Best Lament Poems
Below are the all-time best Lament poems written by Poets on PoetrySoup. These top poems in list format are the best examples of lament poems written by PoetrySoup members
Without LamentI have no sorrow, for sorrow is small,
And can't be held guilty for choices made.
Reflections are scrawled on my mind's dark wall,
And will leave stains...
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Categories:
lament, introspection,
Form:
Sonnet
Love's LamentShe lovingly smiles at him each evening
dressed in palest silk, a gossamer gown,
brushed with hints of silverdust shadows.
Her shapely fullness casts a womanly glow
across his...
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Categories:
lament, desire, moon, sea,
Form:
Free verse
Escape of the Bluesman's SongWithin the frame a sepia scene
a dusty porch a rickety chair
the fabric of your dusky face creased
with ceaseless sunbaked woes
your...
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Categories:
lament, africa, america, grief, racism,
Form:
Free verse
Silent GoodbyeI forgot myself today
as melancholic melodies
overwhelm each beat
of my wandering heart.
The sanctimonious sun deceives
as a bitter breeze breathes
against sullen silent surfaces.
Recycled emotions penetrate
with a...
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Categories:
lament, absence, i miss you,
Form:
Prose
In Her Reflection I Am PoetryMind will always dream,
eyes will endlessly gaze,
lips will remain impatient.
Although, I've not met her,
the heart is a battleground
of anguish and angst.
Its cries, seeking the serenity
of...
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Categories:
lament, love, romance, romantic love,
Form:
Free verse
Adrift In the Midst of Gladness and SadnessWalking upon silent parched paths,
under speechless scarlet skies.
Your name sits upon the tip of my tongue,
listening to the susurration of my heart.
Each vibration echoes tones...
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Categories:
lament, love, romantic love,
Form:
Lyric
Categories:
lament, bereavement, goodbye, soulmate, storm,
Form:
Rhyme
sea song -
oh precious, dulcet diva, ocean-tide
you, of sand and foam and spindrift -
all your moods and meanderings
speak deep my spirit, wistful and wan
musings captured, gist enraptured...
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Categories:
lament, analogy, appreciation, beach, imagery,
Form:
Free verse
If This Was the Lasti remember all of our first times
all of our poems
i've always been safer in air
yet you kept me afloat in rushing tides
but
without your beautiful silhouette...
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Categories:
lament, angst, love, love hurts,
Form:
Free verse
Cruel Compassion, Collaboration With the Silent OneMy mind is a puzzle of cryptic metaphors.
whilst searching for my sanity,
I've become my own worst enemy.
In this cauldron of despair,
time is like sand in...
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Categories:
lament, angst, anxiety, mental health,
Form:
Free verse
Categories:
lament, life,
Form:
Free verse
ObstaclesIf e're we could move that mountain from between thee and me,
where would be lament or reason to grieve?
How remove the hollow from the tree,...
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Categories:
lament, lovelost, autumn, lost,
Form:
Sonnet
When a Poet's Promise DiesI tried to create a poetic dream,
to fulfill our promise,
but we became a victim
to fate's wounding ways.
My flower garden lies in ruins,
suffering in silence...
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Categories:
lament, death, lost love, metaphor,
Form:
Free verse
Unassailable PurityMusic and romance are camarilla comrades,
just like poems are my shield and arrows.
But not all lullabies of lovers,
harmonise like a street choir of angels.
If love...
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Categories:
lament, analogy, emotions, perspective,
Form:
Free verse
Wild Mango Fandango
Tongues of my temptress fire lick
arousing your ardent artistic desire
if you dare imagine me — the intensity
capture me, take your chance
I’ll love you,...
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Categories:
lament, dance, emotions, imagery, imagination,
Form:
Personification