Your divorceWith this demand you
hoped to evoke
in me the fear that
made even your bones
cold from exposer
frail and bitter the sound
they made as they
rattled around at the knees.
But You can not own even
this for the words
were not yours to speak of
dissolution and disparities.
and still you uttered
such falsehoods
an attempt to hurt...
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Categories:
farewell, betrayal, bullying, deep, divorce,
Form: Free verse
Boots of Spanish LeatherDylan Song Tribute Poetry Contest - Oliver Mckeithan
June 11, 2025
Boots of Spanish Leather
From Barcelona, she shipped me boots of Spanish leather,
with a note that said, "So you might get to understand Bob Dylan better."
And that's the last word
from her I ever heard,
and sadly, we never listened to Bob Dylan again ~ together....
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Categories:
farewell, journey, sad love,
Form: Rhyme
You are an EchoYou are the echo at the bottom of my Spotify playlist,
The song I forgot to delete but skip immediately,
Because it hurts too much to listen to.
You are the echo of a story not told by me,
Twisting each time it is retold,
Less true each time, less you.
You exist as an echo in my fading memories,
Vanishing, tarnishing,...
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Categories:
break up, farewell, love
Form: Free verse
Sympathies
Forget about it
Don’t think about it
It’s not important
Put it out of your mind
Things I have been told
Advice for the lovelorn
The bereaved
The broken hearted
The lonely
Your love has gone away forever
They have left you behind
They have stopped you in your tracks
Well meaning friends
Want you to forget them
Get on with your life
But the hole in your...
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Categories:
farewell, 12th grade, bereavement, break
Form: Free verse
The Fall of the TitanHe rose not on wings of silence,
But engines forged in fire—
Steel dreams and starlit visions,
A man whom gods admire.
Elon, the Architect of Futures,
Builder of wheels and sky,
Touched the moon with fingers bare,
And taught machines to fly.
He tamed the pulse of lightning,
Made Mars a whispered name,
Challenged thrones of old decay,
And dared the gods of fame.
But greatness...
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Categories:
farewell,
Form: Free verse
Far Apart You are the light that I've been longing,
but the longer we stay together,
the more I want to stay apart.
I keep thinking..
I am the darkness
and you're the light.
maybe,
we're better far apart....
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Categories:
break up, farewell, poems,
Form: Free verse
My brain does not know my nameMelting luck of what I am
just a burning pot on the stove,
gone too far beyond repair,
not sure if I even care,
used to stare at my past,
long gone way too fast,
like summer meets the ice,
my bones know who i am,
my brain does not know my name,
take me as far as the pain
can allow my hallucinations,
no...
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Categories:
addiction, body, creation, farewell,
Form: Free verse
A Sad Farewell"The clouds parted like the pursed lips of desire".
After many cold winters, they met again,
Under the poplar tree on a starry moonlit night.
Though they had planned it over many a time,
It came to fruition after such long lapse of years.
Once they loved as no lovers could ever love.
In devotion, never they faltered,...
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Categories:
farewell, destiny, first love, goodbye,
Form: Free verse
YouI know
You'd return every winter,
To remind me
Of all the frozen nights.
But,
With the commence of spring And the warmth of wind, I'd be unmoved
Whether you stay or not....
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Categories:
change, farewell, moving on,
Form: Free verse
Tu Esencia
Aquel sinsonte que se posaba
en el balcon, apenas trina.
Al no escuchar tú voz sutil
cantando sin secar.
Y esos rosales que ayer regabas
con delirio, hoy se marchitan.
Pues ya de ti no queda ni la fragancia
de tu esencia en nuestro hogar....
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Categories:
farewell, angst, bird, break up,
Form: Free verse
Crashing Paper AirplanesCircling me like a shark in open water,
I wave my arms so someone sees
And for so long you never bothered
To see the huntress I can be.
You said you’d always try to see eye to eye,
But your irises have turned to black
And in my own I stalked out every single lie
And your facade begins to fade...
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Categories:
farewell, love hurts,
Form: Lyric
Words UnspokenWords like those cut from the throat of the robin
Breast red with pride, the words cast out by the one I love.
There is no bravery in them; I have no shield to protect myself from them as they are thrown at me.
Those are the words that instantly turn lover to stranger
Whose thin lips silently...
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Categories:
farewell, love hurts,
Form: Free verse
On Ebony WingsI wrote verses on sullen wings of a lonely lark
romantic phrases I had written in perfect rhyme
but the avian flew off when night grew dark
I wrote no further poetry for the longest time
A beautiful blue jay then landed upon my lawn
I wrote such sweet prose on his sapphire wings
He spent many nights but at the...
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Categories:
farewell,
Form: Rhyme
The Life I never lived
I have travelled upon the earth and get lost in work
I have painted the covers of the universe and mingle
With animals in the dirt and have witness the bridges carried away in the sea and rough waves come chasing after me but I hoist myself upon big ships before the thunder rolls...
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Categories:
farewell, adventure, america, animal, beauty,
Form: Prose
LimitlessLimitless
- - - - - -
Ignore once too many times, short of the same lies, so feelings did linger then die, cut of ties and romance do blind, the limiting void we call lives...
...
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Categories:
farewell, absence, addiction, anger, beauty,
Form: Rhyme
Specific Types of Farewell Poems
Read wonderful farewell poetry on the following sub-topics:
colleague, college, death, goodbye, friend, funny, love, sailor, school, senior, students, teachers,
and more.
Definition | What is Farewell in Poetry?
Poems Related to Farewell
adieu, goodbye, valediction, salutation, parting, sendoff, adieus, ciao, cheerio, adios, adieux, leave taking, bye bye, hasta la vista, have a nice day, so long, ta ta,