Grief Death Poems
These Grief Death poems are examples of Death poems about Grief. These are the best examples of Death Grief poems written by international poets.
ALREADY GONE
We did not notice at first—
the small rebellions of memory:
a forgotten kettle on the stove,
the absurd claim that Tuesday had vanished,
names reshuffled as if in...
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Categories:
caregiving, death, family, grief,
His Constant CompanionAlbert Nelson's father bought a huge clock, the very day he was born,
A happy fellow, with a winsome smile. Like the merry pink sun, at...
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Categories:
age, death, fantasy, friend,
ShiverIn another life, we were.
I hope you found
what you are looking for.
Is it too late?
Don’t turn around.
Here and everywhere,
I remember you.
In the summer wind,
what once...
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Categories:
break up, death of
Planche de Chair CuiteShe was not invited
She was arranged
They never wanted Jasmine
not the woman who brought basil-clean hands
and pomegranate soap
who harmonized soliloquies into pastries
while they...
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Categories:
betrayal, death, gothic, grief,
The Hand ReaderIt was a misty morning in Moscow—
When fate and palm first softly crossed,
In gilded halls where secrets sleep,
I met a man both sharp and lost.
An...
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Categories:
business, corruption, cry, death
Death of a Young King
Eight of the strongest and bravest of warriors were gathered in all
Each chosen for their strength, each the same in weight and in tall
Their task...
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Categories:
death,
Love That Left Without Goodbye
There are two days I know
Yesterday and today
Yesterday laid the cross I bear
Cross I dared not to wear
Forever we stay, they say,
But the thorns...
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Categories:
death, farewell, grief, poetess,
When Yellow Flower Was Dyed Orange Then RedIn this summer month of her what would have been her 21st birthday,
I see bed of withering red orange tiger lilies and say,
"Your death reddened...
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Categories:
death, flower, grief, loss,
I Know Life's UnfairI know how the cycles of life, death, and rebirth can be unfair.
I know how it used to feel like they never showed they care.
I...
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Categories:
death, depression, grief, life,
No One Counts the Bodies Jesus Walked Past
Kensington spreads its legs—
lets the city crawl in,
dripping Xylazine / fentanyl / tranq,
open sore veins
moaning dirty dirges.
False prophets—
all piss and panic—
bark half-lies
through decaying molars,
fingering apathy
for...
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Categories:
addiction, death, drug, mental
The Death of Us, raw emotions lyrics
I drove because I hated me.
I drove because I didn’t understand.
I drove because I am a loser.
I lost.
What did I lose?
The best timeline I could...
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Categories:
death, addiction, betrayal, cry, depression,
Untitled
There is too much silence after death
From the one who leaves and the ones bereft
And the ones bereft are the ones who need
The One who's...
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Categories:
death of a friend,
I Know I'm DepressedWhen all I want to do is cry?
Even while immersed in this high.
When all I want is to die
With little to no reasons as to...
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Categories:
cancer, death, depression, grief,
Longing To Hear Their GhostsI'll deafen my ears before everyone else disappears,
So I can have the most quietest peace of mind that hears their ghosts.
What would I give then...
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Categories:
dark, death, grief, i
Dirge of the Last LapI
The loud, cruel laughter of dirge
besieges us so greatly in the face of
wanton humiliation.
It comes mightily, crashing our aged
city walls, unearthing the foundations of
churches,
tolling bells...
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Categories:
dark, death, sorrow,