Break Up Poems - Examples of all types of break up poetry to share and read. This list of new poems is composed of the works of modern poets on PoetrySoup. Read
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I hope no one else gets hurtI broke a glass bowl
such dangerous shards
from something we lived with
without fear for two decades
I've removed all traces of glass
but I'm sure it will harm the children
it's invisible to the eye
so precariously close to the...
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Categories:
break up,
Form: Free verse
Time Moved OnThis guilt, I will forever feel.
This regret, to not try keeping you longer.
This sadness I forever will have,
with letting you leave.
I gave you no reason,
no reason at all to stay any longer.
I wish you could’ve...
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Categories:
break up, cry, heartbroken,
Form: Free verse
DistanceIt’s heartbreaking.
It’s hurting.
It’s sadness.
To keep holding on,
to keep trying to hold this relationship together.
It’s so hard.
I trust that you won’t betray me,
and you hold that same trust in me.
Well, you once did.
We promised to each...
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Categories:
break up, cry, heartbroken,
Form: Free verse
My story from A to ZAll love I poured
But nothing
Comes in my
Destiny,he played with my
Emotions and i
in crying in
Grief of loosing my
Happiness for him
Irony,is he was
Just passing time
Knowing how sensitive i am,but
Life
Must go on
Nothing can stop me
Ofcourse...
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Categories:
adventure, beauty, break up,
Form: Abecedarian
Blood SuckerI once thought you were powerful
Elusive
As smart and as quick as Dracula himself
You kept me with your gaze
And your wanton touch
Shiny things a little at a time
kept me like a worm on a hook
But after...
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Categories:
break up, abuse, anger, anti bullying,
Form: Free verse
DivorceDon't fixate on finding fault or assigning blame,
In life, there are no guarantees, even for love.
Visit that place in your heart where you first felt loved,
Organize your feelings and suppress selfish thoughts.
Remember, you are...
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Categories:
angst, anxiety, break up,
Form: Acrostic
HeartbreakI can’t speak.
Tongue rested.
Throat shut tight.
Brain no longer ticking.
Heart feeling like it’s been shattered,
into billions of tiny little pieces.
Tears flowing like a river.
I yell,
asking what I did wrong,
asking why he doesn’t love me anymore.
All he...
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Categories:
break up, cry, heartbreak,
Form: Free verse
Another LoveThe day I met you,
I became immediately attached.
That never happens,
but you made it happen,
and I fell in love with you.
You returned the feeling,
it made me so happy.
You chose her.
Why? Why did it have to...
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Categories:
break up, cry, loneliness,
Form: Free verse
To AshesYou were the oxygen to the fire in me.
As I consumed you, the fire in me grew
Until I burnt myself inside out,
Until everything that was left of me
Was ash and dust....
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Categories:
break up, depression, emotions,
Form: Free verse
the song you stolemusic notes used to dance for me
when I played the ivory keys
little birds flying high
bringing back pieces of the great blue sky
now they muddle at my feet
I’m drowning in puddles of...
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Categories:
break up, analogy, art, betrayal, break
Form: Rhyme
The state of the fourth estateNo estate should be able to turn away health inspectors,
No estate should be able to turn away ambulances,
while bleeding internally,
No estate should need to employ so many muckrakers,
or bush lawyers.
No...
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Categories:
break up, abuse, assonance, bereavement, betrayal,
Form: Burlesque
Ceiling FanThe lazy old wooden fan
worked his tired arms
twisting ‘round ‘n ‘round
Straining against the hot air
trying to push ...
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Categories:
betrayal, break up, heartbreak,
Form: Free verse
My Painful Truth Part 1You told me I was beautiful - "
in the beginning of our story.
And though I couldn't see it-
you did all you could to show me.
You told me I was strong.-
Even convinced me I...
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Categories:
abuse, betrayal, break up,
Form: Rhyme
Heart wreckerA zapped mallet
She wields in her feeble hands
Every heart is nailed...
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Categories:
anger, break up, depression,
Form: Haiku
Message Not SentI message you “hi!”
You message back,
saying “what do you want”.
I just tell you,
“I love you!”
You say “lyt”,
and I start overthinking,
as I go to bed.
I message you when I wake,
saying “morning love!”
and shut my screen,
waiting for...
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Categories:
angst, break up, cry,
Form: Free verse
Specific Types of Break Up Poems
Definition | What is Break Up in Poetry?