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Best Griefs Poems

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


Premium Member On the Crest of a Wave
Navigating vast oceans of life, negotiating its lows and highs,
Some blissful of pure joy, some burdened in griefs and sighs,
Riding aspirations eternal, rowing vigor of...

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Categories: griefs, journey, life,
Form: Rhyme



Premium Member The Tale of Lemuria, Master Poe, Pen and I
(Lemuria: A hypothetical "lost land" variously located in the Indian and Pacific Oceans.)
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The Tale Of Lemuria, Master Poe, Pen And I

Its birth a shake of...

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Categories: griefs, appreciation, art, creation, imagination,
Form: Narrative
Hearts At Odds
Hearts made of wax, sent through the mail 
Should help relax, instead I wail,
They will soon melt in time's hot hands,
Loneliness is felt midst life's...

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Categories: griefs, emotions, heart,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member How Do I Love Thee Contest - Response
Here is the poem by Elizabeth Barrett Browning, 1806 - 1861

How do I love thee? Let me count the ways.
I love thee to the depth...

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Categories: griefs, love,
Form: Italian Sonnet
Premium Member Onoff the Cuff
I believe that poetry is and of is was were have has been of as one pretenses a 
poetic practical pompous, pro  (p) ransomedramatical...

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Categories: griefs, august, confusion, culture, inspirational,
Form: Free verse



Come Rain
Come rain, come; let the swallows fly
Let womb of swollen seeds travail
Let the prison wall of dust now die
Come rain, come in water, sleet, and...

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Categories: griefs, faith, nature
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Moonsong
there is a fire in the sky
it burns, though pale and waning
my somber heart
and griefs depart
midst heaven's weep, now raining

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Categories: griefs, metaphor, moon,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member As Utopia Sleeps
We have taken all anxiety
into our dreams
cruel, unfathomable acts 
lodge into our fascia, as pain

Part of a raging beast, 
oozing out of control
helpless cells, imbued...

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Categories: griefs, earth, philosophy, society, wisdom,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Her Lover's Response - How Do I Love Thee Contest
Elizabeth Barrett Browning, 1806 - 1861 - To Her Lover
How Do I Love Thee? (Sonnet 43)


How do I love thee? Let me count the ways.
I...

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Categories: griefs, heart, love, soulmate,
Form: Sonnet
Need
"How Do I Love Thee" 

How do I love thee? Let me count the ways.
I love thee to the depth and breadth and height
My soul...

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© Lu Loo  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: griefs, beautiful, love,
Form: Verse
In Her Life
Of all the sorrows that so govern her generous heart,
	Her love is the most unfair thing breaks her apart;
	In her life everything is already signed...

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Categories: griefs, grief,
Form: Sonnet
Slither
Slither
me slips me beasty heart
beneath a piece of guise,
and pens some page of wisdoms
to place before they's eyes,
and with they's gaze diverted, 
me dons me...

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Categories: griefs, fantasy,
Form: Rhyme
Just Visits
Just Visiting

While my visiting days are over,
I am left with another gift,
Fantasizing as a butterfly
Landing softly on a cruise ship.

I don’t drive down the Texas...

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Categories: griefs, age, fantasy, memory,
Form: Rhyme
Marked Wrists
Behind those hidden marked wrists
Are lies, skepticism and fears
Behind those calloused, clenched fists
Is a cauldron of uncontrollable tears.

Behind those evident scars
Is a constant cycle of...

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Categories: griefs, abuse, death, depression, judgement,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member The Only Star For Me
all my deepest thoughts, all my inward reflections 
                ...

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Categories: griefs, star, symbolism,
Form: Free verse

Book: Reflection on the Important Things