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Sad Death Poems

These Sad Death poems are examples of Death poems about Sad. These are the best examples of Death Sad poems written by international poets.


Premium Member A Difficult Decision
dog stricken
with cancer;
euthanized.

out of her
 m i s e r y;
dog owner

hollowed out
by deep grief;
best friend, gone!


...

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Categories: cancer, death, dog, friend,



Premium Member For J
If every cloud had
a Silver Lining...
If lightning were only
illumination...
and our story together
had a happy ending --
then, I would write,
only Happy Faces.

But, pencil points break

a tear...

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© Joe Dimino  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: bereavement, death, emotions, friendship,

Premium Member love’s last press
silly dream …

but it’s mine nonetheless
wait …
wait for it …
I’ll wait for it now and ever
to feel that press
the press of sweet tenderness
that melting mouth...

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Categories: analogy, death, love, passion,

Malcolm-Jamal Warner
He was 54 years old but that was still too young to go.
He starred as Theodore Huxtable on 'The Cosby Show'.
He was asphyxiated and he...

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Categories: celebrity, death,

Counting The Days
So many days have passed
Too many to count
Not that I would want to know
But the thing to remember
The more days behind me
The fewer there are...

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Categories: age, death, life, time,



The dance is over just look at the time
I have a dance
And so do you
So we could dance together

My heart a hole
For you to fall
Losing all your feathers

I can’t breathe the air of...

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© Zoe Crout  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: death, allusion, love, love hurts,

The 12th Anniversary Of Dad's Death
When Dad got Leukemia, he put up a fight.
He took chemo but lost his battle 12 years ago tonight.
After months of taking chemotherapy, he died.
He...

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Categories: death, anniversary, cancer, dad,

Karma Dogma
If intent and actions
are cause and effect
and influence the future
what you give is what you get
and yet
what about children
caught in the crossfire
when very young
murdered in...

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Categories: children, death, how i

Premium Member My Friend Is the Ocean
My friend is the ocean, waters that glide,
Rustling my footsteps and tousling my hair;
Many the times that we walked side by side,
A spark and forever,...

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Categories: death, abuse, allegory, friendship, innocence,

Burnt Out Bulbs
You never saw past the glory days of 17. 
Because you got sad and thought it a better idea
to hang yourself from the ceiling fan
instead...

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Categories: death, 10th grade, 11th grade,

My Baby Doll - Part IX
You were my baby doll and I owned you for almost seven years.
You were my all time favorite dog and I wish you were still...

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Categories: anniversary, death, dog, pets,

Matsuo Basho: English translations 3
Matsuo Basho: English translations of haiku about birds, flowers, candles, life, death.

Naptime!
But my drowsiness is nixed
by busybody warblers.
—Matsuo Basho, translation by Michael R. Burch

Carolers:
the sparrows...

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Categories: bird, culture, death, flower,

Matsuo Basho: English translations of Haiku about Life 1
Matsuo Basho: English translations of haiku about clouds, geese, departing, empty nests and huts, lonely, loneliness, drinking alone, sake, longing, loss, death, hawks, the moon,...

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Categories: culture, death, loneliness, lonely,

Premium Member CANCER STOLE MY DAD

Sitting by the window and reflecting, on one bitter cold day,
The sky cloudy, the weather report predicted snow, 
The temperature outside 10 degrees, a little...

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Categories: death,

Carry you
I carry you with me 
Everywhere that I go.

In my eyes,
In my smile,
In the way I walk,
How I talk, 
Even how I act and dress.

I...

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Categories: death, grief, loss, love,


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