Grief Death Poems
These Grief Death poems are examples of Death poems about Grief. These are the best examples of Death Grief poems written by international poets.
The last voicemail I sentHey God…
It’s late.
I don’t really know how to start this.
Not a prayer,
not exactly.
Just a voicemail…
in case I don’t get to say anything else.
I’ve kept it...
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10th grade, death, sick,
I DID TRY TO TELL YOUIt was during those bleak nights
when I’d wake up screaming
in a bucket of sweat.
The times I hailed you with bullets
full of ugly insults.
I’d cry in...
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Categories:
anger, death, depression, grief,
I exist in liminal spacesI exist in liminal spaces
Forever in the shade despite my longing to be warmed by the sun
A foggy filter laying over every scene before...
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Categories:
death, grief,
California Fires - 2025My heart is breaking
as the fire wins,
An elemental only doing
What its nature demands:
Eat, heat, repeat.
Some spirits walk on
As the fire fights
Any efforts to defy...
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Categories:
death, fire, grief,
Am I Crazy?Am I crazy
if it’s been five years
and I still expect you to walk through the door?
If I can’t give away your clothes
because you might need...
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Categories:
bereavement, death, divorce, eulogy,
Decay is the new LoveLook out for the flickering lights;
I heard some glass shattering
shards geting swallowed in the hurricane's tyranny
and tyranny pleading at patriarchy's feet.
Look out for the desparation;
penetrating...
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Categories:
addiction, allegory, dance, death,
The Other Side of SilenceI had a love once,
A boy with eyes like a fresh dark roast,
Undiluted with milk and full of innocence.
I remember that first hug – full...
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Categories:
confusion, creation, death, grief,
Like a Father in Endless SpaceA feather falling, floating, following my life in endless space
Meeting sunsets on oceans in pinks, reds and delicious orange spread across horizons
Passing in slow motion...
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Categories:
angst, blessing, death, devotion,
Thanatos Cold Embrace Of Death *
Everyone grieves in their own way ~ time will only tell if healing comes, * ...
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Categories:
death, grief,
A Momentary ChillAlthough I cannot hear your sound,
I feel you must be hanging 'round
as I grow old.
I can't fool myself or pretend.
You don't compromise...
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Categories:
death,
The Cold Embrace of DeathDarkened my world,
Turned it upside down.
A cloud of grief follows me around.
The sun shines, but my eyes see darkness.
A mother’s worst nightmare
Became my reality.
Torn from...
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Categories:
daughter, death, devotion,
Tied Hearts Go TogetherYour hands
Etched into the rigid grooves
That line the ages of my face
Go cold
As my blood flows still.
Frozen in a watery grave.
It's funny
How two souls...
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Categories:
death, emotions, friend, grief,
Reflections of the Past, Visions of the FutureI celebrated my father's birthday this last April 4th, 2025
He would have been 75,
Yet 7 years ago, a white butterfly laid him to rest, with...
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butterfly, dad, death, faith,
Don't Die With The DeadDon't die with the dead
Rather be skeptical on yourself
The dead are dead, no more problems
We the living have to think deeply
The dead has no more...
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Categories:
death, life, love, spiritual,
The Night They CameWe were five in the room,
Mama whispered her last prayer before bed,
the fan turned slowly, tired like the rest of us.
It was just another night
stars...
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Categories:
death, abuse, anger, betrayal, community,