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.
Poem Topics Related to Death
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.
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To Have Once Kissed The Monster Of Sorrows And Burning Death
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Robert Lindley
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dark, death, evil, halloween,
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Whither Blows the Wind
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Freddie Robinson Jr.
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dark, death, horror, scary,
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Reaper
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M. L. Kiser
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dark, death, heartbroken, horror,
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Soemtime Before I Die
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L. J. Carber
| Free verse |
analogy, appreciation, death, dog,
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IMAGINE
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L. J. Carber
| Free verse |
allusion, analogy, death, evil,
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The Autumn of Life
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Fritz Purdum
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autumn, death, health, life,
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Nay fear, Lovebug, Yee exorcist is hear
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Word Awl
| Free verse |
death, adventure, angel, baptism, birth,
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What to Expect in the Future
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John Blake
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crazy, death, future, humorous,
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The basket sat on top of the dryer
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Lewis Raynes
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community, death, freedom, goodbye,
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Love the sad story of Joey and Rory Feek of GAITHER fame
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Anil Deo
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death, angst, cancer, child, christian,
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Is My Time Up
by Brenda Chiri
I think time is a deciever of all
As I listen to the tick tock
How the face of time seemed to mock me
And say
"You have...
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child abuse, creation, death,
A Poem For My Grandma
by Nick Trim
Today the angels called your name,
they called to you, and took all your pain,
leaving you with only peace,
tonight you sleep where the angels be....
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death, family, sad,
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christian, death, jesus,
Devil warshippin hullabaloon
by Word Awl
Moon's shore purdee tanite...
Won'tcha jest lissen at dem Crickits.
Sumtime eyes gets ta thankin' they's
Senging jest fur Mee...
Shore dew 'preach he ate it....
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allusion, appreciation, dark, death,
Touch of Death
by Sadagopan sankaranarayanan
At the doorstep, someones beckoning me.
Am being pulled into a deep void.
Pitch dark with an eerie aura.
Plagued by darkness I stumble forward
oh where are you...
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death,
THE PRICE OF DEATH
by JAN ALLISON
his final journey
in a huge black limousine
death comes to us all
the funeral cost
he won’t have to pay the bill ...
grieving relatives!!!!!!
I know the florists
make a...
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death, flower, funeral, how
Upside down black and white clouds
by Yolanda Scott
I see beauty in the clouds
that floats above
surrounding trees, and hilltops
and a fresh morning breeze
the feeling as if you're following me
you are the mirror...
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beauty, birth, culture, death,
Checkmate
by Janet Bingham
CHECKMATE
I played the game of life with God.
He let me win a few.
Then He showed me in one more move
that I was in a...
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appreciation, courage, death, devotion,
Lost at Sea
by Lily Mayfield
The waves are crashing
Calling my name
Wishing
I don't become sane
They pull me in
I'm walking on clouds
Someone once said
It's the best way to go
Now it's in my...
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dark, death, depression, sad,
Cowards that be
by Dominic Middleton
The USA has its
CIA
FBI
Russia has its
GRU
England has its
MI5-6-7-8-
Saudi Arab
(Least they don't try and hide the truth)
Has a
Death squad
Australia
Well they call Thiers
North Force
Each country has...
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anger, angst, bullying, death,
Autumn leaves
by Gershon Wolf
Death paints a Leaf
With color brilliant
Before it withers...
Tinged with our grief
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autumn, beauty, death, grief,
If I Could Would I
by PJ Gongora
You left without adieu
I hope I ever knew
It would be the last day,
"Iloveyou" you would say.
You whispered in my ear
With hoarse voice I came...
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death, dedication, depression, desire,
Kiss of Death
by Jean Bush
She comes on sunset colors,
Rocking in his head.
A dark and shimmering shadow
Like lace across his bed.
Beside the narrow window
The night takes up her form.
She takes...
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death, imagination, kiss, sad,
Someday, somewhere we meet
by Xuefeng Pan
Were there a day when the writer has melted into the air
Left these words unattended cold, alone or being disappeared
Turning it into an unanswered...
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Categories:
courage, death, desire, faith,
I do not know? |
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courage, death, dedication, military,
piper and rats
by cs parker
338
Death is the best
For rats for they
Mess up other
People’s lives
Without a care
Loyal-less
Without a soul
Glad there’s a
Piper on patrol
Called fentanyl
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Categories:
abuse, addiction, america, death,
Crowned dead queen
by Khadidja Megaache
“Agora é tarde Ines é mor”
Ire, Revenge clouded Pedro‘s heart.
Death separated the lovers apart.
Seeking a punishment to fit the crime,
Heart pulled from one’s chest,
Heart...
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Free verse |
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Categories:
death, grave, grief, history,
Clapping
by Jack Ellison
It's impossible to clap with just one hand
Try slapping someone's face but that's not a good plan
It's a definite alternative
Just hope they'll forgive
Maybe get...
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Limerick |
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death,
Last call
by Khadidja Megaache
I fear the day she will not answer her phone.
I fear the day I receive the news of her being gone.
I prayed and prayed and...
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Free verse |
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Categories:
absence, cry, death of
Father Arthur
by arthur vaso
Dear Son
even I am long gone
dead and buried
please son take heed
the good lord will plead
good deeds do matter
sin will land you in the hereafter
down under...
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Categories:
art, death, funeral, jesus,