Loss Death Poems
These Loss Death poems are examples of Death poems about Loss. These are the best examples of Death Loss poems written by international poets.
Rush Hour
monochromatic clouds
stagnated within space
rush hour traffic abounds
vitreous tears coat cheeks
time halts to screeching stops
as you took your last breath
...
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dark, death, heartbreak, imagery,
Lao Tzu: English Translations IILAO TZU ENGLISH TRANSLATIONS I
Be Like Water
by Lao Tzu, translation by Michael R. Burch
The highest virtue resembles water
because water unselfishly benefits all life,
then settles, without...
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death, heaven, life, mother,
Spreading AshesThis sentinel, with roots that grip the soil,
A continuum witness of seasons' endless toil.
Through storms and sun, a beacon in the breeze,
once a life of...
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death, death of a
Living TestamentThe scriptures whisper of silent tombs/
Of wisdom buried, lost in gloom/
But I rise, carved from the night/
A witness to the truths concealed in blight/
They say...
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culture, dark, death, deep,
A Single FlowerDeath came today...
taking my sweet Jess from me;
to an even better place, I pray,
than this life we shared so passionately.
If only...
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death, loss, lost love,
Race Finished
J-ouney's
A-ll
N-ow
E-nded,
L-eaving
L-asting
E-choes
E-ternally
C-herished
A-nd
L-oved
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Monocrostic
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death, loss,
I Have Strong Faith
I have strong faith I like to share,
as do my friends. We’re well aware
of what transpires when breath is nil
when Death has come with silent...
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Categories:
death, faith, life,
Behind the glassI did not leave
I'm behind the glass
That you cannot see
And you cannot pass
I did not leave
I'm still so near
But you cannot feel
And you...
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bereavement, death, family, goodbye,
Stitching a SoulHow do you stitch a shattered soul mirrored in cracked reflections?
Friends arrive too late, armed with needles,
once the bleeding has stilled,
sewing memories into a cloth...
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death, death of a
While We Were Dying
While We Were Dying
You cannot know what it is like
Facing death at an early age.
Too young to understand
We were sacrificial.
We held the hands of...
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Categories:
anger, death, grief, in
Grave's Other Side
On cruel dust,
seen as departed —
lovelorn ghost
...
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dark, death, grave, introspection,
In-between worldsTake me down the cobbled path
Where moss and grasses grow
Sink my heels in dampened sand
Where oceans ebb and flow
Let the breeze sweep through my lips...
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angel, bereavement, dad, death,
AshesLet us start at the end because that is where it all began
Ashes
I clinched my fist because I did not want to let go
I literally...
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Categories:
absence, bereavement, death, depression,
The Last Dance of the Caravan: A Gypsy TragedyShe wore a ribbon red as flame,
he carved her secret in his name.
They danced beneath the open skies,
with stars like lanterns in their eyes.
The campfire...
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Categories:
baby, boy, death, fate,
one trick ponyone trick pony
the man was too corpulent to dress in lime green and lemon yellow
yet it was his colored grapefruit vest that identified him with...
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Categories:
animal, dark, death, loss,