Reading and writing poems about the death of a loved one are a beautiful way to deal with the emotions and trauma associated with mortality. These beautiful and inspirations poems about death help us see how others are enduring the loss of a parent, other family members, a friend, or loved one. Everyone’s experiences are different, and we cannot compare feelings, but coping with grief and death is something all must go through, and we can learn from the sadness and reactions of others expressed in poetry.
Shifting Relentless Time(FICTION, PLEASE. It is easy for me to write in the first person, but nearly all my poems are fiction. Please don't attribute this poem to me. I loved my wife to...
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Categories:
abuse, angst, betrayal, death,
Form: Free verse
The Power To ChooseThe mind
its own place
be it heaven
or hell
The soul
but a bucket
to empty
or fill
Goya
a madman
DaVinci
extolled
Sharing
a genius
they fought
to control
Bleed out
the poison
death waits
to reclaim
Or memory
gets buried
and darkness
— remains
(Dreamsleep: May, 2024)
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Categories:
death, life,
Form: Rhyme
The folly of a young man Lost opportunities, lost momThe folly of a young man
Lost opportunities, lost moments
I have such a Beautiful Daughter, her name is Gail.
As her father, I was not there, miserably I did fail.
At ten, I left her in the clutches...
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Categories:
death,
Form: Free verse
Marionette of Flesh in a Borrowed Dress"Marionette of Flesh in a Borrowed Dress"
- Daniel Henry Rodgers
The hourglass, a skeletal jester,
mocks in the tomb's chill,
Each falling grain an emaciated sigh,
"Soon you'll cease to be."
The mirror's cold reflection,
a Gorgon's ghastly...
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Categories:
death, loneliness, mental illness,
Form: Dramatic Verse
YOUR ROOTS IN MY GRAVEIf I ever die, come to my grave to bestow blossoms
And add grief to condolencing customs
I’ll embrace your flowers, because I never did, being alive
Or I should say, your flowers waited for my death to...
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Categories:
death, flower,
Form: Imagism
questioning lifefinding life's essence
with nature's acquiescence
and stoic presence
not all agreeing
what constitutes revealing
nature of being
stray quarks rearrange
universe generates change
most simple, some strange
metamorphosis
in broader analysis
cosmic calculus
more space demanding
gravity notwithstanding
outward expanding
soon how becomes why
upon earth and in the sky
all...
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Categories:
creation, death, life, nature,
Form: Haiku
Three TravelersOn a dark and lonesome road
On a dark and stormy night
There were three hellbent travelers
Just out looking for a fight
After closing down the bar
Saw a boy standing in the road
So they pulled their car...
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Categories:
death, fire,
Form: Rhyme
The Betrayal of BrothersA single error in judgment,
A glimpse of time that follows us,
Generation to Generation.
This clouds our DNA, forcing legacies,
Against fathers and sons,
Brother against brother.
Decisions made,
Apologizes ignored,
Forgiveness asks, and answers become silent.
Those decisions are unforgivable.
God's law, but...
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Categories:
death, betrayal, brother, conflict, courage,
Form: Free verse
Doggy BreathNo harbinger of tact was he
And as a matter of fact you'll see
One spewing forth only filth and bile
A mongrel dog with a crooked smile
Nor lover of man or saintly ways
A cur so foul for...
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Categories:
death, dog,
Form: Rhyme
L Plus R ForeverTrue love everlasting is carved into trees,
Who of the two will eventually cede?
There cannot be question as to which prevails longer,
Bark slowly heals as the heart grows still fonder
Yet heartbreak cuts deeper than knife’s...
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Categories:
anger, appreciation, caregiving, death,
Form: Rhyme
Six DogsSix dogs die
And one guy cries
the dogs are not political
Oh! My, My,
Don’t you know?
Deaths are always political
Be it mosquitoes or a martyr
Someone’s always there to take credit
to call them pest or bravehearts
to declare them something
to...
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Categories:
cry, death, dog, insect,
Form: Rhyme
Justifying For His RevengefulnessShould he justify himself
for his revengefulness,
which was the outcome
of a well-delivered response?
How bitter is the farewell to youth...
when one is close to scary death!
He wished that the portrait
on the wooden shelf
remained sparkless...
dusted by caring...
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Categories:
daughter, death, evil, farewell,
Form: Rhyme
DaveDisco ball of memories jostle for attention.
An oak tree of a man encasing:
Sunflower children's smiles and bear hugs
Dancing around the room forevermore...
Every piece of you, given so freely,
Now lives eternally......
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Categories:
death of a friend,
Form: Free verse
It is a gift I have been given youIt is a gift I have been given you -
Though us two, both shadowed by the lamp light
Are split sideways and depressed by life.
Have you been fed up from not getting love?
How each, we reach...
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Categories:
body, death, deep, friend,
Form: Rhyme
The Awful Word DeathThe sadness of getting lonely, weary and old
is none other than the anguishing thought,
we can't avoid feeling or mentioning at all cost;
daily unrest triggers the awful death word!
Will all frighten when that time comes?...
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Categories:
death, abuse, age, anger, anxiety,
Form: Rhyme
Specific Types of Death Poems
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anniversary, brother, cat, child, dog, elegy, eulogy, father, friend, funeral, goodbye, grandfather, grandmonther, grief, in loving memory, loss, lover, memorial, missing you, mother, moving on, pet, rip, sad, sister, suicide, sympathy,
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Poems Related to Death
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