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Poem Title	Poet	Form	Categories
Out and In	Chey, Jay	Free verse	depression, me, sad, scary,
Those Empty Arms	Carter, Brandon	Lyric	absence, grief, loneliness, lost
A Shiny Car	Ward, Julia	Free verse	car, memory, sad,
Heart Versus Flesh	Staton, Valerie	Haiku	heart, love, sad,
FUNERAL FOOTLES	ALLISON, JAN	Footle	funeral, humor, sad,
Don't tell me not to cry	Cruz, Gretchen	I do not know?	absence, care, cry, depression,
44 Drops of Blood	Abcede, Jasper	Abecedarian	death, evil, hero, religion,
Plucky 2 by 9	Peets, Jessica	Rhyme	angel, beautiful, blessing, loneliness,
She Was Crying I Was Crying	Ben, Su	Lyric	cry, grief, imagery, sad,
Dont cry for me	Sathasivam, Ravi	Light Poetry	sad,
50 Shades of	vaso, arthur	Light Poetry	analogy, dark, sad, satire,
Two Years Hence	Sprouse, Andy	Rhyme	anger, hate, life, pain,
Lost In The Dark	Richards, Carrie	Free verse	confusion, loss, lost, memory,
Stormy Heart	Gangabissoon, Anoucheka	Rhyme	evil, sad, sad love,
My trusted is screwed up	webb, Jaquesha	I do not know?	abuse, depression, divorce, sad,
Oh, the grief, the stabbing --	Wings, Broken	Rhyme	grief, pain, sad,
Two Swords Part Two	Glynn, Michelle	Free verse	anger, hurt, love, sad,
Loneliness Smothers	Pinet, Emile	Free verse	august, betrayal, emotions, feelings,
Uprooting Dreams	Pinet, Emile	Rhyme	august, depression, feelings, heartbreak,
Facing Reality	Forshay, Matt	Free verse	depression, sad, sorrow,
RAIN	talker, Nisim	Free verse	abuse, anxiety, dark, dedication,
And The Dust Settles	Leiser, Laura	Free verse	environment, fear, sad,
We're	Hym, Owls	Rhyme	loneliness, sad,
Gathering Dust	Baviello, Debra	Ballad	absence, death, i miss
I Miss You Dad	Maharaj, Sasha	Rhyme	dad, i miss you,
The Day Will Come	Manassian, Eileen	Sonnet	dark, sad,
The Writings on the Walls	dela Cruz, Jeffrey	Elegy	depression, longing, loss, love
Isolation my friend	webb, Jaquesha	Free verse	anxiety, depression, sad, society,
It's Over	Smith, Bev	Rhyme	betrayal, grief, lost love,
A Pierrot's Tear	Ben, Su	I do not know?	lonely, sad, today,
Forgotten Valentine	Guzzi, Debbie	Haibun	sad,
FIFTH IN SET - Canary Blues	Ward, Julia	I do not know?	allusion, sad,
Despair	seal, george	Villanelle	sad,
Embitterment	Ben, Su	Free verse	allegory, imagination, sad,
Was There With Him	Horn, James	Couplet	sad,
Dougd	Thornton, Joel	Free verse	sad, sympathy,
Touch Cindy	Laurie, Lindsay	Lyric	death, dog, lyric, sad,
Denials	Canoy, Emerald	Sonnet	loneliness, longing, lost love,
Some Tears	Martin, Kevin C.	Quatrain	depression, faith, growing up,
Handle With Care	Sewell, A. H.	Free verse	abuse, anxiety, bullying, child,
The Avoided Day	Born, Michelle	ABC	cancer, death, faith, jesus,
Deal	Ben, Su	Free verse	anxiety, death, life, metaphor,
Elsie Olive	Garland, Hayley	Prose	angel, dedication, emotions, family,
Had Been Hard Thing	Horn, James	Couplet	depression, sad,
Indignation	Smalls , Jennifer	Free verse	conflict, deep, feelings, heartbreak,
Some Stillborn Child	Horn, James	Couplet	grief, sad,
First Picture	Gray, William	Free verse	animal, change, childhood, environment,
Departure Through Death	Faries, Marissa	Blank verse	death, depression, sad, sorrow,
Up In The Air	Faries, Marissa	Blank verse	angst, depression, sad,
Self-Undoing	Faries, Marissa	Blank verse	angst, depression, how i
Can You Spare A Teardrop	Deschler, Kelly	Quatrain	cry, emotions, feelings, how
