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Sad Poems | All Types of Poems About Sadness

Too Close To The Sun
Have always known my limitations it's a fact that can't be missed I'll always go out on a limb and you're an attraction I can't resist am I being reckless to gamble on such a crazy game am I overconfident and like a moth to a flame will I melt my wings these and a thousand other things will I crash and burn...

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Categories: flying, romantic love, sad
Form: Rhyme
Matsuo Basho: English translations of Haku about Summer 1
Matsuo Basho: English translations of haiku about summer, life, sun, sunshine, sunlight, melons, willows, rain, rivers, hats, shade, sad, sadness. Such coolness when shouldered: the summer’s first melon. —Matsuo Basho, translation/interpretation by Michael R. Burch A wicker basket shields the coolness of the first melon. —Matsuo Basho, translation/interpretation by Michael R. Burch Morning dew: the muddy melon exudes coolness. —Matsuo Basho, translation/interpretation by Michael R. Burch Early summer...

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Categories: horse, life, river, sad,
Form: Haiku



Premium Member His Misty Eyes
Stoically he sat keeping the tears static in his misty eyes while my tears burst like rain clouds. We let time pass, then rose to leave the theater....

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Categories: sad,
Form: Free verse
Stone Walls
It is a dawn, my love did call as misty rain on fields did fall l wept for thee, they didn't see it wasn't meant to be it is a night, the light burnt bright but shadows , on walls , did write l sang my love, across hills above to echo's, of my, true love It is the morn, l...

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Categories: children, heartbreak, humanity, sad,
Form: Rhyme
Bitter
When the moon turns bitter and cold, The night starts whispering tales untold. No caress remains without a scar— No hand can heal what nights unbar. You're not just thirsty for the day, But for a wine that fades away, That pours from dreams you used to chase— Now lost in time, now out of place. A prisoner trapped in silent breath, A cage...

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Categories: sad, dark, emotions, grief, introspection,
Form: Free verse



THE CARNAGE SEWN
As this life now quickly drifts away, I'm unable to look around and say, ...

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Categories: sad, 8th grade, 9th grade,
Form: Bio
Beautiful Eyes
Beautiful eyes Tell vicious lies In the middle of a storm I’m not surprised I haven’t cried Searching for your warmth I love you But who knew You didn’t feel the same Did you love me too Or was I just new? Your favorite little game A brand new toy For you to enjoy My light died within me I fell for a boy It was me he destroyed Forever lost in...

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Categories: sad, betrayal,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Between Safety and Danger
tiptoeing through a minefield f r a u g h t with combustible opportunities a groom jilted at the altar by bride who'd rather stay "just friends." humiliated at his...

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Categories: sad, break up, devotion, love
Form: Narrative
Carry you
I carry you with me Everywhere that I go. In my eyes, In my smile, In the way I walk, How I talk, Even how I act and dress. I am something of you merged, Bits of what you were, Pieces of what you are, Snippets of what ..you could have been, And as I continue, I will become something of you never seen. I carry...

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Categories: sad, death, grief, loss, love,
Form: Free verse
The Forgotten Soul -made couple of months ago!!
Alone I rot, yet no one cares to see, The darkness deep within me. I reach for loving hands, Yet all I get is emptiness in these dark lands. My voice is lost like whispers on the sea. The wind may howl, But no one will think of me. I am a forgotten soul, Never to feel whole. They dance in warmth, while night...

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Categories: sad, anxiety, cry, how i
Form: Rhyme
I weep for me
I loathe what I have become Things I tacitly permissed Weigh me down with water Shameful of my tears That I am thin of heart and humour Quick to temper now Hard and dark, where once Was soft and light It is me whose hands are bloodied I held the dagger and carved Into myself for attention Now I weep for me ...

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Categories: hurt, lonely, sad,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member It Doesn't Feel Alright at All
It doesn’t feel alright at all over half the country is cast a pall of shame... that they’re Americans Some find them arrogant ...

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Categories: america, destiny, fate, sad,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member The Hurt is Real
Treated like you don’t deserve tepid greetings that unnerve No sparks of warmth nor dying embers Did you hurt somehow this family member Once you got along just...

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Categories: sad, family, hurt, pain, relationship,
Form: Couplet
Bestfriend
I want this loneliness to end, I need a bestfriend, I'm tired, I'm lost, Where do I run to When I need to cry? You know, the water droplets that come out of eyes When your heart is heavy like a Bag full of wet cotton, That ache worse than a grazed knee, Where do I run to? Who do I run to? I'm lost, In an...

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Categories: sad, angst, anxiety, best friend,
Form: Free verse
Pardon Me
"Good for nothing? Yeah, I know I am. I know I'm a disaster, I made everything worse all the time; I know it all, you made sure of that. Now, what can I do except saying sorry? Sorry for the existence I guess, I don't know what else... Every time I apologize you say I'm just saying, Trying to be humble,be good but always...

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Categories: sad, anger, emotions, forgiveness, hate,
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, and more.

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