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Sad Poems | All Types of Poems About Sadness

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.
Premium Member Be Mine Or Nobody's
Every 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...Read the rest...
Categories: sad, anxiety, betrayal, desire, dream,
Form: Ode

Premium Member Ghost Stories
[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...Read the rest...
Categories: sad, child, death, horror, mother
Form: Other
I Hate Writing Poems About You
I 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...Read the rest...
Categories: sad, best friend, betrayal, hate,
Form: Free verse
Craving a Smoke
I’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...Read the rest...
Categories: sad, dark, depression, drug, pain,
Form: Free verse
Pain Harbor
After heavy rain I see outpour of teardrops Harboring the pain....Read the rest...
Categories: character, emotions, perspective, sad,
Form: Haiku

First Love: Ephemera
There’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...Read the rest...
Categories: sad, beautiful, first love, lost
Form: Free verse
Someone
I never had a someone to go to cry or someone to open my heart at night someone to talk to, someone to rely someone I could call mine. Jessica...Read the rest...
Categories: sad,
Form: Rhyme
Look Within
2/4/23 No ifs ands or maybes Daily I'm seeing hatred People still extremely racist Meanwhile food and materials being wasted I understand the messages these mummies meant Continually money spent Making matters worse, followed by a bloody event Too often the crooked win Always greedy...Read the rest...
Categories: sad, dark, deep, life, poetry,
Form: Rhyme
Only Knew
2/13/23 A fu**** up past Always past fu**** up It's just me and a cup damn Still can't put down the damn cup I am truly sad How i've been living is sad truly I can't smile away problems It's been difficult to...Read the rest...
Categories: sad, dark, deep, life, poetry,
Form: Rhyme
Despondency
A lady in a Victorian dress, Next to an old printing press. Within a gloomy writing lair, Falling down the abyss of despair. I can see the tempest in her heart, It’s like a wild museum of art. She is a...Read the rest...
Categories: anxiety, depression, sad, solitude,
Form: Rhyme
Battler
I am losing the war against myself Who I am vs who I am supposed to be against what I am It exhausting when your opponent is a fighter Its exhausting fighting the mirror Cuts...Read the rest...
Categories: sad, angst, deep, depression, fate,
Form: Rhyme
Because My Heart Desires
My whole life, I felt like something was missing, like my heart's desire was only half full. But, I was okay. Then one day, because you liked me, because...Read the rest...
Categories: sad, boyfriend, desire, feelings, girlfriend,
Form: Free verse
Unraveled
I could fill a bottle with air, sunken by liquid depression. A matter so densely populated. by false hope and worthless thoughts. I cower to...Read the rest...
Categories: sad, anger, dark, depression, feelings,
Form: Free verse
After
Is this it, Is this what becomes of All our hard work, All our efforts, All our dedication. We have nothing left, Except our lives And a very distant hope That things will turn out just fine ...Read the rest...
Categories: dark, heartbreak, sad, water,
Form: Free verse
Laughter in the Shadows
In chambers filled with laughter, light, and carefree sound, A discordant echo hangs, heavy and unbound. A specter in the corner, draped in deep shadows, A chilling truth the merry words refuse to keep. The body lies unseen, a...Read the rest...
Categories: sad, anxiety, conflict, death, feelings,
Form: Elegy

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.

Definition | What is Sad in Poetry?


Book: Shattered Sighs