Sad Poems. Above are examples of sad poems about life, depression, love, and more. Yes, believe it or not, poetry about sadness can help you lift your spirits when you feel down or are unhappy. It is a natural feeling and one that all people experience but talking about how you feel and writing about sadness can put you on the road to healing. Regardless of the reason, or even if there doesn’t seem to be one, reading and sharing poetry can help you when sadness holds you in its grip. These poetic works will help you to learn how to write poetry about sadness and see how the best poets from all over the world write this form of poetry.
Devour
You're a cannibal, baby,
consuming pieces of my heart,
chewing on my frailty,
and tearing me apart,
You're a scavenger, baby,
overhead with your eyes honed,
peeling layers of my flesh,
until I'm bare to...
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Categories:
sad, abuse, anger, break up,
Form: Rhyme
Secret’s Vulnerability
A troubled man held a dark guarded secret
Deep in a closet of his mind for years on end
No one knew this hidden in his anxious soul
Expect a long-trusted confidant and close friend
But secrets are difficult...
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Categories:
sad, best friend, conflict, relationship,
Form: Free verse
Hospice PlightSad plight in hospice
Fed smorgasmord of drugs
Left the great beyond....
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Categories:
death, life, sad, scary,
Form: Haiku
Just One More TurnTo break a man's life down
into digits, to numbers,
might seem strange to you;
distant, or heartless, or just odd.
But that was just our way;
we'd both been dubbed 'robot'
at one time or another.
So that's what I'll do.
Forty...
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Categories:
sad, death, death of a
Form: Free verse
The bonfireWas this simply a predestination or one fate made true?
It all happened so fast, just as my eyes can blink from green to blue
Paper flowers unfolding; artificial growth of life's prose that show rhymes have...
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Categories:
sad, for her, i miss
Form: Monorhyme
Short cutI wish it was easier
I wish there was a short cut
I wish I didn't have cry again
I wish it didn't hurt this much
I wish you could feel regret
I wish you could come back
and tell me...
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Categories:
sad,
Form: Rhyme
Kings will FallKings Will Fall
In every kingdom a king will rule strong, some kingdoms they rule alone but are usualy strongest and more influential with a queen by there side! Kings will go through battles each that...
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Categories:
sad, adventure, age, anger, heartbroken,
Form: Free verse
A Sad Side
A good man of great stature
A presence so strong
Head of a company, head of the family
The place he belonged
Now he sits in a care home
A toy cat cradled in his arms
Imprisoned in his...
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Categories:
family, farewell, lonely, sad,
Form: Rhyme
An Overthinker's TormentThinking and thinking and thinking.
I want to stop going over the memories,
The looping record of agonising nothings.
That's the problem, you see?
It's not a problem to them.
A simple mistake,
So quickly forgiven, and yet,
It lingers like a...
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Categories:
sad, anxiety, confusion, extended metaphor,
Form: Free verse
Be Mine Or Nobody'sEvery thought, every vision you will dream
must evolve around me:
be mine or nobody's!
even your breath belongs to me...
be mine or nobody's:
can my faint hope die and not ever gleam?
No woman could sing me a happier...
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Categories:
sad, anxiety, betrayal, desire, dream,
Form: Ode
Ghost Stories: COMPLETED[Fiction Out West]
A mining town, among others, had been shut down the longest. Long before the mines closed, and all the towns followed. As the story goes; one night, a 10-year-old boy walks into a...
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Categories:
sad, child, death, horror, mother
Form: Other
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:
sad, best friend, betrayal, hate,
Form: Free verse
Craving a SmokeI’m craving a smoke
I’m craving a drag, a poisonous and toxic puff of smog
to fill my empty lungs to
pass the time to
feel the burn in my throat. I fill my body with
solitude
and meditate in cramped...
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Categories:
sad, dark, depression, drug, pain,
Form: Free verse
Pain HarborAfter heavy rain
I see outpour of teardrops
Harboring the pain....
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Categories:
character, emotions, perspective, sad,
Form: Haiku
First Love: EphemeraThere’s a box lying somewhere.
Somewhere in a dusty cupboard.
Somewhere behind old paper, older words, and wounds older still.
Somewhere no one can find it.
I think about it, sometimes.
Sometimes, when I breathe.
Sometimes, when I exhale puffs of...
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Categories:
sad, beautiful, first love, good
Form: Free verse
Specific Types of Sad Poems
Read wonderful sad poetry on the following sub-topics:
boyfriend, breakup, cry, death, depression, feeling, friends, girlfriend, goodbye, heartbreak, kids, life, rhyme,
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Definition | What is Sad in Poetry?
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