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Lost Love Poems | Examples of Lost Love Poetry

Lost Love Poems - Examples of all types of lost love poetry to share and read. This list of new poems is composed of the works of modern poets on PoetrySoup. Read short, long, best, and famous poem examples for lost love.
Premium Member Love
"One word frees us of all the weight and pain of life. The word is love.” ~ Sophocles, Greek Poet Oh, Love. Where travels thou diminishing shade? This is not the path I hastily bade nor the future...Read the rest...
Categories: lost love, death, depression, emotions, life,
Form: Sonnet



Premium Member 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...Read the rest...
Categories: lost love, break up, divorce, heartbreak,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member A Rambling Guy
It's the beginning of Fall, chilly days and boring days are ahead, he notices how tall are the pines that oversee all; a rambling guy whistles songs: does he have a destination in mind, or he strolls tirelessly to unwind? His shadow...Read the rest...
Categories: lost love, addiction, anxiety, depression, loneliness,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Bitter Thoughts On Sweaty Sheets
So here I am it’s happened again I woke up in the middle of the night swimming in a pool of sweat so bad it’ll call for a change of sheets My pillow is soaked so...Read the rest...
Categories: lost love, anger, emotions, lonely, lost
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Cut Up Without You
long dark night you never say return to me this orange bedroom its open fire crackling through acetylcholine tongues like fingers bodies arched two spoons smeared in oils red and umber the drifting leaves the streets advertise allegorical objects on a wall not imagery for leaving me lost with innocence and weeping like...Read the rest...
Categories: imagery, lost love, surreal,
Form: Free verse



YEARS AGO
I cared for you But your betrayal Left me hurt, as for me Now and forever You’re in my past Never to be renewed Please get the message ...Read the rest...
Categories: lost love,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member ABSOLVING SCARLET
Sable Gable Betray’l Fatal Eyes that pierced, not sable, Gable-gray. Won’t give a d$mn - betray’l fatal bray. Absolving his harlot Scarlet wife. Dismissive of starlit starlet strife. Harlot Scarlet starlit starlet ...Read the rest...
Categories: lost love,
Form: Tyburn
Premium Member DAWN OF QUICK PURSUIT
Tis brisk, this love, that rounds her abs with haste. With dawn of quick pursuit, she trembles light. His eyes, they stroke the lamb, her wooly-chaste. Her long locks, bind, grab hold the sun, excite. Too soon, the moon,...Read the rest...
Categories: lost love, lust,
Form: Sonnet
Premium Member The Death of Love
All she wanted was love, but he forgot the dreamy days of yore. Gone were those sweet caresses, Gone were the walks hand in hand, Gone was any passionate lovemaking. All sentiment evaporated into bank accounts, and soon he found others...Read the rest...
Categories: abuse, lost love, suicide,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member candlelit room
in my candlelit room I am in a meditation and total withdrawal and I am travelling back, back, back in time with a sad sigh I know what comes next and I want to weep with love my...Read the rest...
Categories: lost love,
Form: Free verse
Parting Time
You're lips close to me Yet your heart is far away Let's part anyway....Read the rest...
Categories: lost love, break up, conflict, lost
Form: Haiku
There was a time
There was a time, I used to look at her, In a different kind, We used to meet At the same place and at the same time. I know you were mine, When I saw you the first time, And...Read the rest...
Categories: lost love, for teens, i love
Form: Rhyme
Sweet Yesterday - Ephemera
Letter of the past, Now a treasured piece, Letter of gone years, Now a keepsake. She wrote it to show her love, She wrote it to tell me how proud she was of me, It had words from the depth of...Read the rest...
Categories: death, grandmother, lost love,
Form: Free verse
The Waitress
In the dim-lit corner of a forsaken cafe, I dwell alone, as time slips away. He strides in with an air of indifference, Yet his gaze betrays no hint of penitence. Briefly, our eyes entwine in sorrow, A fleeting moment,...Read the rest...
Categories: lost love, abuse, america, angst, anxiety,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Walking Again Down The Path Of Youth
Time has wrinkled our weeping faces, never withered any of the embraces; oh, how delightful is to walk again down the path of youth and not fear whatever fate brings upon us: joy or pain... nothing can tear down...Read the rest...
Categories: lost love, emotions, feelings, joy, lost
Form: Rhyme

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