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Poem Title	Poet	Form	Categories
GONE	Abai, Yoni	Rhyme	death, deep, feelings, goodbye,
GET IT QUICK	curtis futch jr, kurtis scott aka	Light Poetry	abuse, addiction, grief,
His Last Kiss	Smith, Arlene	Rhyme	death, grief, love,
Three Souls at Heaven's Gate	Valles, Tom	Narrative	christian, death, devotion, eulogy,
Sometimes:	Bobenhouse Smith, Jo	Blitz	age, friendship, grief, inspirational,
Simply time to go, a little brother's lamentation	Crenshaw, Kelly	Rhyme	brother, death, grief,
A Best Friend	Abai, Yoni	Rhyme	best friend, betrayal, blue,
Obscurity	Yamin, Mohammad	Tanka	grief, pain, smile,
Searching for Inspiration	Canoy, Emerald	Quatrain	depression, dream, grief, inspiration,
RED LIGHTS	Thajudeen, Muhammad Safa	Light Poetry	abuse, community, corruption, evil,
Hidden Whispers	Twaddell, John	Free verse	bereavement, betrayal, birth, death,
Lost	Cervenka, Janet	Free verse	death, grief, missing you,
Bleeding Heart	Yamin, Hamida	Rhyme	allegory, betrayal, dedication, grief,
Pleasure becomes a Pain - A tribute to Lord Byron	Mehta, Dr.Ram	Rhyme	grief, tribute,
Letting Go	Rix, Gwendolen	Free verse	beautiful, blessing, courage, grief,
One Small Word	Time, Justin	Rhyme	grief, life, sad,
Mercy	Carey, Ninette	Ballad	blessing, daughter, grief, heartbroken,
A LETTER TO FATE	Matt, Phatt	Dramatic Verse	death, deep, depression, grandmother,
Children of the World	Yates, Bill	Free verse	children, freedom, grief, imagery,
I FOLDED MY MOTHER UP	Goldkind, Igor	Elegy	childhood, death, farewell, grief,
Why be happy	AR, Nadiya	Lyric	grief, happiness, hurt, sad,
Pouring Sun	Earnings, J. W. M.	Free verse	anger, art, deep, depression,
Knowing	Surina, Christine	Free verse	bereavement, death, god, grief,
Nothing Left To Give	Pinet, Emile	Rhyme	august, corruption, grief, how
The Mirror	Holmes, Tyler	Free verse	anger, anxiety, conflict, dark,
Broken Dreams	G., David	I do not know?	dark, grief, urban,
We Floated Through the Years	Yates, Bill	Free verse	death, grief, loss, love,
Beating Up Bullies	Samandar, Moses	Acrostic	age, analogy, grief,
No More Broken Heart	Alexander, Nicole	Free verse	christian, confusion, dedication, emotions,
Exiled	Chavira, Sek	Romanticism	absence, allusion, beauty, for
IN THE FIRED FURNACE OF CALI	lowe, millard	Alliteration	earth, fire, grief, memory,
Bread line nation	Savage, Racheal	Free verse	abuse, grief, military, people,
''In the valley of souls flows a river--'' revised	Nguyen, Ngoc	Sonnet	depression, grief, hope, jesus,
''River of sorrows''	Nguyen, Ngoc	Haiku	depression, grief, happiness, hope,
Last Hour	Palmer , Melanie	Free verse	anger, brother, dad, death,
Apathy	Murrish, Sam	Prose Poetry	allegory, allusion, analogy, grief,
THOUGHTS	Warburton, Joan	Haiku	grief,
Hope Gone	Johnson-Saunders, Rhonda	Diminished Hexaverse	grief, hope, sorrow, time,
The poem of Pi	Brag, Olivia	I do not know?	anxiety, books, conflict, grief,
TEARS OF JOY	lowe, millard	Elegy	child, cry, death, for
Angel Kisses	REAMS, TAMMY	ABC	angel, blessing, death, grief,
Chrissy's stage - stars are born	Wouterse, Elly	Free verse	beauty, blessing, cancer, grief,
Hudhud	Gembali, Jeswant	Rhyme royal	depression, earth, emotions, green,
The Feelings of Alone	Earnings, J. W. M.	Free verse	confusion, grief, hope, loneliness,
DRIVE BY	lowe, millard	Prose Poetry	anxiety, bereavement, children, grief,
DEAR FRIEND OF MINE	lowe, millard	Prose Poetry	emotions, feelings, grief, i
Piles	Deason, Carol	Imagism	death, depression, grief, missing,
THE LONGING	Rowley, Rosemarie	Sonnet	blessing, creation, grief,
My Sorrowful Soul	Earnings, J. W. M.	Free verse	angst, anxiety, deep, depression,
DARK CLOUDS OF LIFE	NYAGA, LEWIS	Parallelismus Membrorum	depression, grief, sad, word
