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Sad Death Poems

These Sad Death poems are examples of Death poems about Sad. These are the best examples of Death Sad poems written by international poets.


Blaze
I had the nicest rooster,
An Orpington named Blaze.
He was around for several years 
Until a fox ended his days.

His feathers were burnt orange,
A handsome shade...

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Categories: animal, bird, death, loss,



Christmas In July
I'm sorry I didn't bring 
roses to your funeral. 

I brought a Christmas 
wreath instead. 

I didn't want to symbolize 
your withering, 

I wanted to...

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Categories: christian, christmas, death, death

For Felix
I went to drink 
coffee at one of those 
cute little coffee-drinking 
places, and I couldn’t 
help but think of 
you. 

I tried 
not to....

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Categories: death, 10th grade, 11th grade,

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,

The Mentor
"The more in science we advance,
The more do we grow," you say;
Still, Nature's love, abundance
Forgive us all in every way.

She lessons us to endure
Just like...

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Categories: death, life, mentor, nature,



Transcending soul
In my soul, transcending this world, I aspire to become anything other than a mere being made of flesh.
A light awaits me, attainable by a...

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Categories: courage, death, deep, destiny,

Premium Member 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

Pass Away - Haiku - Tanka

The dead that now know
God's move in ~predestined~ wind
Sift through the free grass.

You must be longer
in there than I am this staid.
Above you, to leave
Where...

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© Paige Hind  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: dark, death, god, grave,

Premium Member Dark
So much hate.
Getting worse of late
So many crying 
Dying 
Nation fighting nation, such a bloody duel
Hate. Is the fuel
Finding better ways to kill
Not wanting to...

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Categories: change, dark, death,

Premium Member Longing To Hear Their Ghosts
I'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

Premium Member Carnival Nights
There was a chill in the air that night, as the taste of spun cotton candy and stale popcorn floated through the breeze. Lifeless clouds...

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© Sara Jama  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: dark, death, gothic, imagery,

Night At the Necropolis
Night,
Ageless and porous,
Sang screeches of fireflies of
Crescendo-diminuendo sparks.
What hour?
In the midst of the hustles, I lost my hoursight
Different, tonight, is my eyesight, seeing even
Through the...

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Categories: dark, death,

Premium Member A Difficult Decision
dog stricken
with cancer;
euthanized.

out of her
 m i s e r y;
dog owner

hollowed out
by deep grief;
best friend, gone!


...

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Categories: cancer, death, dog, friend,

Premium Member For J
If every cloud had
a Silver Lining...
If lightning were only
illumination...
and our story together
had a happy ending --
then, I would write,
only Happy Faces.

But, pencil points break

a tear...

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© Joe Dimino  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: bereavement, death, emotions, friendship,

Premium Member love’s last press
silly dream …

but it’s mine nonetheless
wait …
wait for it …
I’ll wait for it now and ever
to feel that press
the press of sweet tenderness
that melting mouth...

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Categories: analogy, death, love, passion,


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