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Poem Title	Poet	Form	Categories	Date Posted
Fear	Parka , Austine	Free verse	death,depression,fear,gri	12/06/2013
Losing you before I knew	Owen, Nicole	Rhyme	baby,emotions,grief,heart	12/05/2013
Nelson Mandela	Brigham , Annalise	Acrostic	death,dedication,grief,	12/05/2013
Raindrops	Craig, Andy	I do not know?	care,cry,grief,heartbroke	12/05/2013
That Girl	La Quay, Laura	Verse	change,conflict,courage,c	12/05/2013
out of sync	Richards, Carrie	Tanka	death,grief,holiday,sad,	12/01/2013
The December Kiss	Ahmad, Syed Amaan	Rhyme	december,gothic,grief,kis	12/01/2013
Henry	Piwang, Sharon Rose	Than-Bauk	africa,grief,	11/30/2013
My Thanksgiving Haiku	Horn, James	Haiku	grief,	11/29/2013
A Still Day	Mehta, Dr.Ram	Tanka	grief,	11/28/2013
Lament at Poetic Genius Lost	Nguyen, Ngoc	I do not know?	angst,god,grief,loss,meta	11/27/2013
God Knows Best	Bond, Kim	Rhyme	christian,friendship,god,	11/27/2013
Incubus	Mehta, Dr.Ram	Narrative	grief,	11/27/2013
The Sweet Black of Night	Towers, Daniel	Iambic Pentameter	dark,for her,girlfriend,g	11/26/2013
That sad, sad Christmas day	Duggan, Peter	Ballade	christmas,fire,grief,hear	11/26/2013
Dad Is dead	Roger, Rodgers	Elegy	father,funeral,grief,humo	11/26/2013
Wishing I never lost you	Maes, Elissa	Rhyme	death,grief,loss,	11/24/2013
The Last Vacation	Maes, Elissa	Prose Poetry	grief,loss,memory,	11/24/2013
Alice Unloved Part two	Purdum, Fritz	Rhyme	children,for children,gri	11/24/2013
Alice Unloved Part one	Purdum, Fritz	Rhyme	children,for children,gri	11/24/2013
More	Rodriguez, Taina	Free verse	deep,depression,grief,how	11/24/2013
Boys and Fools Dedicated to Aunt Dorothy	Brake, Mel	Free verse	boyfriend,grief,innocence	11/23/2013
I Wish	Rohr, Blake Krystian	Lyric	feelings,grief,heartbroke	11/21/2013
In Heartwood Forrest	Romani, Sarai	Quatrain	courage,family,grief,tree	11/20/2013
Silent tears	Craig, Andy	I do not know?	grief,pain,stress,suicide	11/19/2013
GIVE A POOR CHILD CHANCE	curtis futch jr, kurtis scott aka	Prose Poetry	adventure,betrayal,grief,	11/19/2013
Rocket Ship- I Spit Fire	Casey, Sarah	Blank verse	break up,goodbye,grief,gr	11/18/2013
BABY AM SO ALONE	curtis futch jr, kurtis scott aka	Light Poetry	grief,happiness,	11/16/2013
Australias shame	Duggan, Peter	Ballade	animal,conflict,death,gri	11/16/2013
Seeking For Shelter	Villarosa, Noel	Rhyme	grief,hope,natural disast	11/15/2013
Poppin' On The Low	C, Angel	I do not know?	abuse,cry,fear,forgivenes	11/14/2013
My Brother	Sergi, Joseph	Elegy	death,grief,miss you,reme	11/14/2013
Tears	Horne, Keith	Lyric	abuse,bullying,cry,depres	11/14/2013
Lack	Strandberg, Randi	Free verse	dark,emotions,feelings,fr	11/14/2013
Nirbhaya's Agony	PAHWA, MAHIMA	Free verse	grief,	11/13/2013
Christmas at Christchurch	Downes, Steve	Free verse	depression,grief,heartbro	11/12/2013
Over and Out	Kraidman, Gary	Rhyme	age,anger,angst,depressio	11/12/2013
Duster	Asoll, Aiden	Free verse	death,grief,memory,pain,p	11/11/2013
I Don't Know	Charlot, Emanuel	Free verse	dark,grief,sad,	11/10/2013
Hanging by a String	Robey, Kevin	Rhyme	absence,emo,epic,grief,he	11/09/2013
To My Rapist	Gopela, Arden	Ode	abuse,grief,hope,innocenc	11/09/2013
Snow Kept Skies	Courtney, Ruth	Free verse	grief,rainbow,snow,techno	11/09/2013
Pogo	Lamoureux, Richard	Free verse	grief,pets,	11/07/2013
LOVE HURTS	curtis futch jr, kurtis scott aka	Light Poetry	adventure,grief,	11/07/2013
The Card	Curtis, John	Rhyme	grief,	11/07/2013
A silent song	Bopalamo, Lebo	Prose Poetry	grief,relationship,sad lo	11/06/2013
From Great Pain Comes Great Inspiration	That Archaic Poet, Just	Narrative	anger,bereavement,best fr	11/05/2013
Cold Gray Stone	Sergi, Joseph	Elegy	death,depression,devotion	11/05/2013
Trees of a Dreary Autumn	Al-Hashimi, Inaam	Prose Poetry	autumn,death,emotions,gri	11/04/2013
A Dieu Grande Mere	Safindah, Karl Nkecha	ABC	death,grief,loss,	11/04/2013
