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Bereavement Poems | Examples of Bereavement Poetry

Premium Member In Stars Above
You left this world a better place Your soul is purest light solid gold No longer concerned with human race Up above beyond the earthly trolls White wind blows in your gentle kiss Butterfly wings remind me of you In red heart it’s you we miss As we sit staring at sky black or blue In stars above you thrive my love No lavender...

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Categories: appreciation, bereavement, blue, butterfly,
Form: Rhyme
The Wormwood
I have heard of it before, but I never knew what it was until I walk through the door, I thought it was a wood made of special ink and it cast a strange dye in the sky and it tells you when you are going to die, but that theory is not true because...

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Categories: africa, age, america, bereavement,
Form: Narrative



Hardest Goodbye
You lit up the room, Raising the vibe, Made sure that you always, Protected your tribe. Way too young to leave, This shouldn't be true, Never once did I imagine, Doing life without you. Such a kind soul, Through and through, A devastating loss to so many, Who knew and loved you. My hearts been torn apart, Leaving an aching scar, You're the hardest goodbye, I've said so far...

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Categories: bereavement, i miss you,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Icicles for Tears
Memories tattoo my brain like an artist I miss loved ones passed and the last Time I saw each one is frozen Like icicle tears swelling brown eyes Last time I saw her alive she Was full of joy eating favorite foods Planning her life despite breast cancer Nothing stopped her from dreaming Not even death Final time I...

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Categories: bereavement,
Form: Free verse
The Shore that's Feared by Death
My home is not of brick and stone Nor has it laid foundations on The filthy soil of earth, no mine Is somewhere far beyond the sky. It sits upon the clouds of white And floats amidst the open skies. Its walls of gem and gates of gold Do hide a throne, I...

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Categories: bereavement, bible, christian, faith,
Form: Rhyme



Counterfeit
serpent in Eden artificial intelligence Father knows best...

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Categories: bereavement, betrayal, word play,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member He took so many innocents lives
He Choose to Grow Weak Could you help me understand the complexities of our actions? When joy fills our hearts, we radiate positivity, but when sadness washes over us, it feels like an ache that permeates our very being (Proverb 17:22). How can we support you if we remain in the dark about your feelings? You often...

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Categories: bereavement, 10th grade, anger, angst,
Form: Dramatic Verse
as we metamorphose
dean meat-mad @impossible3 rob'in'/hood; all get free lunches 1week says impossible3 need2learn: responsibility clean: building lab/gym 3decas old when meat-looks mattered laze lock/chains (nokey) dust!dirt!choke!cough! meat reflex: disgust hands make meat motions oldstyle wax on/off, lolz 2of3 sees button red/blue meat response: excitement 1of3: worried @meatspeak 3of3: trouble/warn/no 2of3: meat-weak presses red/blue quick 3beepLOUD meat reflex: alarm/worried/fear floorMOVE meatmoves: 2of3falls WATER (w/out floor) meat word: stagnant/gross/nasty meat memory: ocean/sea/brine/salt/brackish 2of3 splash/swim/paddle 1of3 reach/grab/help 2of3: pain/blood/agony 1of3 recall:...

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Categories: bereavement, change, death, moving
Form: Free verse
No one compares to you
No one compares (to you) I cry myself to sleep almost every night since you took my heart away I try to tell myself... that it's alright I can live for one more day Everywhere I go, things remind me of you the whispers on the breeze, My sorrow paralyzes, what can I do? it brings me to my knees Chorus There's no solace in...

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Categories: bereavement, heartbreak, longing, lost
Form: Lyric
Still I Rise Again
I have walked through the hush of goodbyes, where silence roared louder than grief, where memories clung like shadows, and love became a thief. I lost not just them, but parts of me— echoes of laughter, pieces of light. My soul wore mourning like a second skin, and daybreak blurred into night. I reached for hands that let me fall, poured love into a...

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Categories: appreciation, bereavement, best friend,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Sympathies
Forget about it Don’t think about it It’s not important Put it out of your mind Things I have been told Advice for the lovelorn The bereaved The broken hearted The lonely Your love has gone away forever They have left you behind They have stopped you in your tracks Well meaning friends Want you to forget them Get on with your life But the hole in your...

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Categories: 12th grade, bereavement, break
Form: Free verse
BLUE NUDE : Pablo Picasso: 1902
she rose from depths of his despair followed an artistic youthful D ...

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Categories: allegory, allusion, art, bereavement,
Form: Ekphrasis
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After sinking into oblivion Only the fractured soul Knows your sorrows Your feeble hopes Your fervent battles When stepping outside yourself You see a world so big When alone Everything is so small Covered with a thick slice of darkness In this inner chaos You owe nothing but yourself That once belonged To his anxious dream Now, a precious memory That belongs only to you Engulfing the...

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Categories: bereavement, death, death of
Form: Free verse
Unborn Me
Where am I? Don't tell me I'm in Nigeria Did I tell you I want to be born here Is this wickedness or something. Where am I? Why Africa why not the world? Why subject me to the colonial masters Why making me a slave to westerners. Where am I? Why the world why not Heaven? Is this mere wickedness or Ignorance? Why bring me to...

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Categories: analogy, anger, bereavement, birth,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Intrusive Thoughts
Written: June 07, 2025, for contest Sponsored by: Edward Ibeh ******************** The Phantom Choir In the quiescence of last Sunday, Prophecy heralded the hour past two, I heard a whisper at hibiscus dawn— a seamless voice I swore I always knew. In blissful flutter—it said night was wide, Chrysalis sorrow stirs...

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Categories: bereavement, hope,
Form: Rhyme

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