Get Your Premium Membership

Best Lamented Poems

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


The Malkavian..Part 1
The Malkavian..Part 1

His mind has all the meaning of a madman that is screaming
Tortured and tormented, a life lived to be lamented 
His family, drained...

Read more of this work...
© Nate D.  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: lamented, caregiving, friendshiplife, drug,
Form: Alliteration



Premium Member Temptation Itches On All Living Things
Temptation Itches On All Living Things

Temptation itches on all living things
often nobody knows just how it stings,
not the icky-glues in its sticky pastes
nor the rotten...

Read more of this work...
Categories: lamented, art, conflict, deep, humanity,
Form: Sonnet
The Deposition
The Deposition

The love God gives remains unbound.
Jesus of Nazareth came down. 
Everlasting, His love abounds.
 
Deliverer and Redeemer: crucified, He died. 
Eternal sacrifice, His perfect...

Read more of this work...
Categories: lamented, faithlove, , cute,
Form: Acrostic
Premium Member Portal - part 2
NOTE: Please read part 1 so this makes more sense

As soon as her words enter my brain I feel the force of a million gees...

Read more of this work...
© Tom Woody  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: lamented, fantasy, suicide,
Form: Haibun
The Malkavian Part 1 Perfect Version
His mind has all the meaning of a madman that is screaming
Tortured and tormented, a life lived to be lamented
Drained and defeated, his family finally...

Read more of this work...
© Nathan D.  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: lamented, confusion, corruption, dark, lonely,
Form: Alliteration



Premium Member Embers of a Memory--Dad's Song
Our hands and our feet were warmed from the cold,
while the campfire burned into embers and coal
The song that he whispered combined with the sparks,
and...

Read more of this work...
Categories: lamented, dad, nostalgia, song,
Form: Free verse
The Virgin
A surly old maid
had an urge to be laid
and bemoaned her virginal status
with life discontented
her plight she lamented:
"'tis not easy to live without coitus."

A scheme...

Read more of this work...
Categories: lamented, funny
Form: Rhyme
To My Pest-Friend
You are my pest-friend,
As you may not know,
And I deem it my pleasure and privilege
To write this panegyric of you.

Mostly chocolate brown in complexion;
And very...

Read more of this work...
© Ram R. V.  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: lamented, funny, humorous,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Madelaine's Chalice
On that summer’s day when we first meet and kissed,
I knew you Madelaine as one I could adore.
Against your family’s wishes, I still persisted
in wooing...

Read more of this work...
Categories: lamented, devotion, love,
Form: Verse
One Life, Many Lives
I entered a room
and saw familiar strangers
and knew in an instant
they were me: past lives
made living flesh again.

I saw the fat baby, 38
pounds at one...

Read more of this work...
Categories: lamented, allusion, appreciation, blessing, death,
Form: Free verse
The Break of Dawn
I woke up at the break of dawn,
with the feeling that all hope is gone,
I was not sure where to begin,
but I was determined to...

Read more of this work...
Categories: lamented, desire, feelings, inspiration, nature,
Form: Light Verse
Premium Member Oh, Lord, What Have I Done
The glamorous uniform looked sharp in the posters about town.
Recruiters convinced the lad to join the Marines of great renown!
Reveille called, sergeants screamed, another tortuous...

Read more of this work...
Categories: lamented, funny, introspectionworld,
Form: Rhyme
The Story of Joshua Bell
They don't speak
those walls
only absorb
scraps of life
the stench of urine
lucky pennies
desperate art
and a ringing clamber of voices
that move with every rush of air
down winding subway...

Read more of this work...
Categories: lamented, art, introspection, life, music,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Gilgamesh
GILGAMESH . . .  

Story has it you used your power to run amuck
Putting fear into the people, and brides in Unuk

So the people...

Read more of this work...
Categories: lamented, adventure, best friend, brother,
Form: Epic
Premium Member Awesome Autumn
Awesome autumn and glorious golds,
outstanding oranges and rufescent reds
combine colors and quilts quiver
as whispering winds and lamented leaves
shower scenes and layer lands-
profusely paint and gleamingly...

Read more of this work...
Categories: lamented, autumn, inspirational, tribute,
Form: Verse

Book: Reflection on the Important Things