Ode to the people of Norway	Mehta, Dr.Ram	Ode	grief,	11/04/2013
The Silent Chair	De Burca, Seosamh	Couplet	absence,anniversary,care,	11/03/2013
Hitchike Home	Cullum, Brick	Free verse	absence,god,grief,hate,ho	11/03/2013
Death of a Kangaroo	D, SuZ -	Free verse	animal,death,devotion,gri	11/03/2013
The Grief of Crows	D, SuZ -	Free verse	bereavement,bird,confusio	11/03/2013
I walk	DAWOOD, FATHIMA	Free verse	angst,cry,depression,grie	11/02/2013
Eternal Breath	Wings, Broken	Elegy	grief,love,pets,	11/01/2013
Eternal Breath	Ligon, Juliet	Rhyme	death,dedication,grief,he	10/31/2013
FELL IN THE OCEANi	curtis futch jr, kurtis scott aka	Light Poetry	grief,	10/31/2013
My Shadow	PAHWA, MAHIMA	ABC	grief,	10/31/2013
Every day I die	Alexandropoulou, Archontoula	Senryu	devotion,grief,love,	10/31/2013
River of Pain	Johnson-Saunders, Rhonda	Rhyme	death,grief,lost love,riv	10/30/2013
FLOWER FOR A FRIEND	curtis futch jr, kurtis scott aka	Light Poetry	grief,	10/30/2013
Will You Still Love Me	Price, Bobbie Jo	Blank verse	boyfriend,emotions,girlfr	10/29/2013
Heaven Gained an Angel When I Lost You	York, Jeanna	Lyric	absence,care,death,grandm	10/29/2013
OUR LIVES	Loftis, Samantha	I do not know?	change,confusion,emotions	10/29/2013
Burning Man	That Archaic Poet, Just	Rhyme	fire,grief,journey,sad,tr	10/29/2013
Grieve	Marinetti, Kennetria	Free verse	death,emotions,feelings,g	10/27/2013
Why Did You Hide It	Lynne, Stephanie	Rhyme	betrayal,confusion,death,	10/27/2013
Pepe	Rain, Shanity	Elegy	childhood,cry,death of a	10/27/2013
Gone Forever	Cabanes, Nudershada	Narrative	bereavement,grief,	10/27/2013
Vacuity	Hicks, Lisa	Free verse	absence,devotion,goodbye,	10/26/2013
Stormy - Left Behind	Britt, Christopher Thor	Elegy	absence,cat,death of a fr	10/26/2013
Empty	McGinnis, Darla	Prose Poetry	absence,august,grief,loss	10/26/2013
We Lost More Than a Dad	Hansel, Sabrina Niday	Epic	absence,angst,best friend	10/25/2013
play, pause	Tate, Morgan	Free verse	abuse,addiction,anger,ang	10/24/2013
little pale lies	Tate, Morgan	Free verse	absence,addiction,age,boy	10/24/2013
Frozen Petal	Amai, Apolo	Acrostic	angel,boyfriend,change,ch	10/24/2013
It's the evening	shirqati, dheya	Free verse	cry,grief,sad,sad love,	10/24/2013
Dialogue of Souls	Banner, Cole	Rhyme	absence,bereavement,care,	10/24/2013
Who Am I	Ekechukwu, Ifeanyi Bob	Acrostic	adventure,age,angel,art,b	10/24/2013
What once was	Jowders, Karah	Free verse	absence,angel,child,cry,d	10/23/2013
I didn't get to	Jowders, Karah	Rhyme	baby,child,creation,cry,d	10/23/2013
On Longing and Death	Lefaivre, Adam	Haiku	absence,death,fear,grief,	10/23/2013
Pinkctober	Mehta, Dr.Ram	Free verse	grief,sad,	10/23/2013
breathe, suffocate	Tate, Morgan	Free verse	conflict,confusion,courag	10/23/2013
eight	Tate, Morgan	Free verse	addiction,body,change,dar	10/23/2013
unfinished	Tate, Morgan	Free verse	absence,addiction,beauty,	10/22/2013
Your Choice	Piwang, Susan	Free verse	boyfriend,depression,emot	10/22/2013
Forty Lost	Banner, Cole	Rhyme	absence,bereavement,best	10/22/2013
The Road it Forks	Banner, Cole	Rhyme	absence,change,death,deat	10/22/2013
Echoes from the Other Side	Banner, Cole	Rhyme	absence,dark,death,death	10/22/2013
Stairway to Heaven	Banner, Cole	Rhyme	angel,change,dark,death,d	10/22/2013
Sad Lines By The Sea	Mohammed, Mustapha	Free verse	grief,	10/22/2013
Genocide	Ortner, Immaculata	Haiku	grief,patriotic,war,	10/22/2013
Killing Old Habits Before They Kill You	davis, robin	Rhyme	drink,emotions,grief,pain	10/21/2013
The Man With No Face	Lefaivre, Adam	Free verse	depression,desire,devotio	10/21/2013
gone means forever	Hessler, Anne	Lyric	death,family,grandfather,	10/21/2013
Giving In To The Gray	Forster, Jesse James	Free verse	autumn,beautiful,dark,dep	10/19/2013
the love we had seemed so far away	Payne, Davin	Rhyme	analogy,beautiful,best fr	10/19/2013