rest...
Categories: america, beautiful, break up,
Form: Narrative
Rutt
You dont have time for conversation, You dont have time to explain a situation, I have to ask you how it was, or how did it go, because you never tell me you just expect me to...Read the rest...
Categories: abuse, anxiety, break up,
Form: Rhyme



A Love Story
This is a story of two lovers, A boy and a girl, destined for each other. They met by chance, and it felt like fate, Their love was pure, it was no debate. Their eyes locked, and their hearts...Read the rest...
Categories: break up, journey, love
Form: Rhyme
Safety Pins and Glue
Dance with me through the sunshine, Dance with me through the terrors. To, forever, stay in love, We'll glue our hearts together. And if they rip or shatter, We'll pin it all together. If no old pieces can fit, If no piece...Read the rest...
Categories: abuse, break up, dark,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Ledger of Love: PART II
Ledger of Love In the shadows of the Victorian night, Where candles flicker with amorous light, A forbidden love fiercely burns, In a pounding heart, passion yearns. Amidst the lace and satin array, Where masks conceal bygone dismay, A dance of desire,...Read the rest...
Categories: break up, emotions, heartbroken,
Form: Narrative
Breaking a Heart
We all lie. He just lied a little more He pushed me somewhere deep inside He said things that left me sore My mind knew he wasn't the right one But my heart didn't want to listen He wanted me to...Read the rest...
Categories: break up,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member First Love
Our love took off even though our wings were too fragile to fly. Neither knew it would take us soaring into the sky. With hearts full of love, our spirits ascend. Ignoring advice given and words of caution,...Read the rest...
Categories: break up, first love,
Form: Free verse
Blindsided by Dust
Her whispers of "love," a suffocating embrace, She claimed I was her air, her very space. Blinded, I clung to a love's sweet charade, Ignoring whispers, the warnings that frayed. Smiles, kisses, a tapestry brightly spun, Purpose bloomed, a battle...Read the rest...
Categories: betrayal, break up, grief,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member My Childhood Home
This poem was mistakenly deleted my apologies . Wild, natural, without care you stand hidden, unnoticed, a secret. Brambles briars bluebells dance Wild flowers grow. Haunted laughter, echoes of youth, Carried by the summers breeze, Our tomorrow’s and yesterday’s Forever...Read the rest...
Categories: break up, emotions, farewell,
Form: Free verse
IS IT LOVE ?
While wondering wishfully, you certainly got tired with each of your relation. Penetrating Pain pegged a pin in your heart before you realized that I am enough for you. But you were you. My menacing mind won't accept the...Read the rest...
Categories: break up, conflict, faith,
Form: Alliteration
The PistonTrain
Monday morning comes alive with the piston train speeding by, thousands of people gather at the gate and crowd the platform before it was too late. Monday morning full of passion with hangover lingering in the...Read the rest...
Categories: anger, break up, business,
Form: Narrative
You Broke Me
You say you love me but still disrespected me I hate you I opened up to you just for you to hurt me Is that how you love somebody? Is there a medicine for heartbreak?...Read the rest...
Categories: anger, betrayal, break up,
Form: Free verse

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