Loss Poems | Poems About Loss

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List of Loss Poems

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PM	Poem Title	Poet	Form	Categories
	FIRST COMES RANGER	Zic, Carol	Rhyme	loss, love,
	NEXT COMES RAVEN	Zic, Carol	Rhyme	loss, love,
	Dylan Thomas on Ann Jones	Monihan, Rhoda	Free verse	bereavement, eulogy, family, loss, obituary, poems, religion,
	Still jump when phones ring	Troutman, Tanis	Free verse	death, deep, grief, hurt, loss, mental illness,
	Living In Explosions	Reza, Muzahidul	Lyric	loss,
	Black Lives Matter	Blue, Marzellia	ABC	loss,
	The Broken Rest	Oubre, Clarence	Ekphrasis	death of a friend, loss, my child,
	Dust and Gold	mulaga jana, subilaga blessings	Acrostic	blessing, depression, loss, star,
	Always	MacEachern, William	Verse	loss, love,
	Knowledge Confined In Paper	Reza, Muzahidul	Narrative	loss, wisdom,
	Cheated On and Lied To	Vance, Monica	Dramatic Verse	loss,
	Melancholy Moments	Loo, Laura	Dizain	loss,
	Beloved	Kirk, Tony	Prose	loss, love, scary, surreal,
	Smaller	Delisle, Armand	Free verse	loss, metaphor, perspective,
	Too young to go	WEWEGE, GERT	Personification	loss,
	The Inevitable	Green, Maryann	Free verse	abuse, courage, evil, hurt, loss, scary, stress,
	The Fishing Net	Reza, Muzahidul	Imagism	loss, violence,
	Dead eyes cry tears that won't dry	JY, T.I.R.O.	Dramatic Verse	loss, lost love, love,
	My Climate-Control Attorney	Dillenbeck, Gerald	Prose Poetry	loss, political,
	Leading One Rare Life Can Break Down Two	Loo, Laura	Lyric	loss, love hurts,
	Leaves	templo, welvin	Haiku	deep, farewell, life, loneliness, loss, lost love,
	Saying goodbye before I even knew you	Elmer, Georgie	Rhyme	absence, allegory, goodbye, grief, loss, missing, sad,
	-Shattered Dreams-	Kalicharan, Jenni	Free verse	baby, death, depression, heartbroken, loss,
	Elegant animal rainbow	Raynes, Lewis	Quatrain	loss,
	FAIL	nair, sadashivan	Prose Poetry	childhood, children, courage, education, loss, lost,
	If You've Lost a Loved One	Roberts, Kay	Rhyme	loss,
	losing it	RINALDI, RUDOLPH	Blank verse	age, i miss you, loss,
	Questions For The Dead	Robinson, Terry	Free verse	loss,
	Oh so grateful	hernandez, stepheney	Narrative	baby, birth, blessing, child, loss, spiritual,
	Breath	Brake, Mel	Free verse	allegory, angst, dark, emotions, loss, stars, stress,
	Confusion	Carter, David W	Free verse	loss,
	Perhaps an Angels was Sent	Flannery, Vincent	Rhyme	loss, recovery from, relationship,
	Pieces of You	Loo, Laura	Verse	loss, missing you,
	Gone	Yantis, Susan	Free verse	bereavement, eulogy, farewell, longing, loss,
	Her Name Was Grace	Riggio, Sharon	Free verse	funeral, heartbroken, loss,
	Tether Me	Schroeder, Jennifer	Free verse	death, farewell, grief, loss, love,
	In memory of 9 11	van der Merwe, Mark Paul	Verse	loss, pain, pride, sorrow,
	Where the Towers Had Once Stood	Olson, Richard	Quatrain	loss, remembrance day,
	Fifteen Years Ago Today	Price, Franklin	Couplet	anger, betrayal, courage, grief, loss, memory,
	Into the Night	vaso, arthur	Free verse	confusion, eulogy, identity, loss, perspective, psychological, wine,
	Nobody	mullick, priyanka bernadette	Free verse	loss, pain,
	Point of view	Rodriguez, Jonathan	I do not know?	dark, death, depression, emo, loss,
	A Too Soon Good-bye	lawless, John	Free verse	loss, memory,
	Today I Will Think Of Love	DiMino, Joe	Free verse	death of a friend, loss, lost love, love,
	Angel kisses	Nance, Casarah	Rhyme	loss, love,
	Burnt Into Ash My Sad Soul Looks Far Back	Lindley, Robert	Sonnet	age, change, destiny, history, loss, symbolism,
	Her Reassuring Hand	Callus, Paul	Verse	loss,
	OCEAN OF TEARS	Alexander, Victor	Elegy	loss,
	Toss Me High	Taylor, Kevin	Rhyme	bereavement, cancer, death, death loss,
	Alone yet Crowded	Stryker, Marek	Free verse	absence, destiny, giving, loss, peace, people, society,
