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Farewell Grief Poems

These Farewell Grief poems are examples of Grief poems about Farewell. These are the best examples of Grief Farewell poems written by international poets.


Belladonna Field
Good night, old friend.
Hush and sleep.
I’m here as long as we can pretend.
Even after you leave.

If pain is a gateway to the soul,
then my dreams...

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Categories: angst, dark, grief, pain,



Before we could meet
For my mother and her first baby, James, who died shortly after birth.

O baby-love that did not come true,
The breath of life did not catch...

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Categories: birth, grief,

To all the stars in the sky
To all the stars in the sky,
We say fare thee well
For as long as the world breathes,
May you always remain as bright as the sun...

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Categories: death, farewell, grief,

Premium Member Goodbye, Odie
Goodbye, Odie

My little old cat is dying.
His steps are awkward, eyes unfocussed
and he cries when he can’t see me.
I’m not sure I want to be...

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Categories: grief, animal, bereavement, cat, death,

Premium Member When Leaving Morphs to Grieving
Though it is time to say goodbye,
I will abide my heart and try
Not to collapse and maudlin cry,
For there is a burning need that I
Cannot...

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Categories: grief, how i feel,



Echoes of Farewells
In twilight's tender embrace, we stand,
Whispers of sorrow, drifting like sand.
Heart heavy with the weight of goodbyes,
Farewell echoes in tear-stained skies.

Ephemeral moments, like petals they...

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Categories: grief, absence, best friend, family,

Just Beyond
He guides her hand from just beyond
With a ready black ink pen they share this bond
The words flow effortlessly as if not her own
Seems to...

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Categories: grief, father daughter, heartbroken, how

The Fractured Vows
Once, so long ago, in love, we did believe
A union was forged, forever to conceive
But shattered dreams and promises untold
Betrayal's wrath, our story now unfolds

With...

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Categories: grief, divorce, heartbreak, hurt, husband,

Premium Member The Passing Of A Poet
You left
After death
Knocked at your door
No need to say more.

We painfully grieved
We recited your poems.

We cried like grown kids
As you lay
Silently surrounded
By a dazzling array...

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Categories: grief, death, death of a

like u care
I wish people wouldn’t take me for granted…
I wish people would understand I get angry
I wish people wouldn’t mention things that hurt others…
I wish people...

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Categories: emotions, grief,

Premium Member In A While
Bruised moments, flooded with shadows,
Silhouettes of lonely graves,
Hidden in the promises of fate’s disgruntled maze,
Bedded down on prickling thorns of loss,
Lavender faded beneath the stones,
Slabs...

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Categories: grief, appreciation, beautiful, dance, death,

Saying Goodbye to My Dog
It wasn’t supposed to happen this way.
Yesterday she was running and playing.
Today she is lying on her right side,
head resting motionless on the quilt
 ...

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Categories: grief, animal, death, dog, farewell,

Premium Member Defeat
All beings must face defeat one day
No one is spared of this mortal tray
Trust me; it is never easy to lose
Your destiny is the chthonian...

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Categories: grief, death, death of a

Swallowed Whole
Suffocated, grief,
Birds silent, mourning softly,
Slowly swallowed whole....

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Categories: grief, farewell, life, loneliness, pain,

Black Lotus
Sanguine souls melted, 
In last confessions of death 
As flames of crimson,
Draped their souls in lithe petals 
Of a black, gold-lined lotus....

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Categories: grief, angst, black love, farewell,


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