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Absence Poems | Examples of Absence Poetry

Absence Poems - Examples of all types of absence poetry to share and read. This list of new poems is composed of the works of modern poets on PoetrySoup. Read short, long, best, and famous poem examples for absence.
His Mind
Let me try one more time to see if I can provoke his disturbed mind, Let me try one more time to break the distraction that trapped him in hell And is causing him to rebel. I...Read the rest...
Categories: absence, america, beach, bereavement,
Form: Narrative
an American dream
an American Dream An American election is important for the world  right now, I see a dilemma on the one hand we have Trump, who is too old, power once in his hands, the bullet missed and struck hard  confidence is...Read the rest...
Categories: absence, birth,
Form: Free verse



The ties that bind
Then you thought of giving up; Breathing and living, you craved no more. But when the angel arrived to lead you to everlasting peace, You thought of me - how I would spend nights blaming myself For not seeing...Read the rest...
Categories: absence, angel, deep,
Form: Free verse
This life
This life Yet again, Trump has been targeted for assassination  it has gotten to the point where one feels sympathy  for this brave man, whose many flaws have become a bull's for this, I blame the mainstream press that...Read the rest...
Categories: absence, abuse, addiction, age,
Form: Dramatic Verse
Premium Member To My Late Brother
To my late brother, your suicide ripped my heart from its moorings. Our baby boy of the 1960's, you must of been so lonely, selling your cabin on the wooded acres with a brook behind it. Leaving your home state to join a woman...Read the rest...
Categories: absence, 8th grade, 9th grade,
Form: Free verse



Are we into a recession ?
Ladies and gentlemen, Let’s take a moment to reflect on what happened in Venezuela. In the blink of an eye, everyone became a **multimillionaire**—not because the economy was thriving, but because hyperinflation piled up so much...Read the rest...
Categories: absence, adventure, africa, age,
Form: I do not know?
The Truth Within
**The Truth Within** I fell in love with my soul, Not with the outcomes, not with the goal. Detached from results, free from the chase, In the mirror of life, I found my...Read the rest...
Categories: absence,
Form: I do not know?
katabasis
Euridice, Euridice daughter of mortals, sworn to divine; the bell tolls, the bell rings “I’m sorry, I miss you” Orpheus turns; Euridice. the unmade sheets, dog-eared pages stacked, dishes scattered in the sink sunlight splashes I close my eyes I see...Read the rest...
Categories: absence, allegory, death, fate,
Form: Free verse
Will wonders never cease!?
Will wonders never cease!? Alternately titled: Last of the fluff belonging to a Mohican Norwegian bachelor farmer wannabe. Any resemblance between said unnamed individual and living persons purely coincidental. Scads of decades back in the day, not since this sexagenarian baby boomer happened...Read the rest...
Categories: absence, adventure, analogy, angst,
Form: Free verse
When an Angel Cries
When an Angel Cries Do you know when an Angel cries? When it hurts so badly that tears fill their eyes? There from on high They can only wonder as to why They can feel that familiar ache of the...Read the rest...
Categories: absence, angel, betrayal, conflict,
Form: Rhyme
Divorce
In the whirlwind of emotions, a child stands, Caught between two forces pulling apart, Their innocence shattered by the storm of a parent's divorce. Whispers of anger and sorrow fill the air, A heavy burden on fragile shoulders, As the...Read the rest...
Categories: absence, abuse, anti bullying,
Form: Free verse
Hopes and Fears
As an adopted child, I often feel a sense of longing, A yearning for a connection to my roots, my history, I am a puzzle piece that doesn't quite fit, A piece of a family that I am...Read the rest...
Categories: absence, abuse, anti bullying,
Form: Free verse
Im fine
When I say "fine," it's a cloak for the storm, A veneer of calm that I carefully form. Behind the calm words, there's a tempest of doubt, A façade that shields what I’m truly about. Fine is the mask...Read the rest...
Categories: absence, abuse, anti bullying,
Form: Free verse
pretty doctors
Pretty doctors Two young female doctors dressed in white  wearing stereoscopes around their slim necks as decorations, an accessory that  gave them charming dignity Between them, looking at a computer my name was there, they were talking about my medical history I tried to get a word...Read the rest...
Categories: absence, angel, anxiety,
Form: Free verse
Path
Is this the life you want to live or is this the lie you want to believe? Is this the dream you want to pursue or is this to end the light within you Is this the side you want to defend or is...Read the rest...
Categories: absence, career, endurance, growth,
Form: Free verse

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