Best Goodbyes Poems
Below are the all-time best Goodbyes poems written by Poets on PoetrySoup. These top poems in list format are the best examples of goodbyes poems written by PoetrySoup members
tell the night to hold me -
I made for you, a castle
but I built it in the sand
I steadfastly tried
to constrain the tide
but the bastions didn't stand
I planned for you, an...
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Categories:
goodbyes, forgiveness, heartbreak, heartbroken, lost
Form:
Lyric
HandsWith all the time on my hands, I gave my hands one job.
My Hands -The Artist-
My hands paint everything in my life
they...
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Categories:
goodbyes, anxiety, beautiful, beauty, birthday,
Form:
Free verse
Rape - trigger warningOctober: I'm eighteen, shortcutting home
through an autumn-burnished churchyard -
copper-lustred leaves, moss-skinned stone -
a jaunty swing of skater skirt and arm,
college folder square-sturdy in my hand.
In...
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Categories:
goodbyes, abuse, violence,
Form:
Free verse
Last LetterOh my dearest love, how longingly I recall
Amorous wink of joy, teasing zealous eyes
When you held my hand on journey of life
And never let go...
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Categories:
goodbyes, farewell, goodbye, love,
Form:
Verse
A Year Dwindling DownApple cheeked autumn eyes bashful skies, as
Yellow frocked summer says her goodbyes to fragrant
Earth's seeded spring, to wild bouquets
Arranged by careless care, for the
Roses and...
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Categories:
goodbyes, flower, nature, seasons,
Form:
Acrostic
Coffee Colored MemoriesIt's quiet whisper stirs my languid mind
Inviting coffee colored memories
A young man's face with future yet defined
Each vapored breath a page in history
Familiar apparitions reappear
Whose...
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Categories:
goodbyes, memory, morning,
Form:
Sonnet
On the Wings of a Butterfly- POTD - Collab With My Sister Cecilia CrastoPOTD 10th May 2018
A dedication to our departed Mum, Anne Forbes.
And to all the dearly departed Mums who celebrate Mother’s day on the second...
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Categories:
goodbyes, dedication, mother,
Form:
Rhyme
Sunny Horizons - POTDPOTD 20 Dec 2018
Like sand in an hour glass
Time moves so fast
A precious commodity
Not meant to last
Measured in hours
Minutes unfold
Time waits for no man
So I’ve...
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Categories:
goodbyes, appreciation, farewell, inspirational,
Form:
Rhyme
The ButterflyEnroling you a worm (cumbersome and)
hairy, you- scimitar of leaves
Knows the pain ,writhing pupae
Abandoned and convicted
Constricted hanging straightjacket
Squirming like a jackrabbit
Gagged nocturnally - ...
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Categories:
goodbyes, angel, beauty, butterfly,
Form:
Free verse
Categories:
goodbyes, life, love, nostalgia, sad,
Form:
Shape
Too Much Sadness For Methere's too much sorrow...
don't you know
we are all going to die
a starting point always beckons a finish
sooner or later
no matter how
peaceful or painful
that final moment...
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Categories:
goodbyes, sad, truth,
Form:
Free verse
Words From the Heart - a Collaboration With Frederic ParkerThese words of love I give to you, my dear
to have comfort in the stillness of time
and meld two souls to keep love's wishes near
when...
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Categories:
goodbyes, beauty, emotions, love, passion,
Form:
Crown of Sonnets
Interlude"Life is a succession of lessons which must be lived to be understood."
Ralph Waldo Emerson
In this performance we call life,
my spirit searches for an...
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Categories:
goodbyes, angst, death, emotions,
Form:
Free verse
As I Watch the Waves CrashFrom precipice of memories, flashbacks nostalgic billow,
Thinking of you as I ruminate, adoring the views below,
Where waves oceanic dance, leaping on windy tempos,
Propagating ambitions of...
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Categories:
goodbyes, life, lost love, love,
Form:
Verse
frozen farewell -
your breath upon the window freezes lace
yet warm against my cheek, its somber strains
...
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Categories:
goodbyes, analogy, christmas, goodbye, lost
Form:
Sonnet