Grief Poems | Examples of Grief Poetry

Damn these feelings of stress, interlacing impulsive dreams of disgrace Can it all be over soon? Maybe, the hopes drowned in the mere dust of time Oh, long lost lamb, I am so in need of...Read the rest...

A ladder of nine rungs leads up to a loft in my home, a storehouse of memories wrapped in brown paper bags, collecting dust. Poetry books, photo albums, framed pictures of my ancestors from Ohio, the elder poet among them. What...Read the rest...

Ghostly echos of the past Still haunt me. Like the warmth Of your bright smile. I try to move on With my life. Inch by inch Mile by mile. I know there is No going back. I understand that What is done is done. I try...Read the rest...

Heading towards the tall trees in the distance I start to have a feeling in the pit of my stomach It’s a feeling I couldn't seem to ignore…hunger So I headed to the ground to rectify...Read the rest...

Nothing stops me from missing you, pictures in memory Is what i have left of you, Living thru the pictures on my phone, It's not my ideal on how I want life too go . My...Read the rest...

I grieve for all of what can never ever come to be. I grieve for all the moments and times in which others have left me. I grieve for all the ways I could have lived differently....Read the rest...

On your grave years from now, when all will wither and waste, Rotten to core, air stale in taste. A white Lily will still blossom, for my love that once tied me to you, And for...Read the rest...

guilt. Guilt guilt my very bodily make up my life’s Romance after romance. Every roadmap has led to this single moment dark, black sludge that starts slowly at the toes slowly makes its way over...Read the rest...

Ten. Ten years, I've been scared, fearing the phone's ring. Twenty. Twenty years, I was, learning how goodbye really felt. Thirty. Thirty years, I reached, forty-four days ago. Forty. Forty, my brother was, for fifty-seven days. That's all he got... and that feels like all for me. I'm terrified,...Read the rest...

Didn't know it would hurt this much, I wasn't prepared for it. I loved your imperfections and the memories I didn't think I had, flown in abundance and that is what hurt the most. I'm...Read the rest...

Stitches A wound, deep and wide. Gaping, Ragged, Bleeding... Cover with the cloth of False Smiles. Cover with the cobweb gauze of Empty Sympathy. Clamp it shut with fingers of Chemical Laughter. Hold it together with shaky hands of Liquid pain relief. ...Read the rest...

WAR HERO My hero never walked in a Memorial Day parade No doubt he was the bravest of the brave And that is what I call a hero No, what I meant he is my superhero His military pension...Read the rest...

The rain fogged my window and thoughts It triggered the grief of losing you It cried for me when I couldn't What I would give just to see you one more time I just want to see you from...Read the rest...

She's a poet who writes for relief and that made her a thief Destroy every joyful people's belief because she writes poetry that will make you feel such grief....Read the rest...

I still havnt found that door I should open, The door to a future and mends what is broken, A gateway to happiness, A land full of dreams, To walk through this door is everything it seems, A...Read the rest...