Best Regretted Poems
Below are the all-time best Regretted poems written by Poets on PoetrySoup. These top poems in list format are the best examples of regretted poems written by PoetrySoup members
NephilimIn those primitive times of long, long ago
when behemoths wandered the land
when mankind was wicked and ruthless and raw
and battles were ever at hand.
An unruly...
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Categories:
regretted, god, humanity,
Form:
Rhyme
1980 Our Year In LoveThe depth of our love has an infinite range,
as I reminisce on the day that we met.
I will always remember your deepest voice,
a mellifluous sound...
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Categories:
regretted, love, romantic,
Form:
Rhyme
The Mourning AfterSunday night Apr. 8, 2001:
The night I slept in relative peace
foolishly, naively believing and
falsely assuming that all was well…
But then the morning after:
Though not the...
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Categories:
regretted, grief, loss, son,
Form:
Narrative
Our Best Pal, BlackieShe was the best pal we ever had,
Thinking about her still makes me sad,
Quietly wagging her tail for her food,
Silently waiting like a friend so...
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Categories:
regretted, best friend, dog,
Form:
Personification
A StruggleWe all have our good and bad days
Because they depend on our ways
Growing up around bad environments
And a screwed up system by governments
My family not...
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Categories:
regretted, hope, life, sad, teen,
Form:
Bio
Me, My Muse and MeME, MY MUSE AND ME!
ME
What I am about to say and do,
Would be inconceivable by more
Than a few,
How could I dare,
Its isn’t fair,
For it...
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Categories:
regretted, muse,
Form:
Free verse
DivorceDivorce
Let me start by giving you a small anecdote
About a husband and wife at the divorce court
Ranting and Raving till the judge...
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Categories:
regretted, change, feelings, introspection, loss,
Form:
Rhyme
JoziI run uphill for some way,
mostly on an easy pavement,
and partially on a jarring dirt track,
I resentfully enjoy a route
against which I am free to...
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Categories:
regretted, urban,
Form:
Free verse
Another TongueIf passion speaks beyond self-centered will,
if stones may cry aloud because a man
keeps silence, or if whispers wash the mind
as storms in springtime...
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Categories:
regretted, tribute, may, power,
Form:
Free verse
GemShe sat near a pool of brownish waters.
Perplexed by her own reflection.
The wind tender on her hair,
Tossing it eastward.
Drying her imbrued face,
From days of sobbing,
Leaving...
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Categories:
regretted, art,
Form:
Prose Poetry
Broken Record SicknessTwo hands in folds of shoddy cotton,
in clouds of cheap champagne and cigarette smoke.
My ringing ears
Echoing the television murmurs,
but it’s the same news on a...
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Categories:
regretted, lovelonging, time,
Form:
Free verse
Housebound DaysPeople once said I was a homebody, and I guess that was me,
Often curled up with a good book, I loved watching movies.
Like blooms of...
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Categories:
regretted, art, beautiful, fantasy, friendship,
Form:
Couplet
Man MeSuppose the sun stop shining
And the clouds get dark
When there will be not of the courage to face life head-on
Who will be there to give...
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Categories:
regretted, friendship, love, soulmate,
Form:
Free verse
The Camelot That Was NotThe Camelot That Was Not
By Elton Camp
Arthur was a king both wise and good.
He always did exactly what he should.
Sat with his knights at a...
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Categories:
regretted, funnyhistory,
Form:
Rhyme
Let the Dead Bury Their OwnAs my weary eyes give in
I become entranced.
A day completed now
and so I give it back a glance.
Every chance I'm given,
I break it all apart
I...
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Categories:
regretted, dark,
Form:
Rhyme