Bereavement Poems - Examples of all types of bereavement poetry to share and read. This list of new poems is composed of the works of modern poets on PoetrySoup. Read
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The MotionThey are wandering everywhere and you act as if you don’t care; they are wandering everywhere and you are walking around clapping your hands and stomping your feet and dragging your body on the cold...
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Categories:
bereavement, best friend, change,
Form: Narrative
Mountebank
Written: April 25, 2024 For Edward Ibeh Contest
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Young souls stalked by predators at night,
They aim to...
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Categories:
analogy, bereavement, future,
Form: Rhyme
DarknessMy darkness has lifted my future looks clear,
Then one certain trigger,
My eyes shed a tear,
Then thoughts after thoughts,
It's now all out of sorts,
Remembering the cancer,
3years that she fought.
My darkness has lifted my future...
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Categories:
bereavement, cancer, death,
Form: Rhyme
DarknessMy darkness has lifted my future looks clear,
Then one certain trigger,
My eyes shed a tear,
Then thoughts after thoughts,
It's now all out of sorts,
Remembering the cancer,
3years that she fought.
My darkness has lifted my future...
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Categories:
bereavement, cancer, death,
Form: Rhyme
Necessary changesI don't expect my life to be,
the same as before that's for all to see,
But I need to move on and cope with my loss,
The loss of my loved one the family...
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Categories:
bereavement, cancer, death,
Form: Rhyme
Finding a purposeWhat is my purpose,
What is my dream,
Is life meant to hurt us,
Why is my life so mean.
Life is a test,
Life is a mission,
Life has no rest,
When you've lost your ambition.
Life...
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Categories:
bereavement, cancer, death,
Form: Rhyme
Bad dayWhat come over me today,
Really low is all I'll say,
Waking up late wrong side of bed,
That's all rubbish as it's all in my head.
It all leads back to that awful day,
My...
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Categories:
bereavement, cancer, death,
Form: Rhyme
Lost loveI am lost I am lonely I am hurt to the core,
My life was fantastic but now that's no more,
I've been left with a hole that no one can fill,
No woman has...
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Categories:
bereavement, cancer, death,
Form: Rhyme
On The LineI can hardly believe that you are leaving after all the places you have been, I can hardly believe that you are leaving to start a brand new season.
Winter is still hanging around and the...
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Categories:
america, bereavement, business, city,
Form: Narrative
Fraught as an extremely socially anxious younger personFraught as an extremely socially anxious younger person...
hashtagged introvertedness trademark
silently exorcised, ostracized, and vilified
Impossible mission to resuscitate...
a forsaken promising
(even short lived) friendship
regardless of expressed gender
exhibited by other persons from yesteryear.
When trying to jump/kick start
lapsed meaningful...
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Categories:
bereavement, 7th grade, abuse, anger,
Form: Rhyme
Life Mire - Andaree
Written: April 21, 2024 For Andrea Dietrich Andaree Contest
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Worry and stress weigh heavy on my spirit.
Lately, scowling...
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Categories:
bereavement, life,
Form: Rhyme
Euphoria Mystical Apathy
Written: April 21, 2024
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...you appeared...
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Categories:
bereavement, feelings, relationship,
Form: Free verse
On the RugOn the Rug with Death,
two beers in hand
(though no one here drinks)
we laugh, his lifespan
a joke still fizzed. My breath
ignites wars, lulls drivers
to sleep and builds bridges
for his guests. What idle past-
-times you worship,...
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Categories:
age, bereavement, confusion, desire,
Form: Free verse
Only one Dylan MurphyMurphy you always had the biggest smile,
Heartbreaking to hear its goodbye for a while,
You put up a good fight, right til the end,
Such a lovely boy, and a good friend,
Haggot heast was your best crack...
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Categories:
bereavement, friend, memorial,
Form: Rhyme
The Great 8We started as 8 with the unique zest of life in our own way, but it was not to be for eternity for the first come in was the first to leave. This began for...
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Categories:
bereavement, death, emotions, family,
Form: Ballad
Specific Types of Bereavement Poems
Definition | What is Bereavement in Poetry?