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Absence Poems | Examples of Absence Poetry

Premium Member Infliction
He was just a boy alone in journey of life Morals, high standards upon family name he walks No recollection to memory, just brief thought in mind Certain image portrayed, locked away in the depths A way of life's poverty, morning dose's of the syrup Just a toddler throwing sticks on tobacco, outhouse out back...

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Categories: absence, conflict, endurance, longing,
Form: Dramatic Verse
When I Depart, Remember Me Softly
I did not come to win the world— I came to feel it bleed. To taste the silence in the hungry mouth, To weep where no one dared to read. To my family— You held my name like worn cloth, never quite knowing what I was stitched to become. But I loved you more than I could say. I only wanted to bring...

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Categories: absence, death, death of
Form: Free verse



How Do I Start?
“How do I start? How do I start, the story of the end? It starts after you going away, Leaving me astray, Going through it all was a long haul. But now I have arrived at the shore where I don’t feel anything no more, I’ve travelled a long way from you And from new possibilities too, After you I never intended to...

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Categories: absence,
Form: Rhyme
fidelity
The fidelity  the sin of the flesh, why is it a sin sexuality is a strong and natural desire but often the downfall of the great who lacks respect for lust treats it with a low moral attitude There are the monks of Thailand naked feet in sandals, and one assumes naked bodies under burgundy robes, can so easily fall prey to when a lady...

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Categories: absence, africa, age, allusion,
Form: ABC
Cruel Jewel
Sign of new tomorrows? The old ones may just say. Agony, pain, sore sorrows! Doubt, dread and dismay! Wilted flower, came the rain? Death, ye did disdain! Thunderbolts across the main! Blighted by the bane! Soar above us, carrion crow! Dappled light, thy roe... Weathervane, point well to woe? Reap just what ye sew. Thus in springtime, new and strong. Elders, ye belong? O for heroes without song! Sin's light,...

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Categories: absence,
Form: Rhyme



Rewind Pt2
Things doesn’t go the way we want, They go the way we do for it. Results I got harsh, which I can’t, Future happens according to one’s did. Was a larva tried hard and hard to rest, But am a butterfly which could not fly. Understood the assignment after just, The results came out, can’t time just rewind. ...

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Categories: absence, childhood, depression, emotions,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Rolling the Dice
Ruby Tuesday caught him on the rebound They met at a Rolling Stones Concert He was glad she came into his life, he conceded She was nice to have around To fill the void his heart needed Before he met her, he was in bars drinking whiskey and gin Where honkey tonk women danced,...

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Categories: absence, lost love,
Form: Rhyme
a new future
A new future To wake up in the night and sense the awe of life is light from street lights tells of other sides, as does a car driving by at two in the morning  Living forever is a punishment, but some people  write a self-biography in the hope that when they Die, they will be remembered  To be blessed in the...

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Categories: absence, age, art,
Form: ABC
1 misses and mr mommy babby
#1 MISSESS AND MR. MOTHER AND BABBY BY: MUÑOZ MACIEL FAMILIA FOREVER LIKE A HEARTS TOUCH FRAGEL BUT DEEP THAT RIPES ME APPART And tears me open AS I KNOW IVE LOST YOU TO THAT OF A WOMEN......... Without a heart TOGETHER OUR SPIRITS CALL...

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Categories: 4th grade, absence, allusion,
Form: Rhyme
Michael, My Brother
Your smile is like the moon all silver lined, I wanted to be by you, time after time. Your love for sports was quite unreal, But you never gave up that rid and reel. Your humour was loved, loved by us all, But your laugh was the best, best of it all. I watched when you became a man and you...

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Categories: absence, brother, cry, death,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Today my heart races for you
Your flesh was never warmer than my passion, a flame more intense than you could ever bear. My love for writing poetry is my secret weapon. While I may not claim to be gifted My identity is Black, and words have always motivated me. I can string them together easily, but making them meaningful? That’s...

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Categories: absence, africa, age, allegory,
Form: Dramatic Verse
monday morning
Monday morning woke up at eight, it was a splendid morning cool before the day becomes serious and demanding attention  belonging to the 1% of people born before the second world war, I'm often awake  in the night before falling asleep again  my first thought was not profound, but about coffee, I had to drink it black since  I had forgotten to buy milk switched...

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Categories: absence, abuse, age, art,
Form: ABC
the date
the date it was late when my date entered the kitchen closed, but the waiter served We had gateau with white wine, but he refused to give me red wine as it doesn't go well with cakes she drank a whole bottle and got giggly at an outdoor kiosk, I bought two hot dogs, one with mustard, the other with ketchup, I ate...

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Categories: absence, america, art,
Form: ABC
What doesn’t
agree to disagree At a young age, I started to realize that the only way to make my mom happy was to agree with her.?When you agree, everyone is happy… right??But no.?I was so busy thinking about keeping everyone else happy,?I forgot to ask myself what made me happy. It wasn’t people.?Wasn’t drugs.?Wasn’t love.?And it damn...

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Categories: absence, addiction, age, analogy,
Form: Free verse
I Wish You'd Quit Drinking
When I think about you drinking alcohol, I start to feel disgust. Your absent-mindedness makes all my feelings feel so just. When you took alcohol from random men and excused it— it caused me distrust. Seeing you wasted that time really messed up all of my brain. It makes me relive those moments— and all I feel is pain. When you got a ride from a...

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Categories: absence, abuse, anger, angst,
Form: Romanticism

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