The Wandering Spirit	Ben, Su	Free verse	death, life, loneliness, sad,
An Angel In Disguise	Hanson, Cheyenna	Tanka	angel, art, daughter, death,
Don't Cry	Leach, Alesia	Rhyme	child, death, grief, loss,
The Games You Play	Pinet, Emile	Rhyme	betrayal, emotions, feelings, relationship,
what do u call this	marshall, lysette	I do not know?	butterfly, depression, emotions, sad,
Life of a No-name Extra	Ben, Su	Free verse	death, life, patriotic, sad,
The top brain	Ward, Julia	Narrative	sad,
I WANDER ABOUT	CHAKRABARTY, RAJAT KANTI	Haiku	sad,
Pretty Eyes and a Heartbeat	Calatayud, Alex	Ballad	break up, feelings, rain,
The sound of democracy falling	Human, Daniel	Ode	africa, freedom, irony, political,
No Better Place	Horn, James	Couplet	sad, sea, sorry,
Daylight Savings	Hartley, Mason	Haiku	humor, philosophy, sad, satire,
Not Meant To Last	Pinet, Emile	Rhyme	birth, feelings, how i
Chasm	de la luna, hija	Tanka	grief, sad, sorrow,
What Does The Dunce Say	Stevenson, Jerry	Haiku	allusion, corruption, crazy, emotions,
Lonley	Trainor, Terry	Prose	sad,
Been on Back Road Again	Horn, James	Couplet	sad, suicide,
What is love	Farber, Ana	Free verse	anger, jealousy, sad,
chapel of flowers	Richards, Carrie	Tanka	grief, sad,
Broken Hearted - JTAP	Deschler, Kelly	Limerick	death, friend, heartbroken, lonely,
Wasted	Vitale , Rebecca	I do not know?	depression, drink, kiss, sad,
Shopping Cart	Cathey, Robert	Bio	community, courage, sad,
Chote Chote Sukh	Sharma, Vindhya	I do not know?	happiness, hindi, joy, sad,
symphonie du papillon	Lariviere, Etienne	I do not know?	beauty, life, sad,
curse of marriage	Ncube, clement	I do not know?	sad,
Mere naseeb me baqi jara gumaan bhi nahi	Gayavi, Aster	Ghazal	poetry, sad, urdu,
Breaking Point	Calatayud, Alex	Ballad	innocence, lost, sad, self,
in an induced state of isolated mourning	King, Marty	Free verse	loneliness, missing you, sad,
KNOCKING ON HEAVEN'S DOOR	ALLISON, JAN	Couplet	dad, sad,
This is what I write about	Vivo, Elaine Rochelle	Free verse	feelings, for her, for
Some Sad Dark Secret	Halling, Carl	Free verse	dark, life, memory, mentor,
Scars	Kaye, Lainy	Acrostic	sad,
Rest The Sailor Soul	Nance, Casarah	Tanka	death, sad,
A Single Tear	Pinet, Emile	Rhyme	feelings, how i feel,
A CENOTAPH WOULD SPEAK OUT LOUD	Rowley, Rosemarie	Villanelle	angel, betrayal, sad,
My Dad Was Sent	Horn, James	Couplet	anxiety, sad,
No	Moemise, Maria Sharon	Free verse	abuse, sad, violence,
ANOTHER DAY OF FLEEING LIFE	lowe, millard	Prose Poetry	death, imagery, life, pain,
Lonely Shadows in the Rain	Deliz Diana, Nileisha Giselle	Rhyme	betrayal, cry, emotions, feelings,
The 31 Days of Life's Challenge	Deliz Diana, Nileisha Giselle	Free verse	angst, day, emotions, encouraging,
- Haiku X 45 - Earth's Children -	Andresen, Anne Lise	Haiku	baby, blessing, sad, sweet,
Lets Pretend	Pinet, Emile	Rhyme	feelings, heartbreak, love hurts,
And Yet	Sprouse, Andy	Free verse	confusion, introspection, life, longing,
Message Received	Lewis, Erica	Free verse	friendship, love, ocean, sad,
''For Our Remission''	Nguyen, Ngoc	I do not know?	faith, grief, happiness, hope,
Dreaming	Roo, Ranice	Free verse	crush, desire, dream, sad,
Death of Desire	vaso, arthur	Light Poetry	allegory, analogy, beautiful, heaven,
THE GATE KEEPER	NYAGA, LEWIS	Blank verse	africa, anxiety, conflict, sad,
with walls of blue	Purdum, Fritz	Free verse	absence, child, life, loneliness,

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