	My Pointless Words	Govender, Keshan	Sonnet	angst, betrayal, deep, feelings, loss, sorrow,
	You and I	Hafiz, Afnan	Dramatic monologue	conflict, confusion, destiny, emotions, loss, true love,
	where rainbows breathe	muhammad, zayid	Free verse	loss, love, memory,
	What is Left	Richards, Carrie	Verse	loss,
	QUEEN UNAWARE	Chika, Sylvia	Free verse	beautiful, identity, image, loss, poetry, power, rights,
	Everybody Leaves	Kumar, Manoj	Rhyme	loss, lost,
	in a stroke	Quipty, Mr	Free verse	loss, meaningful, old,
	Love Truly Lost, Forever Vanishes	Lindley, Robert	Rhyme	art, betrayal, cry, heartbreak, loss, passion, symbolism,
	SEEKING SOLACE	Arribas, John	Rhyme	absence, angst, for her, loss,
	My Muse Has Gone	Foster, Gail	Rhyme	absence, death, inspiration, loss, muse, poetry, psychological,
	How I wish	williams, linda	Monorhyme	loss,
	This grand old house with its large oak doors	JY, T.I.R.O.	Free verse	loss, lost love, love,
	Grief	Broadbent, Robert	Elegy	loss, sad,
	Time to Go	Tennant, K.	I do not know?	bereavement, death, grief, loss,
	A Tribute to our Soldiers	Lewis , Gail	Rhyme	angst, anxiety, dedication, education, loss, meaningful, pain, passion,
	Painful Memory	Cornelius , Jeff	Rhyme	loss, lost love, love
	The Love I Have For Alice	Hauser , Mike	Rhyme	loss, love hurts,
	Pallid	Bosa, Diana	Kimo	loss, lost love, sad,
	What you left behind	mitchell, nancy	Verse	loss,
	Soul	Monihan, Rhoda	Heroic Couplets	adventure, bereavement, clothes, community, loss, lust, meaningful, mental
	And So This is What It Feels Like	Maharaj, Sasha	Rhyme	granddaughter, grandmother, heartbroken, loss, missing,
	Grief is a shard of glass swallowed	Brown, Brandi Elizabeth	Rhyme	bereavement, death of a loss,
	Little by Little	Anne, Kat	Free verse	break up, crush, cry, loss, love, love hurts,
	Remember those fallen	Alexander, Gordon	Rhyme	loss, memorial day, military,
	Paraplegic Wishes	Mudge, John	Couplet	loss, me,
	four years	Marie, Lynn	Rhyme	emotions, heart, i miss loss, love, september, soldier,
	Sounds of my Father	Heath, Sarah	Couplet	dad, daughter, death, eulogy, loss, sorrow,
	FYBROMYALGIA	Lewis , Gail	Acrostic	loss, motivation, pain, paradise,
	Pain Will Perish	Micek, Klaudia	Couplet	loss, strength,
	THE SEVENTH DAY	Pruitt, Reta	Verse	corruption, inspirational, loss,
	By Letting You Go	Tortoza, Franchesca Mia	Rhyme	loss, lost love, love,
	Weeping Trees	Janko, Betty	Free verse	loss,
	Lost At Sea	Tortoza, Franchesca Mia	Rhyme	loss, lost, sad,
	Someone I Use to Know	Harless, Donetta	Rhyme	absence, cancer, death of loss, memory,
	Loyalty	Cherub, Maria	Free verse	loss, lost love, love,
	If You Know What I Mean	Hauser , Mike	Rhyme	loss,
	That Bright Red Rose	Tortoza, Franchesca Mia	Lyric	heartbreak, heartbroken, hurt, longing, loss, lost love, love,
	The Final Vow	Lindley, Robert	Sonnet	art, change, deep, forgiveness, loss, memory,
	The night walker	Krampe, Agnes	Blank verse	loss, love,
	heaven's lullaby	Marie, Lynn	Free verse	beautiful, emotions, faith, heaven, loss, spiritual,
	In The Late August Sun	Richards, Carrie	Free verse	loss, love hurts, mother,
	My Smile Is Only A Mirage	Y., Alexis	Villanelle	loss, pain,
	The Small Racoon	Troutman, Tanis	Free verse	animal, baby, body, car, loss, sad,
	Money with No Conscious	Atkins, Jaquay	Free verse	loss, visionary, work, write,
	On Grassy Bank	Sacks, Sheila	Free verse	loss,
	When Her Own Payment Came Due	Lindley, Robert	Sonnet	appreciation, art, life, loss, love, symbolism, true
	The Needle	Hauser , Mike	Free verse	loss,
	The Sun Rises	DiMino, Joe	Free verse	allegory, allusion, change, fear, loss, nature,
	Deepest Love Destroyed By Blackest Of Lies	Lindley, Robert	Sonnet	appreciation, art, deep, loss, memory, relationship, wisdom,
	Black Diamonds	Quigley, Tom	Sonnet	loss, self,