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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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New Death Poems

Poem Title	Poet	Form	Categories
No honour in your tribal wars	fauxcroft wade	Dramatic Verse	death, patriotic, power, war,
Old Age Revealed	Dennis Spilchuk	Verse	age, angst, death, introspection,
Life and Death	Ngoc Nguyen	I do not know?	conflict, death, dream, hope,
Death Comes Like a Crow	Elizabeth Duran	Sonnet	death, death of a
When All Was Dark	Subimal Sinha-Roy	Rhyme	death, memory, mother, sad,
The Days of Malice	Reason A. Poteet	Verse	boat, death, journey, muse,
The Devil's Canvas	Artsieladie Sharon Donnelly	Rhyme	death, evil, horror,
OUR LEGACY, collaboration with Mike Hauser	Line Gauthier	Free verse	creation, death, desire, future,
Reflection	Ginger Steinfield	Rhyme	betrayal, death, evil, farewell,
Three Paths Diverged	Mack Bonner	Rhyme	bible, blessing, christian, death,
Salvation	sean ferris	Epitaph	cancer, death,
My days end	fauxcroft wade	Dramatic Verse	death, deep, eulogy,
please kill me in a normal way	Ewa Mat	I do not know?	abuse, death, depression, hate,
To Sleep, To Dream, Perchance to Die	Victor Buhagiar	Free verse	death, dream,
''Generation''	Ngoc Nguyen	Tanka	birth, death, destiny, life,
The Last One You'd Expect	David Welch	Free verse	death, loss, science, science
InterGeeseruption	Stephe Watson	Free verse	bird, death, nature, philosophy,
Aunt Sophie's clothes	ej sansam	Free verse	death,
A Long-Lost Friend	R. e. taylor	Free verse	anger, death, death of
Mommie	R. e. taylor	Free verse	baby, death, mother,
Intermission: Ad Infinitum Lux Vitae	Leanne Lovejoy-Burton	Pantoum	death, birth, cancer, courage, daughter,
Your untimely death	Donna Tymec	Free verse	death, emotions, surreal,
Sweet Surrender	Susan Gentry	Rhyme	death, abuse, addiction, adventure, conflict,
Dale - on the death of Dale Winton	Gail Foster	Rhyme	cheer up, death, goodbye,
In citation For Liberation	jonna houck	I do not know?	corruption, death, encouraging, environment,
The locket	Chelci Biggs	I do not know?	anniversary, death,
What Awaits Us	Gershon Wolf	Epigram	death, fear,
OUR LOTS BIRTH TO DEATH	Olufemi Oloye	ABC	adventure, age, death, death
How Do You Give Away A Life	roger turner	Rhyme	cry, death, family, feelings,
The Candle In The Window	roger turner	Epic	death, fear, home, loss,
No words	Hannah Bruce	Lyric	death, abuse, america, anxiety, dark,
Think About It	Vincent Flannery	Rhyme	death,
ATTACK	JW Nugent	Free verse	death, anger, conflict, confusion, courage,
BRUTALITY	JW Nugent	Free verse	conflict, dark, death, eulogy,
THE PEPPERMAN AND ONE HELL OF A CIRCUS	Michael E. Harris	Free verse	abuse, addiction, confusion, death,
I Wanna Go Home - Just not to my own	M.P. Shaudd	Lyric	death, depression, grief, heartbreak,
Rose Colored Dawn's Gave Her Those Bright Smiles	Robert Lindley	Sonnet	beautiful, death, deep, fate,
To My Dear Brother	Rakib Uddin Ahmed	I do not know?	brother, death,
Thoughts and Prayers	Jaycee Graffius	Enclosed Rhyme	child abuse, corruption, death,
There Was A Time	Jaycee Graffius	Free verse	death, abortion, addiction, america, anger,
Swine	Christopher Goss	Free verse	america, death, metaphor, racism,
A Shot of Brautigan Served ice Cold	Operation Orange	Free verse	celebrity, death, dedication,
Remnants Of The First Great War	Robert Lindley	Rhyme	conflict, courage, dark, death,
The Shower Diary Part 1	Manya Saxena	Sonnet	death, absence, confusion, cry, dark,
Living In a State of Emergency	Matthew Abuelo	Free verse	anxiety, death, political,
HAIKU	Line Gauthier	Haiku	courage, death, dedication, destiny,
