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Goodbye Absence Poems

These Goodbye Absence poems are examples of Absence poems about Goodbye. These are the best examples of Absence Goodbye poems written by international poets.


From Grief to Glory
They were long and tousled,
when the heart felt
the first jolt of despair. 

With each passing moment,
the strands reaching further,
weathering tsunamis,
thunder, sighs, wailing;
Life. 

Every tug or...

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Categories: absence, appreciation, care, depression,



Neither Here Nor There
Everyone laughs and everyone cries,
But then when it's time to say their goodbyes,
Nobody wants to nobody’s ready.
Nobody told them they’d have to already.
Come on now,...

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Categories: 8th grade, absence, fear,

Premium Member Just One More Time Before We Part And Say Goodbye
Sometimes
When we have a loving relationship
Life gets in the way
The pressures of work money worries
Piles of unpaid bills
Not enough time for each other
The relationship erodes...

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© Peter Dome  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: absence, conflict, cry, goodbye,

you won't read this but-
it's been a long night 
and I've been tracing your footsteps since the beginning
I am tired of the black it brings
of your shirt, the way...

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Categories: absence, change, poetry, sorrow,

Premium Member Uncharted
Could have wished, would have shown me earlier,
If it weren't only for the tranquil color,
Covering energy, wasted serene past finally dissipated,
Uncomfortable in others' comfort, glossy...

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© Lee Norton  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: absence, addiction, adventure, art,



Therapy: a Haiku
I think I need you. 
I really need therapy. 
Years of therapy....

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© Jess Marlo  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: absence, abuse, break up,

Premium Member Uncertain Steps
What does one express when their once closest departs? 
Do they round up the troubles past, 
exaggerating the negatives in pursuit of a sense of...

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© Lee Norton  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: absence, appreciation, care, caregiving,

Echoes of Farewells
In twilight's tender embrace, we stand,
Whispers of sorrow, drifting like sand.
Heart heavy with the weight of goodbyes,
Farewell echoes in tear-stained skies.

Ephemeral moments, like petals they...

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Categories: absence, best friend, family,

Just Beyond
He guides her hand from just beyond
With a ready black ink pen they share this bond
The words flow effortlessly as if not her own
Seems to...

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Categories: absence, father daughter, heartbroken, how

A bud on a spruce tree
Said the last goodbye,
Leaving us, as old rye,
Taking you, Earth withers,
And I am left in shivers.

Tears flow in eyes,
The driest ones; wept,
Grays are the skies,
The...

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© Veer Seth  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: absence, age, appreciation, birth,

No Contact
No Contact

So abrupt she was
Without any notice, rhyme or reason
She ignored and ghosted me
All contact severed
All links dead.

A month
Now two, six have gone
A year has...

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Categories: absence, abuse, betrayal, break

Closing time
Travelled through the night to see my wife at home,
Didn’t realise I’d be all alone. 
I walked through the door with a tear in my...

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Categories: absence, deep, depression, drink,

Premium Member Everyone
"oh, I only said that for a joke"
She said, undoubtedly embarrassed
At my gratitude

If course she did,
How could she have come up with those words
Randomly,

Such a...

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Categories: absence, angel, anniversary, beautiful,

Premium Member Ephemeral Existence
Revelry peculiars the incandescent cavalcade
making purple flowers loosen touch of its aide
as nothing hides in place of spotlight charade
for velvety leathers surrender every escapade
useful issues...

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© Hilo Poet  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: absence, conflict, depression, desire,

Premium Member Featherless Angels
“People of the world don’t look at themselves, and so they blame one another.”
- Rumi


He struggles to forget
that little boy anticipating his hero's return.
Staring out...

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© Silent One  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: absence, child, father,


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