Love Farewell Poems

I drank a sip of coffee
from the hand of that gentle beloved—
and with it,
I said goodbye.

Yet the bitterness of parting
never fades from memory.
Grief beads like...

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There was a time 
When I couldn't handle it 
When people chose to walk away 
It would be nice to know 
The reason 
They dismantled...

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When we say goodbye,
Time will not stand still.
Life moves on as it always has,
Forsaking my own will.

Don’t try to feel sad—
I’ll know it’s all a...

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Memories are something you never lose, 
They are with us every day,
Memories lost only if this is what you really choose
memory of her is in...

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Beneath the veil of fading light,
A silent shape slips out of sight.
No words to bind, no flames to burn—
Just shadows folding, slow to turn.

A secret...

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Dylan 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...

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You 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...

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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...

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He 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...

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"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...

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Circling 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...

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Words 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...

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I 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...

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(Verse 1)
I remember the chill in the air,
When you said goodbye, like you didn’t care.
Your words cut deep, left me bare,
But I stayed silent, pretending...

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Like some dark frail bird
she quivered and fluttered
there at my door
one dark cold Advent night,
swearing to return
come the new year
with a photo of Brandenburg Gate.

Arms,...

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