Kites and Tykes	Jessica Amanda Salmonson	Rhyme	children, death, fantasy, fun,
Hospice	Lycia Harding	Sijo	death, flower, grief,
Why do I have some much pain	Teresa Lindsay	Free verse	death, anger, angst, anxiety, conflict,
Bella	David Loewen	Couplet	anti bullying, bereavement, death
Not Me	Caren Krutsinger	Free verse	death, death of a
BELIEF	JW Nugent	Free verse	angst, conflict, death, destiny,
PTSD	JW Nugent	Free verse	death, anger, angst, bereavement, conflict,
Essay On Drums	JW Nugent	Free verse	angst, bereavement, dark, death,
Remembering	JW Nugent	Free verse	angst, anniversary, bereavement, death,
Connected To The Disconnect	Tim Smith	Free verse	dark, death, suicide,
without a title	nette onclaud	Haiku	death, flower, night,
Suicide Note	Deborah Guenther Beachboard	Free verse	assonance, death,
MEMORIES	Diana Angell	I do not know?	death, deep, inspiration, lonely,
Lie Down on Me	Elaine George	Personification	age, death, grief,
Seamless Patches - 1,9,16	John lawless	Verse	death, hero, soldier, war,
HAIKU NO TITLE	Tom Cunningham	Haiku	animal, death, snow,
FOREVER AUTUMN	JAN ALLISON	Light Verse	death, seasons, tree,
Senseless	Jeff Kantor	Rhyme	death, america, anger, children, crazy,
Maxon Hadcock's Long Ride, Part II	David Welch	Cowboy	death, evil, god, journey,
Maxon Hadcock's Long Ride, Part I	David Welch	Cowboy	death, evil, god, journey,
Cry	Gershon Wolf	Sonnet	city, cry, death, horse,
Cry For War	Christopher Goss	Free verse	anger, death, political,
Asifa's Blood Pens	Balveen Cheema	Dramatic Monologue	child abuse, community, death,
On Dying	Dennis Spilchuk	Verse	bereavement, christian, courage, death,
One Nine and Sixteen - The Attic	Sandra Haight	Iambic Pentameter	death, grandparents, memory,
If I Die Today	Karen DA	Rhyme	death,
GUNMETAL CLOUDS	Line Gauthier	Haiku	dark, death, grief, rose,
By the Candle's Light - 1, 9, 16	FJ Thomas	Quatrain	age, death, husband, wife,
Crosswords of Death	Tamara Beryl Latham	Rhyme	color, death, light,
Shadows Of My Past	Emile Pinet	Blank verse	age, angst, death, emotions,
Trick or treat	Ritika Bhardwaj	Free verse	death, anger, beauty, betrayal, black
Death	Muqudus Shahab	Rhyme	death,
Elizabeth's Heroin Battle	Joanne Hargreaves	Blank verse	angel, death, drug, goodbye,
The Man I Cure	Kai Michael Neumann	Free verse	death of a friend,
Disquiet	Wayne Kingston	Kimo	death, freedom, life, trust,
Private Grief	David Loewen	Rhyme	death of a friend,
Never Forget	Gershon Wolf	Rhyme	death, family, memorial, world
Besieged by rats and ravenous crows	Robert Liam McCallum	Classicism	death, gothic, halloween, horror,
CANDLELIT VIGIL	Line Gauthier	Rhyme	death, farm, hope, loss,
See You Someday	PJ Gongora	Free verse	absence, angel, death, devotion,
I Eat You	Jessica Amanda Salmonson	Rhyme	body, death, food, funny,
Beggar's End	Lisle Ryder	Quatrain	death, funeral, grave, religious,
My Mother Said	Betty Bateson	Free verse	boy, child, cry, death,
Snow, Snake, Snow, Birds, Sickness, Sitting	Stephe Watson	Free verse	death, nature, philosophy,
Wrong time, wrong place	Anna Greene	I do not know?	baby, bereavement, death, funeral,
WITHOUT FAIL	Demetrios Trifiatis	Couplet	death, earth, pollution,
Past	Mario Diletto	Free verse	cry, dark, death,
I'll Settle Down Some Day, Part II	David Welch	Cowboy	addiction, celebration, death, loss,
I'll Settle Down Some Day, Part I	David Welch	Cowboy	addiction, celebration, death, loss,
Peace To Rest	Broken Wings	Rhyme	death,
I Know	Drencho POET	Narrative	death,
It physically hurts	Aa Harvey	Bio	cry, death, desire, emotions,
They're Here	David Loewen	Couplet	death, moving on,
Fare Thee Well	Laura Loo	Verse	death, missing you,

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