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Best Goodby Poems

Below are the all-time best Goodby poems written by Poets on PoetrySoup. These top poems in list format are the best examples of goodby poems written by PoetrySoup members


Goodby Mother
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         The jaw drops
  as the lids of mine eyes
      ...

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Categories: goodby, angst,
Form: Elegy



Premium Member Goodby Betty,Don'T Remember Me
My hands spade the shovel - spay the rooted grave.
Earth is impassive.  Why won’t life relent?
The silver blades south for the black plastic bag
swallowed...

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Categories: goodby, cat, death,
Form: Sonnet
Premium Member Last of My Kind
The dust from life clings to me as I move,
to free myself from the voices of sin
The travels I've made left nothing to prove
As I...

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Categories: goodby, life,
Form: Sonnet
Break Up
Sorry I cant go 
          it’s not that I don’t like you 
   ...

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Categories: goodby, 10th grade, boyfriend, break
Form: Tanka
Premium Member The Rose and Crown
The year was 1832 when she slipped out the pub back door 
It was stormy and cold as she walked out far across the English...

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Categories: goodby, death, emotions, fear, health,
Form: Rhyme



Graduation
The day’s hot-the wind like a convection oven
Blows hot air in our faces.
My cap and gown insulates me
Baking me like a potato wrapped in aluminum...

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Categories: childhood, education, farewell, goodbye,
Form: Narrative
Electic Comb
Gonna take my comb outa my pocket,
May as well kiss it goodby and hock it.
This is much less trying, 
although close to frying.
Just stick my...

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Categories: goodby, funny,
Form: Limerick
Often I Think of Him
Often I think of him 
his sweet quick smile
bright blue eyes
smooth clear skin 
I dream of him water skiing
playing ball  
hockey with friends 
so...

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Categories: goodby, bereavement, child, loss, son,
Form: Blank verse
Premium Member My Cowboys
Gene Autry, Hopalong 
And Tim McCoy
Waved goodby to me 
As off into the sunset they go

Wild Bil Elliott, The Lone Ranger 
And Tonto were there
As...

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Categories: goodby, adventure, happiness, life, night,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Finn, Me and Mcgee
Me un Finn came  'round

In what did we found

The Pub, wid a very large lock

Aye keep the key where no one cann see

Said our...

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Categories: goodby, ireland,
Form: Ballad
Premium Member Where Frozen Embers Burn
Her hand of friendship, not desire
Though we traveled roads long and far
My heart was hers for all to lend
She sought from life a blazing star

The...

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Categories: goodby, giving, memory,
Form: Quatrain
Please Be Kind
While we're eating, please be kind,
your manners and mine should intertwine.

And if you promise not to burp,
I'll do likewise and not slurp.

My mouthful of food,...

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Categories: goodby, funny, love,
Form: Light Verse
Premium Member Goodbye
Goodbye 
We'll surely miss having Rico around
For his Limerick's distinctly profound 
He cheered us all up
At times made us blush 
As Limerick King Rico earned...

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Categories: goodby, farewell, memorial, tribute,
Form: Limerick
Surprising Hugg
I got out off the cab to say goodby
uncertain of the surprise waiting me byy
she jumped on me and tightly she hugged
like spider she was...

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Categories: goodby, care, cute love, emotions,
Form: Light Verse
Premium Member The Last Ride
Our horses are running, to save our lives.
Distance traveled to far to decribe.
Our horses quick hooves trample the grass.
We can not slow, horses hearts must...

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Categories: goodby, adventure,
Form: Narrative

Book: Shattered Sighs