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Best Leaving Poems

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Premium Member Goodbye
(NOTHING MORE TO SAY)

I've seen the way you look at me
I've seen the way you look at them
Without wanting to admit, you hate everything I...

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Categories: leaving, break up, conflict, goodbye,
Form: Free verse



Too Good To Ever Last
Too good - to ever last    suggested bpm 80

Vs1
When we first met, I never thought
that you could ever love me...
You were the...

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Categories: leaving, break up, feelings, heartbreak,
Form: Lyric
Premium Member Kiss the Rain
I'm leaving now, but here is a reminder
'Twill bring to you the days we walked through rain
So when you wish to feel my hand in...

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Categories: leaving, girl, people, rain, romantic,
Form: Quatrain
Premium Member A Last Poem For You, My Mate
A Last Poem for You, My Mate

If Death comes calling in colorful spring
I hope it will come in the month of May
When our garden is...

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Categories: death, fate, leaving, life,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Butterfly In My Pocket
I have a butterfly in my pocket,
that will never fly again.
When I think back to yesterday,
it’s a pretty reminder of my pain.

Butterflies aren’t meant for...

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Categories: angst, farewell, leaving,
Form: Quatrain



Premium Member The Last Love Letter To the West
I can't recall the day you left
 Empty words going west

~To The West Coast~

My love, my sweet love -- my soulmate
I will cherish our time,...

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Categories: deep, feelings, heart, leaving,
Form: Free verse
I Need Your Help Daddy
I’m tired
I’m Physically and Emotionally tired
I don’t want to be the strong one anymore
I can’t this time
I don’t know what to do Daddy
I need your...

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Categories: leaving, absence, angst, cry, dad,
Form: Elegy
Soul Mates Solace
When my final shadows cling on desperately
Where I fight formidable battles
to merely hold the light
I send you loving vibrations
and soul sustenance
Deep from the cathedral
of one...

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Categories: leaving, art, bereavement, body, care,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Nevermore Will Raven Return
*Note:  A 60-year annual tradition that involved a mysterious visitor leaving three 
roses at the grave of writer Edgar Allan Poe on the anniversary...

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Categories: leaving, mysteryhouse, loss, birthday, grave,
Form: Narrative
Changing Seasons
autumn winds whisper
turning over a new leaf
requires letting go...

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Categories: fear, freedom, friendship, leaving,
Form: Haiku
Where Barren Branches Touch Newborn Leaves
Scurrying on my way home, a little leaf catches my eye, and I am compelled yet again to slow down.

a whirlwind of thoughts
compete with swaying...

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Categories: absence, introspection, leaving, life,
Form: Haibun
The Sparrow
He called it love and his captivating way,
   She called it fear and longed for the day.
All alone she cried those bitter nights,
...

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Categories: leaving, husband, lost love, sad,
Form: Narrative
Premium Member You Let the Moment Pass
Eternity within your grasp
My plea? To undo the clasp
Let Desire wash away
Tomorrow and yesterday
Every other thought and dream
Meaningless I make them seem
Had you let the...

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Categories: leaving, sad love,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Pearls of Wisdom
When it is time for me to pass away
I’ll pack and leave; I dare not overstay.
But ere I drift out slowly with the tide
I’d wish...

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Categories: giving, leaving,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Autumn's Breath- POTD
From far a cool wind gently blows,
    There's a pleasantness in the air.
Harsh summer heat steadily slows.
    The leaves...

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Categories: autumn, creation, leaving,
Form: Quatern

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