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.
Who Will Host My FuneralWhen the clock stops ticking
When the world stops turning
When the waves stop crashing
When the darkness entombs me
Who will host my funeral?
Who will mourn my death?
Who will ensure a proper burial?
Who will miss me when I...
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Categories:
death,
Form: Free verse
Life After My not Being Around
Anytime
I ponder about life,
After my not being;
Around, it perks the skies,
And I wish I had been,
Just born...
Alas!
Little kids die too,
So, I’m left to touch my feelings
And console pains...
Then, The flow,
Of questions, like;
Will I...
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Categories:
12th grade, allusion, death,
Form: Free verse
THE FINAL ACCOUNTWe all do good. We all do bad.
Is it error? Is it intent?
The motivation is crucial.
Our karma shows on balance sheet.
Black for credit but red for debt.
One day the final account comes.
Pluses must cancel minuses
To...
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Categories:
birth, death, judgement, life,
Form: Free verse
Such a FightTake a good look
No one’s perfect
Having a fight to get up
Such a struggle
I’ll get up in the end
With all my might
...
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Categories:
death, god, hope,
Form: Free verse
a toast to a future of silence"a toast to a future of silence"
poetic preaching
written words spoken out loud
the last of many...
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Categories:
death, freedom, life,
Form: Haiku
Damaged mindI despise how you make me feel. Every breath I draw I crave it to be my last.
The way I daydream about my death you'll think I was the grim reaper here to drag you...
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Categories:
corruption, death, deep, emotions,
Form: Free verse
MomHow do I say goodbye to you
When you gave life to me
Raised me, loved me
Choking back the tears
To say goodbye
For the very last time
Memories of time ago
Slips in my mind
Only to cherish those...
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Categories:
death, loss,
Form: Free verse
Hiding awayHiding myself
Hiding myself
Hiding myself
From behind the fuzzy lens
Little voices say
Go behind the door one day
Take the light away
Stay inside and hide away
Come out another day
See myself crying out
Inside the cracked mirror
Run away to momma
Only...
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Categories:
angst, death, farewell, grave,
Form: Free verse
WILDFIRESThe fire spreads quickly
Nothing can stand in its way
Firemen are coming
...
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Categories:
death, fear, fire, life,
Form: Senryu
Universal QuestionsI stand here and gaze at the stars in the sky,
And wonder what happens to me when I die?
But harder to see with my very own eye,
Is purpose of life as it passes me by.
I...
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Categories:
death, introspection, life, people,
Form: Sonnet
I walk through the cemeteryI walk through the cemetery where my dreams and heart have gone,
Among the silent gravestones, shadows linger on.
A somber pilgrimage, where echoes of love reside,
In the hallowed ground where dreams and hopes have died.
The air...
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Categories:
death, absence, bible, christian, cry,
Form: Free verse
Christmas AloneLying 'neath an evergreen
and nowhere else to go
It kept my dry, but not so warm,
when it began to snow
I was watching Mr. Warm Guy
walk inside his home
And I wondered if...
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Categories:
cat, christmas, death, lonely,
Form: Rhyme
GoodbyesI saw a man leave today
he had April in his eyes
a hipflask in his pocket
as he said his last goodbyes
and all the ones he left behind
were painting as he...
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Categories:
death, deep, emotions, goodbye,
Form: Quatrain
Until thenLord forgive me for all that I've done.I miss my daddy.Honestly never thought I'd feel so differently without him here.I love you Daddy and you too Uncle David I miss you both.Its a evil old...
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Categories:
allah, crazy, death,
Form: Free verse
She Is BereavementBeneath a night veil bordered with black roses,
such a pallid, yet beauteous face,
nightingales nestled at her feet.
She's adept at knowing when to let
herself in.
She sits, sighs of sorrow,
ebony shadowed dreams.
She is bereavement-
Depression's sister.
Stars weaved in...
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Categories:
death, 7th grade, 8th grade,
Form: Free verse
Specific Types of Death Poems
Read wonderful death poetry on the following sub-topics:
anniversary, brother, cat, child, dog, elegy, eulogy, father, friend, funeral, goodbye, grandfather, grandmonther, grief, in loving memory, loss, lover, memorial, missing you, mother, moving on, pet, rip, sad, sister, suicide, sympathy,
and more.
Definition | What is Death in Poetry?
Poems Related to Death
afterlife, bereavement, darkness, death of a friend, decease, demise, departure, dying, eternal rest, extinction, fatality, grave, grim reaper, heaven, loss, lost love, mortality, paradise, parting, passing, passing over, repose, sleep, the end, tomb