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Reading and writing poems about the death of a loved one are a beautiful way to deal with the emotions and trauma associated with mortality. These beautiful and inspirations poems about death help us see how others are enduring the loss of a parent, other family members, a friend, or loved one. Everyone’s experiences are different, and we cannot compare feelings, but coping with grief and death is something all must go through, and we can learn from the sadness and reactions of others expressed in poetry.

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Poem Title	Poet	Form	Categories
The Darkness of Cold Oceans Dwelling Deepest	Gary Bateman	Quatrain	allegory, death, evil, fantasy,
800-Year-Old Tree	Mark Toney	Haiku	death, mythology, tree,
Up In Flames	Freddie Robinson Jr.	Elegy	dark, death, truth, wisdom,
He	Carol Bocchino	Verse	death, inspiration, jesus, life,
Before The Gates Of Alahsar - 1 - Rewrite	Vladislav Raven	Epic	dark, death, dream, emotions,
BURNING GRAVE	Fungayi Elias Ndhlovu	Alexandrine	death,
State sanctioned suicide opinion	Lewis Raynes	Quatrain	death, freedom, health, integrity,
The Reaper	Andrew Walker	Couplet	death, fate, life, strength,
REDEMPTION	Sheer Terror	Free verse	death, heaven, mother, obituary,
A Brutal Sport	Gershon Wolf	Rhyme	america, death, football, hurt,
Red Ink	Carol Connell	Rhyme	analogy, animal, blessing, death,
The Gold Medal	Vidya Raghunathan	Couplet	angst, death of a
The Haunted House	Timothy McGuire	Rhyme	death, evil, horror, house,
Water Dark and Deep	Timothy McGuire	Haiku	dark, death, water,
My Time For Sleep	Alexander Seal	Narrative	death, suicide,
Samael	Trey Hamner	Rhyme	angel, anger, conflict, death,
His Grandmothers Death	Maurice Rigoler	Light Verse	death,
I Remember	Autumn Paul	Free verse	appreciation, death, death of
One Last Farewell to My Father	Maria Feliciano	Lyric	death, father,
A bump in the night	fauxcroft wade	Free verse	dark, death, fear, imagery,
Oxyuranus Microlepidotus	Rahima Espat	Free verse	death, symbolism,
DEAR LOST SOUL	Jake Ponce	Free verse	death, sad,
Crystal Memories	Jo Daniel	Rhyme	death, loneliness,
Memories of a Mentor	Jesse Ponnambalam	Rhyme	angel, angst, christian, death
A Melting Image	Paige Reed	Free verse	betrayal, break up, death,
Before The Gates Of Alahsar - Part - 25	Vladislav Raven	Epic	dark, death, dream, emotions,
Achilles, The Journey To Troy, Part Two	Robert Lindley	Rhyme	art, death, hero, literature,
Hell House - 3	Vladislav Raven	Epic	death, dream, emotions, war,
I Will Remember You	R. e. taylor	Free verse	angst, death, sad, sorrow,
Immortality is fanciful	Lucy Harley	Free verse	death, fate, fear, sad,
A Broken Heart	Lucy Harley	I do not know?	bereavement, death, emotions, heartbroken,
nana im missing you	daisy tyrrell	Bio	dark, death, deep,
This Life's Journey	Chris T Isaacs	Free verse	bereavement, death, eulogy, goodbye,
Black Cats	Susan Gentry	I do not know?	cat, death, magic, myth,
Reasons Not To Kill Ourselves	Gerald Dillenbeck	Political Verse	business, death, education, funny
I Remember The Possibly Departed	Lawrence Sharp	Free verse	cancer, death,
Joey Fatone	Freddie Robinson Jr.	Burlesque	dark, death, evil, violence,
Never Forget	Leah Kingsborough	Free verse	death,
A Sweet Child's Untimely Death	Robert Lindley	Free verse	child, dark, death, fate,
LIT	Line Gauthier	Senryu	death, farewell, light, nostalgia,
for HEATHER HEYER: LOVING PAINFUL TRUTHS IN UNITY	Anil Deo	Tristich	death, america, animal, anti bullying,
Morning glory sky	Teresa Rivera	Rhyme	anxiety, appreciation, cry, death,
Hell House	Vladislav Raven	Epic	death, dream, emotions, history,
I'm A Tearful Clown	Savannah Brown	Terza Rima	death, emotions, grief, lost