DARK CLOUDS OF LIFE	NYAGA, LEWIS	Parallelismus Membrorum	depression, grief, sad, word
The true love of a mother	lubimbi, sibusiso	Light Poetry	absence, care, caregiving, deep,
Before I Knew You: Not A Personal Experience	Myle, Jamilah	Elegy	abuse, baby, death, deep,
Winter Is a Vacuum In the Mind	Yates, Bill	Free verse	grief, metaphor, seasons, sorrow,
Dream Visit	Smith, Darlene	Classicism	grief, native american, romance,
Alone	Abai, Yoni	Rhyme	deep, depression, emotions, feelings,
The Longest Journey	Parker, Frederic	Free verse	grief,
TO A FORGOTTEN SUICIDE NOTE	lowe, millard	Elegy	bereavement, death, emotions, grief,
The Lie	Mve, Simon	I do not know?	grief, life, woman,
I'M SORRY	Edwards, Kristin	Rhyme	death, farewell, grief, heartbreak,
I'm A Mighty Oak Tree	Rix, Gwendolen	Free verse	friendship, grief, inspirational, metaphor,
Breaking Nations	sebaduka, Elly	Rhyme	america, anger, art, dark,
Losing a game	Denger, Tiffany	ABC	basketball, blessing, children, education,
LOVE TRAP	curtis futch jr, kurtis scott aka	Light Poetry	adventure, blessing, grief,
Who's rolling the dice	Lal, Jyothis	Rhyme	anxiety, betrayal, confusion, dark,
The Gate	Edwards, Kristin	Rhyme	absence, analogy, death, depression,
Wish I was in a better place	Abai, Yoni	Rhyme	appreciation, bible, blessing, faith,
PROBLEMS	Petersen Potter, Dorian	Acrostic	anxiety, confusion, depression, grief,
Night Of The August Moon	Lindley, Robert	Rhyme	angel, change, dedication, farewell,
No Happy New Year For The Bereaved	Peranteau, JoanMarie	Haiku	bereavement, death, grief, heartbroken,
Cuchulainn's lament	Lynch, Martin	Sonnet	death, grief, loss,
A Darkened Path	Lindley, Robert	Verse	conflict, feelings, grief, growing
There is no more of love	Lynch, Martin	Sonnet	grief,
Your heart	Anupam, Birat	Free verse	dedication, deep, emo, grief,
The Stone and the String and the Mother They Murdered	Shay, Kathleen	Free verse	abuse, beautiful, change, conflict,
Grandpa's on the Internet	Lewis, Jeannie	Rhyme	grandfather, grief, inspirational,
Slaughtered Innocence	Graham, Patricia L	Free verse	bullying, dark, depression, grief,
Falling and crawling	lYUDIN, aNNA	Alliteration	grief,
In The Moment	Meade, David	I do not know?	grief, life, love,
- Haiku X 43 - The Death-	Andresen, Anne Lise	Haiku	death, farewell, grief,
It's Rarely Sunny in Philadelphia Part 3	Flannery, Vincent	Prose	grief, longing, loss,
Guilt Free	Boddie, Savoy	Free verse	body, corruption, emo, feelings,
Baby brot bringer	Kayode, KAYOD5	Prose Poetry	children, grief,
The Grieving	Schmidt, Victoria	Free verse	christmas, death, grief,
I stand here still	NEWAN, SHARLOTTE	I do not know?	grief,
Many, Foolish Things	Kania, Yvonne	Rhyme	grief,
GOD SEX BAD SEX	curtis futch jr, kurtis scott aka	Light Poetry	grief, missing, romance,
Into Each Night I Now Endure	Lindley, Robert	Rhyme	change, farewell, grief, innocence,
Absently Present	Zammit, Ronald	Cinquain	absence, grief, longing,
''The years moved on, and, older now, betwixt--''	Nguyen, Ngoc	Sonnet	age, grief, life, loneliness,
This Generation	Muhina, Amina	Free verse	america, beautiful, betrayal, conflict,
Loneliest Winter Day	Johnson-Saunders, Rhonda	Free verse	grief, sorrow, winter,
I love to write	Hollywood-Cutts, BONNIE	Rhyme	beauty, grief, happiness, life,
Turning way	prabhu, sashi	Rhyme	death, goodbye, grief,
IT DOESN'T MAKE ANY SENSE	Petersen Potter, Dorian	Triolet	anger, conflict, evil, grief,
Who	Solier, Aleck	Free verse	anxiety, break up, depression,
A Tattered and Fraying Fabric	Peranteau, JoanMarie	Free verse	absence, grief, heartbroken, loss,
Unending Wars	A. Sharma, Dr. Upma	Couplet	grief, introspection,
Empty	Ferguson, Cynthia	Cinquain	depression, grief, lost,
Hindsight	Myers, Bobbi	Free verse	conflict, cry, depression, grief,

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