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Sorrow Death Poems

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


When Death Stopped for Me
Because I could not escape from Life –  
It rudely dragged me forth –  
The chaos swirled, consuming all –  
And Oblivion,...

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Categories: death, age, cry, destiny, endurance,



Premium Member From Pompeii
He appeared out of nowhere and convinced me to sit with him for a drink.
His eyes were wide and glistening, his brow - of the...

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Categories: death, fate, fear, for

In the Event
in the event
in the event that i dont wake up tomorrow 
please hold your tears and your sorrow
for i am finally free
no more pain inside...

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Categories: caregiving, death, goodbye, memorial,

Always You
I dreamt of you again last night.
You spoke a foreign language,
and you did not know your name.
But I knew it was you because your beauty...

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Categories: bereavement, betrayal, death, dream,

All Turns Silent in the Meadows
It was the strangest thing I saw that day
A grassy grove and a man shouting mad
I didn't even know what to say
His face dragged down...

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Categories: cry, death, loss, psychological,



Premium Member Marionette of Flesh in a Borrowed Dress
"Marionette of Flesh in a Borrowed Dress"
- Daniel Henry Rodgers

The hourglass, 
a skeletal jester, 
mocks in the tomb's chill,
Each falling grain an emaciated sigh, 
"Soon...

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Categories: death, loneliness, mental illness,

Premium Member The Awful Word Death
The sadness of getting lonely, weary and old
is none other than the anguishing thought,
we can't avoid feeling or mentioning at all cost;
daily unrest triggers the...

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Categories: death, abuse, age, anger, anxiety,

Premium Member We Go On
How sweet the sorrow
How deep the void 
We go on with one less tale of footprints in the sand beside us. 
With wishful eye is...

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Categories: death, introspection, life, loss,

Premium Member Beneath the branches
You'll find me under the stars
Beneath the branches of a willow tree
Longing for something 
That'll never be seen
2 parts slave
1 part free
Forgotten by lovers
Forgotten by...

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© Roger Harp  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: death, extended metaphor, life,

Laughter in the Shadows
In chambers filled with laughter, light, and carefree sound,
A discordant echo hangs, heavy and unbound.
A specter in the corner, draped in deep shadows,
A chilling truth...

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Categories: anxiety, conflict, death, feelings,

Premium Member Whenever The Soldiers Go
These thoughts will follow
whenever the soldiers go...
to be with them into the battlefield,
reciting the shortest prayer
to protect them as a shield
in moments of uncertainty and...

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Categories: anxiety, courage, death, emotions,

The Slaughterer
The slaughterer came to the market

Dancing and wielding a matchet

He sang songs of sorrow;

And wrote rhymes for his victims of tomorrow.

    ...

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Categories: death, fear, life, war,

Premium Member REVISITING THE CEMETERY IN THE HEART
When a friend of ours dies…who in our life has played a part
it is with the deepest sorrow we add thier tombstone to the cemetery...

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© Jim Yerman  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: death,

A Dirge
(In memory of Uncle Thomas)

Bumpy breeze, like a blasting roar
That day when you did soar without an oar
Twenty-two years of sorrow, too long
For many years,...

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Categories: dark, death, depression, sick,

The Great 8
We started as 8 with the unique zest of life in our own way, but it was not to be for eternity for the first...

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Categories: bereavement, death, emotions, family,


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