Grief Poems | Poems About Grieving

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PM	Poem Title	Poet	Form	Categories
	The forgotten god	Jumbo, Sandison	Dramatic monologue	africa, anger, change, culture, grief, spiritual,
	Tanka 9	Gibson, Faye	Tanka	grief, remember, rose,
	Stabbed	Bottorff, Taylor	Romanticism	grief, i love you,
	paying the price	bououni, mira	Dramatic Verse	grief, lonely, longing, lost,
	Do You Want Me	Berggren, Alfred	Rondeau Redouble	grief,
	Fade To Black	Deason, Carol	Free verse	grief, loss,
	BORN SLEEPING - FOR SHARON'S CONTEST	ALLISON, JAN	Acrostic	grief, parents,
	GOD'S MISTAKE	Ja, Ja	Narrative	grief, heartbreak,
	Unbroken Bonds	Gonzales, Teresa	Sonnet	angel, baby, bereavement, birth, grief, heartbreak,
	A WILTED ROSE - EMOTIVE WRITE	ALLISON, JAN	Tanka	grief, loss,
	Truck Wreck	Gagliardi, Annette	Cinquain	angel, body, death, farewell, grief, heaven,
	Grieving	Deason, Carol	Free verse	grief, loss, missing you,
	Hope, Not Yet Lost	Lane, Lin	Free verse	grief,
	A Wilted Rose	Wings, Broken	Tanka	grief,
	The Boy Who Picks Up Broken Sticks	Christopher, B.B.	Rhyme	abuse, black african american, grief,
	Around You	wadley, kewayne	Free verse	anxiety, black african american, grief, lost love, love
	Pestilence	McLeod, Trevor	Quatrain	angst, corruption, culture, environment, grief, perspective,
	Grief	Butler, Betty	Rhyme	grief, sad,
	Remain with me just a moment more	Ajmal, Faraz	Romanticism	absence, break up, for grief, heartbreak,
	Class	Garcia Howard Bramble, Patricia	Free verse	bereavement, city, class, death, grief,
	For Her	cleverly, Chris	I do not know?	anger, dark, death, girlfriend, grief, heartbreak, hurt,
	Prayer	whiteley, minda	Free verse	grief, hurt, meaningful, missing
	Adieu	Berggren, Alfred	Sonnet	grief,
	Another Father's Day	Born, Michelle	Rhyme	dad, day, december, deep, grief, heart,
	Pain	Muttallab, Mariam	Free verse	grief, how i feel,
	The Blue Daisy	McGrath, Brenda	Rhyme	grief, love, relationship,
	City	McLeod, Trevor	Quatrain	grief, pollution, urban, water,
	A Zoo Story	R. V., Ram	Lyric	grief,
	Dreamons	Vigoren, Bo	Lyric	grief, horror, night, psychological,
	Let Go	Ickler, Zammy	Free verse	dark, death, death of grief, humanity,
	A velvet breath	Peers, Chris	Free verse	grief, how i feel,
	Reflection	whiteley, minda	Free verse	death, depression, family, feelings, grief, imagery, mother,
	Can I Get an E	whiteley, minda	Alliteration	confusion, crazy, emotions, grief, sad, society, truth,
	Why I Remanence	Redricks, Dana	Lyric	appreciation, april, dedication, deep, grief, lost love, memory,
	To Be Continued	BAD, Grandaddy	Rhyme	grief, hope, hurt, introspection,
	My Heart Weeps	Fordham, Kenneth	Free verse	grief, heartbreak, lonely, loss,
	Eulogy	whiteley, minda	Elegy	bereavement, cancer, cry, death, grief, lost love, sick,
	Love Remains Alive in Death - Collaboration with Silent One	Robinson Jr., Freddie	Romanticism	grief, loneliness, loss, sad
	Post Mortem	Lustrup, David	I do not know?	deep, depression, feelings, girlfriend, grief, i miss you,
	Expulsion	Ireland, Alan	Free verse	allah, arabic, betrayal, conflict, grief,
	THE SUN SURPRISES ANOTHER DAY	Rodrigues, Kim	Pantoum	grief,
	I ASK FORGIVENESS Of MY FROWN	Rodrigues, Kim	Rhyme	grief,
	Call My name Daddy	Balram, Rohini	Free verse	grief,
	Lily Petals Quiver	Roper, Eve	Quatrain	grief,
	In a Moment	Black Blacharczyk, Frank	Free verse	conflict, courage, fate, grief, irony, life, war,
	Bar of Soap	Lee Sr., James Edward	Limerick	analogy, appreciation, care, change, grief,
	Doves	McLeod, Trevor	Quatrain	angst, conflict, funny, grief, humorous, image, word
	WORKDAY UNDERSCORED	Rodrigues, Kim	Questionku	grief,
	Maine Coon	White, Darren	Free verse	grief, loss,
	Puppet Master	Atkins, Jaquay	Free verse	grief,
	SO LITTLE TIME	ALLISON, JAN	Pantoum	grief, heartbroken, loss, memory,
