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Farewell Longing Poems

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


Loneliness
Carve out my arms and chest
The aching loss my forearms face
Hands lifted up to a god
Who stole the soul of an empty case

Shine a flashlight...

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Categories: farewell, loneliness, lonely, longing,



Premium Member O Blessed Kalapana
"Kalapana fishing village laid west of Mount Pu'u O'o. Our home was behind the church that sat on an abutment tip that rose slightly higher....

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© Hilo Poet  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: longing, appreciation, death, emotions, eulogy,

Beautiful Symphony
Not a ghost of memory
Yet your face still haunts me

Your blue eyes twinkle as before
As your gaze engages

You are interested once more
I feel my insides...

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Categories: longing, death of a friend,

altruist
The world doesn’t tend to give you what you want 
Give me a locked box, the indescribable taunt 
What if she was feeling generous? 
In...

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© Shay DOA  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: longing, 12th grade, anxiety, farewell,

Premium Member Waiting
                       Spring awaits...

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Categories: longing, missing,



This appointment
A false rush paved the way, 
amidst empty glasses and pizza boxes 
everyone had something to say.

Mauve, green, white, and blue. 
A hint of banter....

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© Sue Verma  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: longing, anxiety, crush, emotions, farewell,

Premium Member Bells
The Hawaiian church, our Hawaiian church that made our village alive,
   There's Uncle Bill, still saying his spiel, and he's just a little...

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© Hilo Poet  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: dedication, farewell, longing, love,

Nineteen and me
Nineteen, your up next in my story 
The anticipation, the fear, the wonder of what will be written on your pages 
Is almost too much...

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Categories: longing, courage, future, moving on,

Premium Member A Wink From Afar
soon to bid 
another farewell, yet,
you've already unearthed
a smidge of sad longing 
buried too deep within 
to excavate.
as our sizeable distance 
kept stretching apart like...

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Categories: appreciation, imagery, longing, meaningful,

Our Nile
"Do not stand by my grave and weep", they said.
Here's something she would have said instead.
"Hey, smile, all of your smiles are beautiful."
Hers was more...

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Categories: longing, angel, cry, extended metaphor,

Such Sadness
I don't want you to know-- not all of it
the good, the bad, the dirty
No, there's no such thing when I try to speak my...

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Categories: longing, abuse, angst, change, childhood,

I See You I Hear You I Feel You
I see you in the bus rides to school, when the sun is shining so perfectly over the trees.

I hear you in the music I...

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© Nelly Osth  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: longing, animal, death, dog, farewell,

Farewell
Farewell to thee, farewell my soul
My weeping eyes now cannot see
Thou to thy haunted room can tell! 
That thou forever dwell with me! 

The magic...

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Categories: deep, longing, loss, lost,

London
They’ve come.
Because they heard,
Heard the great tale of my life.

But I’m not dead.
Wait for that,
I won’t be here to fix your changes.

Oh great steed,
All these...

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Categories: longing, conflict, devotion, farewell, heartbroken,

Still Want Us
It's true.
I've failed you.

I tried.
I did. 
I tried to be there,
To give & provide for you.

For us.
But I've failed.

If I see you again,
I want to...

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Categories: longing, absence, betrayal, desire, farewell,


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