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From A to CAnd for my last will & testament to a life concluded at the hands of the cruel poison that is time, I solemnly swear that a life poised to mean nothing shall not only bear...
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Categories:
death, depression, destiny, grief,
Form: Free verse
To Love WhenLove is alike a whisper among the deaf and a light among the blind. Many have claimed to understand it and many have claim to be apart of it but alike religion, they all seem...
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Categories:
grief, beautiful, bereavement, caregiving, feelings,
Form: Free verse
the run away sailorout in the middle of the Atlantic a barn waste land of no life.
quite and peaceful a good place to hide.
sit in your boat and follow the way of the tide.
leave it all behind back...
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Categories:
emotions, grief, heartbreak, i
Form: Free verse
Dear writerTo whoever is writing my story,
I beg you to answer all my why’s
To fill the empty void in my heart
And give meaning to all the nights drowned by my hollow cries
Why did they have to...
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Categories:
anxiety, grief, words,
Form: Rhyme
JIMMYAfter my young wife died tragically, I decided to move away
Memories we made in our house were painful; I couldn’t stay
I’d often remember that phone call from her doctor who’d said
"John, you need to get...
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Categories:
grief, america, boy, death, death
Form: Narrative
WHAT IS THE COST?
Categories:
grief, anger, bereavement, change, faith,
Form: Free verse
BRIEFLYOn this faithful day
Sudden gunshots everywhere
People running scattered
It's a dispute in my city
Gunshots everyday
So many innocent lives were taken unlawfully
People dies everyday just like mayflies.
Houses were burnt down
Leaving many homeless...
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Categories:
grief, africa, city, community, deep,
Form: Narrative
I think, there are ghosts Part OneI think, there are ghosts.
They stay quiet, the ghosts do. Mostly quiet and invisible. You would hardly know there is one there in the room with you. They are there though. Watching, haunting really to...
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Categories:
absence, death, grief, imagination,
Form: Free verse
Feeling The Loss Of SparklesSparkles was put down
In February
in the afternoon
On Monday the third
A sad day for me
Close to the table
Where Sparkles was on
her green eyes staring
As I spoke to her
She was restless
In a strong voice
I spoke to...
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Categories:
cat, grief, loss,
Form: Narrative
HauntedHaunted
By a portrait on the wall
By eyes that will not let me be
The man who went instead of me
and took the fall.
Haunted
By the ship I set in motion
Watching with disbelief
when it hit the reef
And sank...
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Categories:
grief, allegory, analogy, bereavement, death,
Form: Lyric
I Know What It's Like
I used to have a recurring dream
In it, I was running
I mean, I was attempting to flee
From a man with a gun
Who tried to shoot me
Terror was gripping me
When my legs went numb, and I...
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Categories:
grief, conflict, dark, dream, fate,
Form: Ballad
Dreamer and the dreamedIt was so real
the sights, smells, and the people
in my dream were very familiar
there was a feeling of deja vu
Until the moment that
the person that I was hugging
faded into nothing as
I opened my eyes
It...
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Categories:
dream, grief, love,
Form: Free verse
Going HomeSomeone who holds a chunk of my heart
Is going to her heavenly home soon
She will be safe in Jesus' arms
and completely healed
But my heart already throbs
With the loss of a beautiful person
In my world....
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Categories:
death, grief, heaven,
Form: Free verse
Cat's CradleListening to the whispers of my soul
Allowing my heart to open
A deep inhale through my nose
Cool air surrounds me
A pause
A full exhale, letting my belly expand
Collective grief permeates the air
Multitudes of people crying silent tears
The...
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Categories:
grief, appreciation, child, children, giggle,
Form: Free verse
whatever happened toit’s lonely standing outside the cage
with the left of centre attitude
as
the majority look upon
...
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Categories:
grief, humanity,
Form: Free verse
Specific Types of Grief Poems
Definition | What is Grief in Poetry?
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