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Sorrow Poems | Examples of Sorrow Poetry

Sorrow Poems - Examples of all types of sorrow 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 sorrow.
Against Time
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...
Categories: sorrow, death, emotions, grief, i
Form: Rhyme



Premium Member Knots Between The Pearls
A strand of pearls not tied with knots; we’re held together — just a thread. At times like sticky spider silk and other times a weakened string that aches and breaks and throws our pearls across the...Read the rest...
Categories: sorrow, angst, life, pain, relationship,
Form: Verse
Premium Member Blind Eyes
I at times in moment of quiet reflection consider it unfortunate the scars so deeply carved across my heart and soul which take on no outward appearance, for though wounded there is no evidence to...Read the rest...
Categories: emotions, introspection, sorrow,
Form: Dramatic Monologue
The broken strings
She wore the beauty formed within her shell The unique embellishments from a greater being That adorned her apron strings Where stains of toil did not impair, the flawlessness that clung upon worn out strings An iridescent glow shone...Read the rest...
Categories: sorrow, deep, heartbreak, metaphor, slavery,
Form: Free verse
Fractured Resolve
I am unravel myself constantly to be everything for everyone. Neglecting who I care about and betrayed by those which were once in their place. I stretch myself to heights I cannot fathom to reach. Shot...Read the rest...
Categories: evil, humanity, sorrow, wisdom,
Form: Free verse



Premium Member What's the matter
The long-awaited rain had fallen Drops are glowing on the leaves What’s the matter, why this sullen Shade appears, while the breeze Blows so gently and refreshing Dries the watercolour skies Grey clouds pale, fade out in crashing, Soundless crashing in my...Read the rest...
Categories: blessing, sorrow,
Form: Rhyme
Pain
Pain, an agony Drill, ache and break my nausea My patience shamble....Read the rest...
Categories: engagement, health, pain, sorrow,
Form: Haiku
Eternal Writings
White dress stained with blood From he who shot your gun. Tried to keep you locked, Before his life begun. Spellbinding stare from Eyes of a millionaire. As smoke fills up rooms, We sink into despair. Thrown off into...Read the rest...
Categories: sorrow, dark, death, emotions, love,
Form: Rhyme
Sing
Sing in unison In life, music or sorrow Keep rhyming in tune. ...Read the rest...
Categories: life, motivation, music, sorrow,
Form: Haiku
Premium Member Existence Enshrined
The rhapsody of rainbow melts in morose mélange, the concoction of colors bleeds in silence, sucked out of crumbled core of cloud, soothing rain rinses the stains on broken hearts, shades of grey paints the frayed linen of love redundant. The requiem...Read the rest...
Categories: analogy, life, sorrow,
Form: Free verse
The State
The problem seeks to end us. To show its fangs. To show its wrath. In the end no blood was spilled. No rips. Nor tears. Only a quite sombre. As the Problem consumes us all....Read the rest...
Categories: death, deep, sorrow, world,
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: sorrow, betrayal, break up, grief,
Form: Free verse
Preaching from Silence
A day will come—maybe not today, Maybe not tomorrow, But someday— When the concept of religion will unfold before me. Through the years, events unfold, And always, they say, "We thank God." I used to believe, I heard of Him, And so, I...Read the rest...
Categories: sorrow, grief, imagination, loneliness, religion,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member The old tattered book
There on the shelf among all the other books, Was one, a book that was old and tattered. By the cover, nothing could be told by the looks, Inside were written words of a life that was shattered. Pages...Read the rest...
Categories: sorrow, books, christian, emotions, grief,
Form: Rhyme
Family Reunion
Breast beat for her I doubt you fathom crude Understand thus gravitas of thy actions true This must entrust you knot the thread bear Bang thy drum roll knees follow you we share Needless pain inflicted as I stroked...Read the rest...
Categories: sorrow, crazy, dark, daughter, death,
Form: Prose

Specific Types of Sorrow Poems

Definition | What is Sorrow in Poetry?


Book: Shattered Sighs