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Breakup Poems - Poems about Breakup

Breakup Poems - Examples of all types of poems about breakup to share and read. This list of new poems is composed of the works of modern poets of PoetrySoup. Read short, long, best, and famous examples for breakup.
Premium Member Frozen Shiver Shakes
Icebergs floated all around me – frozen is no place to safely flee. I fell down on an ice crystal, then I heard you whistle and felt myself turn towards bold so I could leave this place so cold. So many...Read the rest...
Categories: breakup, betrayal, break up, character,
Form: Rhyme
Us Again
Oh, I want to go back To when forever was possible When I was still falling asleep on your couch When our only fears were of monsters in the dark When we would get so mad at our...Read the rest...
Categories: breakup, childhood, first love, growing
Form: Free verse



No Greater Wish than Sweet Companionship
I’ve long since been gone but now I wish to return, if you’ll let me. I was down the thorny path, in the woodchipper, stuck in time, dancing into deed. It’s no match, a man...Read the rest...
Categories: breakup, feelings, love hurts, roses
Form: Prose

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Worth The Fight
My battle to keep you is over. A checkmate, without any closure. My skin is bruised and beaten and battered and scarred and weakened. I can't shake the guilt or the images of the life we built in the days before...Read the rest...
Categories: breakup, betrayal, break up, emotions,
Form: Quatrain
the passenger
wishing and hoping. living in past memories, empty all alone. living with the hope of a future. watching like a spectator, of the life i lost. butterflies swarmed my heart every time our paths crossed. from feeling like a...Read the rest...
Categories: breakup, break up, deep, for
Form: Rhyme



A Glint in the Night
Love letter in hand And the last thing I saw was a glint in the night...Read the rest...
Categories: breakup, betrayal, break up, crazy,
Form: Senryu
Premium Member Burning Dreams
Throw all your dreams into a fire, A fire burning with failed desire. But do not mind who let you down, Look away, don't even frown. Keep your face away from emotion, Back away, the fire burns with devotion. Don't let...Read the rest...
Categories: breakup, depression, devotion, emotions, fire,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Not Your Valentine
I told him I’m not sure I want to marry He threw a tantrum like a child Why are black women like this he asked But the reasons are as deep as the Nile You played and played...Read the rest...
Categories: breakup, black african american, break
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member now and then
Yesterday, I saw a girl That looked like you. It took my breath away. I wanted to say To her; What I long to say to you. I almost said it aloud; I love you. A complete stranger. I just stared at her. Later, In a...Read the rest...
Categories: breakup, 12th grade, angel, beautiful,
Form: Free verse
The Cherry Blossom Desert
I lost myself in reaching for the sky, I buried my dreams in shadows nearby, I rejected myself at a remarkable dawn, I found myself when you were finally abandoned. Maybe I craved the way you used to utter...Read the rest...
Categories: breakup, extended metaphor, farewell, heartbreak,
Form: Free verse
Goodbye my Love
Saturday 27.7.2024 I finally said goodbye to him. I hoped he understands what I meant. It was not what I wanted. But I could not help it. Just like "Can't help falling in love" with you. One day, when I look...Read the rest...
Categories: breakup, blue, break up, friendship,
Form: Free verse
Fell out of love
Your face is boring like a cold soup Your touch irritates me like a thorny branch Your snoring is no longer a lullaby Your complement fuels anger in me Your breath upsets my stomach I...Read the rest...
Categories: breakup, anxiety, break up, emotions,
Form: Free verse
The Bad Guy
Soon as I feel the pain I notice my avoidance I want something but I’m afraid I’m not sure what I’m doing I can’t force you off my mind but I think your better off...Read the rest...
Categories: breakup, anxiety,
Form: Rhyme
After Love Falls
I didn't know you'd pass when the moment did fly by But you'd win the award for tearing up my mind, and I Kiss upon the colored water that carried me in a remedy As you held my...Read the rest...
Categories: breakup, break up, confusion, endurance,
Form: Free verse
I wish
I wish there was a world where we made it work I wish there was a way for us to still be together I wish I let you know just how much I loved you Because I never...Read the rest...
Categories: breakup, absence,
Form: Free verse

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