	These Two Dark Emotions	Crisci, Andrew	Rhyme	change, courage, emotions, faith, grief, hope, joy, loneliness,
	September Flowers Sadly Bloom at Night	Gonzales, Jun	Sonnet	grief, lost love, night,
	Lowering of the bar	Smith, David	Narrative	bereavement, betrayal, blue, celebration, grief, identity,
	WHILE YOU REST	onclaud, nette	Verse	grief, loss,
	Relief	Lyrewing, Serge	Lyric	emotions, fear, feelings, grief, hope,
	the voice of a refugee	pandit, avani	ABC	grief, sympathy, violence, war,
	Cancer Doesn't Care	Sawyer, Rick	Quatrain	bereavement, cancer, caregiving, courage, grief,
	Ken	Rodden, Lesa	Rhyme	grief, loss, love,
	1947-The Peeing of the Peaked Peasantry - A Mocktail	Balram, Rohini	Rhyme	grief, patriotic, war, word
	Sincere Salute To Our Brave, Fallen Heroes	Lindley, Robert	Rhyme	dedication, devotion, freedom, grave, grief, hero, loss,
	ANCIENT GLORY LOST	Etopobong, Zahab menorah	Free verse	grief, symbolism, violence, war,
	What I Learned From Sadness	Jarvis, Felicia	Free verse	best friend, cry, friend, grief, sad, sympathy,
	THE DAY THAT SHOOK THE WORLD	Perks, Leanne	Free verse	bereavement, courage, grief, strength,
	Reparation - For Memorial Day	Barden, Greg	Free verse	appreciation, bereavement, grief, loss, war,
	I Have No Tears to Give to You	Duhart, Jonathan	Rhyme	angst, black african american, grief, repetition, sad,
	I can feel your pain	Hamilton, John	Lyric	grief, inspirational, pain,
	A Cold Empty Chair	Gonzales, Jun	Haiku	bereavement, boy, child, grief, heartbreak,
	A Cracked Mirror	Wings, Broken	Cinquain	grief, hurt, sad, sorrow,
	Leave the hate behind	pennell , stephen	Free verse	grief, hate,
	His Amber Pendant	Lane, Lin	Pantoum	grief, lost love,
	Heartache	DiLaurentis, Jaymes	Haiku	grief, heartbroken,
	PINK BALLOONS	Rodrigues, Kim	Haiku	grief, war,
	Lost bell	Bursey, D'Craig	Free verse	grief, loss,
	Let Me Weep	Chika, Sylvia	Free verse	bereavement, betrayal, cry, death, grief,
	sheeth metal	tolentino, junero	Blank verse	analogy, anxiety, desire, emotions, grief, language, riddle,
	Do They Ever See	Duggan, Peter	Rhyme	grief, war,
	silent kill	Thobejane, Boledi	Epic	grief, hope, hurt, today,
	I leave you my tears-	Wings, Broken	Verse	grief,
	'Treasured'	Neels, Wilma	Free verse	grief, loss, love, mother
	Le sourire de la sagesse disparait	Diaz, Eric	Free verse	grief, heartbroken,
	Man Lives, Nature Stands And Sweet Earth Survives	Lindley, Robert	Sonnet	grief, loss, nature, perspective,
	''Oh, My Withered Dreams''	Wings, Broken	Free verse	grief,
	Heaven Now Felt Empty, Nothing Above	Lindley, Robert	Sonnet	dark, death, emotions, grief, loss, pain, sorrow,
	SEARCHING THE CLOUDS	Acquah, Vicki	Blank verse	angel, daughter, emotions, grief, love, memory,
	My Tragedy: Catharsis in Poetry	Wings, Broken	Verse	grief, introspection, writing,
	Introspective	Gupta, Probir	Rhyme	beauty, desire, freedom, grief, guitar, life, lyric,
	Burnt Offerings	Cozart, Dale Gregory	Free verse	grief, introspection,
	I thought of you this day and did not cry	Gonzales, Jun	Sonnet	grief, missing you, mother,
	Why should the setting sun the dimness creep	Gonzales, Jun	Sonnet	death, death of a grief, mother,
	IMPRINTED FAREWELL	ARORA, NUPUR	Blank verse	grief, longing, loss,
	The Irony	webb, Jaquesha	I do not know?	abuse, addiction, break up, grief, judgement,
	My Respects	Patterson, Megan	Rhyme	grief, loss, sad, suicide,
	Sympathy	Michaels, John	Lanterne	grief, loss, mother, sympathy,
	More cruel than death	Raina, Meenakshi	Rhyme	grief, loneliness,
	Come Alive	Breidenthal, Laura	Free verse	appreciation, beautiful, courage, fear, grief, growth, identity,
	Mourning	Overstreet, Will	Rhyme	best friend, death of grief, i love you,
	Death	Terror, Sheer	Free verse	grief, love, memory,
	Forgive Yourself	Connell, Carol	Quatrain	grief, moving on, trust,
	Seduced	Osborn, Brandie	I do not know?	anxiety, betrayal, break up, grief, loneliness,