Heartbreak Poems - Examples of all types of heartbreak poetry to share and read. This list of new poems is composed of the works of modern poets on PoetrySoup. Read
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The Moon For StarsBeen searching for a love, a home;
a place to call my own.
A place where I am wanted,
welcomed, cherished; down to my bones.
I dream of gentle fingertips
that trace over my skin.
A soul who always chooses...
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Categories:
appreciation, depression, desire, heartbreak,
Form: Rhyme
I'm Starting to ForgetI'm Starting to forget you
I wish I wasn't.
When is your birthday?
What are your fears?
I can't really believe
It's been so many years.
What color is your hair?
Is it curly like mine?
What clothes did you wear?
Whats your Favorite...
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Categories:
change, child, confusion, heartbreak,
Form: Free verse
Love Stranded>In a house that once echoed with love's sweet song,
A woman now finds herself feeling so wrong.
Her husband, once tender, now distant and cold,
Leaves her heartache to silently unfold.
He was once her knight, her protector,...
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Categories:
grief, heartbreak, heartbroken, loneliness,
Form: Rhyme
Level of BrokennessAuthor Dana Redricks
April 30, 2024
The level of Brokenness runs so deep even if I tried to explain I feel no one could understand. The pain in my heart has left a hole in...
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Categories:
heartbreak, anxiety, christian, conflict, deep,
Form: Free verse
Before you went awayI wake up at the break of dawn.
the sun light fills my room
I look out at the wonderous view
and its glow that feels so warm.
and then I remember we used to share
this wonderous...
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Categories:
heartbreak, absence, depression, emotions, feelings,
Form: Ballad
TRUST
Condescending Mastermind
Your path is certain,
Always a narrow line.
Your words you fill with sweet designs;
Relinquish scattered emotions to the flame of the hearts,
Now eroded with time.
Why such a deliberate sorrow?
To a love so fine?
A Love...
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Categories:
angst, betrayal, deep, heartbreak,
Form: Sonnet
Serial Keeler
Foreboding of a tempestuous storm,
it blackens as it draws near,
a cumulonimbus in towering form,
extending to the troposphere,
So cast off mooring and slacken the line,
break free while there's still time,
'cause...
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Categories:
break up, divorce, heartbreak,
Form: Rhyme
SequoiaBorn to a land unspoiled and free
The mighty sequoia was on the ascendancy
Ancient elders stood erect and proud
Free from threats to pierce a cloud
Out of nowhere came a destructive presence
Little creatures with a cold, dark...
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Categories:
change, death, farewell, heartbreak,
Form: Rhyme
Gain and LossMemories mounting
Losing sight losing faith
Positive heartbreak
...
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Categories:
growth, heartbreak, i miss
Form: Senryu
Soul Tie GoodbyeWant’s sparks will die
Yearning faintly unbinding the tie
Souls united goodbye...
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Categories:
heartbreak, irony, poems, poetry,
Form: Senryu
Burning BriskLove’s flicker fizzles
Hearts apart, souls within
Salient shade fades flames...
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Categories:
emotions, feelings, goodbye, heartbreak,
Form: Senryu
Broken Wings, Rising Hearts
In shadows deep, where love once gleamed,
A heart now shattered, a soul it seemed,
She loved with fervor, pure and true,
But he, a storm, her skies turned blue.
His words like daggers, cutting deep,
Her tears a river,...
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Categories:
heartbreak, 12th grade, anxiety, beautiful,
Form: Rhyme
I Hate Writing Poems About YouI think I hate writing poems about you
They stack up so fast, 1,2,3 this is 4 now
And they used to be a blast, I couldn’t wait to write you more. Now,
The warm, strong arms around...
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Categories:
heartbreak, best friend, betrayal, hate,
Form: Free verse
Heart says Mind saysHeart says "But I want to know"
Mind says " Its time to let go."
Heart says "I can't take this ache"
Mind says "Ypu always knew this would one day break"
Heart says "If given a...
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Categories:
angst, desire, heartbreak, heartbroken,
Form: Free verse
The Heartache of FarewellThe heartache of farewell
Comes in layers and degrees of torment and suffering
Some good and Bad, some may say it is all good in the end
But regardless of platitudes and positive thinking after reflection at the...
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Categories:
farewell, goodbye, heartbreak, loss,
Form: Free verse
Specific Types of Heartbreak Poems
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