Best Divorce Poems
Below are the all-time best Divorce poems written by Poets on PoetrySoup. These top poems in list format are the best examples of divorce poems written by PoetrySoup members
DIVORCE
Dwelling in twisted tulips of fate,
I'm etching life's blackened stars beneath
Vehement veil of thunderstruck twilight, for,
Obsidian tornados have crushed affectionate shorelines.
Remorseful roses...
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Categories:
divorce, angst, anxiety, dark, deep,
Form:
Acrostic
An Insignificant Life - Collaboration With the SeekerThat godless sound
His head explodes at 6:01am
Same as every day
He falls out of bed
Steps on the cat
Slides into his slippers
Shuffles to the kitchen
Puts the coffee...
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Categories:
absence, break up, divorce,
Form:
Free verse
Can We Be Strangersthe holes in the walls are all patched
and the plaster is dry
the broken glass is swept away
or turned to sand
I only want that when I...
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Categories:
divorce, forgiveness,
Form:
Free verse
It Only Hurts When I SmileI put a smile on my face when I go outside
My friends all see the pain I try to hide in my eyes
And I...
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Categories:
break up, cry, divorce,
Form:
Lyric
Mixed MessagesMixed Messages
One last ticket.
One last seat on the train.
Running fast,
to make it, before there is
no chance to escape,
the fate of...
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Categories:
divorce, abortion, abuse, addiction, dedication,
Form:
Free verse
Everything Comes With a BlessingNo matter how distressing
Everything comes with a blessing
A bitter divorce
seems wrenching, of course
Yet through its crucible of fire
you can...
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Categories:
blessing, death, divorce, hope,
Form:
Rhyme
Conscious UncouplingRequiem for Henry and Sylvia
The papers arrived today. I gaze out the window of our posh villa and witness yet another spectacular Tuscan sunset. To...
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Categories:
divorce, memory,
Form:
Haibun
Prophecy of SandMen, they say
Dominators
Slayers
Conquerors
We have been subjugated by their culture and rules
The norms and the religions of masculine fools
The laws and the clowns
The world one day...
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Categories:
dedication, divorce, history,
Form:
Free verse
Unfinished Love AffairUnfinished Love Affair
It's been so long since I've seen you.
Don't know how or why you remain,
At the forefront of my memory,
But you do and will always remain.
Time has passed, and...
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Categories:
divorce, hurt, repetition, romance,
Form:
Free verse
Yellow FlowersYou made me love yellow flowers
in the middle of July,
when everything was dying
because the ground was so dry.
You offered them to me
with the faintest smile...
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Categories:
divorce, flower, heartbreak, love,
Form:
Romanticism
How Much Do I Love TheeHow much do I love thee
Let me tabulate all the ways
I bought you a new Mercedes
With gold plated tire rims
I bought you a humongous diamond...
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Categories:
betrayal, divorce, freedom, money,
Form:
Light Verse
Another One DownAnother One Down
And another one bites the dust.
Marriage.
My friend, my neighbor, the lady next door,
Rampant miscalculations of being too nice,
two people...
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Categories:
appreciation, betrayal, divorce, drink,
Form:
Ballad
Suicide PreventionYou must be in so much pain to be considering this.
The hurt, the misery, the anguish, the agony;
you can feel it burrowing its way deep...
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Categories:
divorce, angst, anti bullying, anxiety,
Form:
Free verse
For Two Timing HusbandsHow many tears must fall from brown eyes before I lay me down to sleep.
Where hurtful dreams of betrayal and lies hide in shadows they...
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Categories:
divorce, anger, betrayal, break up,
Form:
Couplet
You Say You Love MeYou say you love me but you’re not
You say you’re going to fight and give it all you got
You say you find it hard to...
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Categories:
addiction, conflict, divorce, drug,
Form:
Lyric