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Heartbreak Poems | Examples of Heartbreak Poetry

Heartbreak Poems - Examples of all types of heartbreak poetry to share and read. This list of new poems is composed of the works of modern poets on PoetrySoup. Read short, long, best, and famous poem examples for heartbreak.
How Can I Forget You
Tormented by the flashback of regret Holding onto indelible memories Vivid events of how we first met Daydreaming of all the possibilities My love for you is undeniably deep Wishing, I had the power to wait A beautiful woman,...Read the rest...
Categories: break up, deep, heartbreak,
Form: Sonnet



Warmth
Paralyzed fully, A heart once beating now ice, Her fire has gone out....Read the rest...
Categories: divorce, heartbreak, relationship, sad
Form: Haiku
Premium Member House of the Blind
Oh what is this sorrowful sound With no hope or solace around Unending sadness and pending madness As my tears cascade to the ground A man in the house of the blind In a land so cruel...Read the rest...
Categories: heartbreak,
Form: Rhyme
The hunter who became the prey
There was a hunter, who lived for game. His mind was strong, but thoughts were lame. He met a deer, who changed his life. She stabbed his heart, with a hunting knife. The mighty hunter, became the prey. He lost his heart, in a game he...Read the rest...
Categories: emotions, feelings, heartbreak, hurt,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member An Amicable Parting
Our love was a mixture of dreams, joy and pain, they were not of equal parts. Oh, but how they each tore the heartstrings apart, Now, we are at the crossroads of parting ways, So let’s admit to...Read the rest...
Categories: heartbreak, break up, destiny, feelings,
Form: Free verse



Premium Member Ghost Lace
The dead dance in our midnight dreams then kiss our soul at rising light of sun beams The soft heart of yesterday still firmly beats as we recollect their images on memory streets Now we are the breathing book...Read the rest...
Categories: bereavement, death, future, heartbreak,
Form: Couplet
I Now Can Go On
Another day has come and gone As I sit here alone, Another year again passed by, As I sit here alone and try not to cry. So many things we had yet to do, So many dreams we had...Read the rest...
Categories: emotions, fate, heartbreak, lost
Form: Rhyme
Unsolved Mystery
A haunting question that still lingers in the air. What happened to us, what tore us apart? Was it you, was it me, or the cruel hand of fate? The answers elude us, like ghosts in the mist, haunting our...Read the rest...
Categories: heartbreak, introspection,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member And Then Comes the Rain
The first cut's the deepest And then comes the pain The first heartbreak's hardest And then comes the rain...Read the rest...
Categories: heartbreak,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Oh, My Papa
As I am writing this poem, my heart aches with sorrow. Yet, a smile is on my face remembering you, knowing that you loved me, wishing I could hug you tight and bury my face on your shoulder...Read the rest...
Categories: heartbreak, appreciation, father, father daughter,
Form: Elegy
Getting better
In the aftermath of heartache's bitter sting, Two friends appear with comfort they bring. Their words like gentle rain on parched ground, Soft whispers of solace in sorrow's surround. Through the darkest nights and tear-streaked days, They shine like beacons,...Read the rest...
Categories: break up, happy, heartbreak,
Form: Free verse
Revelation Through Heartbreak
If we forget what is true I will stumble to be with you Who I thought would be my one Left me stranded, confused and undone Losing you led to persistent grief My mind is darkened due...Read the rest...
Categories: deep, for her, heartbreak,
Form: Rhyme
The world keeps turning
I've heard the beginning and end of many stories told I've seen life's flame flicker out both young and old But the world keeps turning I've love conquer and condemn us vay I've seen trenches dug...Read the rest...
Categories: deep, heartbreak, inspirational,
Form: Rhyme
Just one more
Surrounded by people, ones I love Fake smile hides the oddly cold feeling hidden beneath this shell. You have a beautiful face, I like to look at it. What I don't hear, Your have a...Read the rest...
Categories: heartbreak, addiction, break up, depression,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Father-Daughter Dance
I once made a stranger bleed out from his eyes After transcribing his skeleton, and then reading His scratched-up bones back to him. I was thirteen when it happened, English class When I first realized how a...Read the rest...
Categories: heartbreak, absence, age, anger, hate,
Form: Free verse

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