Eternal Teardrops	Joseph May	Rhyme	death, sad, sorrow,
Stolen	Michelle Hewett	Free verse	death, family, goodbye, miss
Deja Vu	Carol Bowen-Davis	Free verse	death,
A CROSS	Line Gauthier	Senryu	car, death, tribute, violence,
Life Goes On	TS Lewis	Free verse	death, loss,
You Are My Sunshine	Ory Rose	Lyric	butterfly, death, loss, september,
Toot the horn	Gershon Wolf	Epitaph	death, god, history, technology,
The Butterfly	Ory Rose	Lyric	angel, birth, butterfly, death,
While Shuttered Up Inside	matthew harris	Carpe Diem	death, 10th grade, 11th grade,
Mournful Dirge	Ifechukwu Ezeokoli	Rhyme	death, i love you,
Release	Justine Hansen	Free verse	death, depression, emotions, how
In Whispering Mists, Dying Gods There Grieve	Robert Lindley	Rhyme	dark, death, deep, fate,
the butterfly's abyss	Laura Loo	Couplet	butterfly, death,
Dun Sky, Undone	Stephe Watson	Free verse	bird, death, sky,
Blame	Ifechukwu Ezeokoli	Free verse	dad, death, grief, missing
Death Is At Our Door	Marc Acrich	Prose	death,
take me to your leader	jane Gomm	Free verse	death,
Kimo therapy	Roy Pett	Kimo	brother, death, father, little
death and how to do it	colin heavingham	ABC	death,
AS I LIVE YET I DIE BECOMING THE LAND I'VE STRIDE	James Edward Lee Sr.	Light Verse	allegory, analogy, angst, death,
Eulogy	Arum Dusu	I do not know?	death, death of a
The red wheelbarrow	Wendy Watson	Rhyme	death, grandparents, happiness, memory,
PARKINSONS	Jenny brewer	Free verse	courage, death, emotions, fear,
GARLAND OF DAISIES	Line Gauthier	Free verse	death, emotions, flower, heart,
THE OUTSIDER	Line Gauthier	Free verse	bird, dark, death, hope,
I LOVE my HINDU view of RESURRECTION	Anil Deo	Verse	analogy, atheist, bible, death,
Education	Anna M Shepard	Free verse	birth, death, education, love,
Sad Angel	Thaomi Pham	Free verse	angel, blue, dark, death,
Truly Alive	Caren Krutsinger	Free verse	death, spiritual,
More-fin and Morphin	Gershon Wolf	Limerick	change, death, drink, drug,
Who Shot 2Pac	Nick Trim	Rhyme	business, corruption, death, hip
Arthenia	randy johnson	Rhyme	death, dedication, goodbye, tribute,
Dragon Fire	Kurt Philip Behm	Rhyme	death, fire,
The Blade	Angel Villanueva	Sonnet	death, forgiveness, love, sin,
Hiroshima n Nagasaki	matthew harris	Dramatic Verse	death, 10th grade, 11th grade,
Moon's Rise, Man's Fall	Stephe Watson	Free verse	death, moon, philosophy,
Foremourning Afore Morning	Stephe Watson	Free verse	death, hindi, philosophy,
After The Funeral	Kai Michael Neumann	Haibun	death,
Lola	Owen Yeates	Rhyme	blessing, death, dog,
The Rose in My Hand	Dear Heart a.k.a. Broken Wings	Rhyme	death, love, rose,
Dark Sword	Vermillion Scythe	Quintain (English)	dark, death, horror, night,
Summer Breeze	Larry Bradfield	Lyric	death,
LEGACY	Line Gauthier	Senryu	creation, death, destiny, family,
ZEN, andaree form	Line Gauthier	Free verse	appreciation, blessing, death, introspection,
Bubonic Cleansing	Freddie Robinson Jr.	Dramatic Verse	death, fear, history, perspective,
Barnaby The Pirate	Tom Cunningham	Limerick	death, humor, sea,
Dusk Of Life	Carol Connell	Free verse	beauty, death, sad, sunset,
AT SOME	Line Gauthier	Senryu	death, heaven, introspection, journey,
An Elderly Couple	David Cardamone	Couplet	death, destiny, fate, imagination,
Sweet Dreams	Teagan Taylor	Free verse	bird, cat, conflict, death,
Backhand of Meaning	Teagan Taylor	Free verse	bereavement, death, goodbye, heartbreak,
The Man, The Pier, The Sea	David Loewen	Couplet	cry, death, depression,
In The Belly Of A Whale	Curtis Moorman	Limerick	death, fish, sick,
devils goodbye	joey bauer	Ballad	confusion, death, earth, evil,
Going Under	Dominique Phelps	Rhyme	death,
IN THE ROSE GARDEN	Line Gauthier	Sonnet	appreciation, death, devotion, god,

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