Loss Poems | Examples of Loss Poetry

The ships gone adrift On the blue portrait of us Were just two strangers No destination in mind Every port just looks the same ...

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Mint Flavored Emotions Chomping on heart I can no longer be the one you trust ...

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Breathing in acid rain, seeing red, wrath burns through translucent veins, heartbeat rattles against a jilted sternum. ...

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The final goodbye Its not a surprise I pushed so hard Saw it happening Couldn't stop it Loathed myself for it The final goodbye I thought would hurt more But it feels self inflicted Which took the sting I already felt empty Now it feels complete The final goodbye They say it's sweet sorrow Why did I make it bitter And the worst part is knowing If...

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Truth plays hide-and-seek with falsehood after losing at ‘Tag’ ...

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War shapes the warriors it touches, leaving behind vestiges that linger in their lives long after the battlefield fades from view. In Recon Marines: Searching for the Real Enemy, we are thrust into the unrelenting grip of Vietnam's jungle, a landscape both indifferent and eternal. Yet the war waged in the depths of memory proves...

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I watched my sister fading away. She did as she was told Day after miserable day. Do this, don't do that, It's bad for you, good for you, Mustn't get fat. Could Nurse Ratched not see The harm that she caused? The pain she inflicted Gave me pause. Play by the rules, Sound advice for some fools, But not for this one. I make my own...

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Distance, even for a short while, still is Whether it’s a river or a stream, you still need a bridge But bridges burn And even when they don’t They weather They rot They fall apart so slowly You don’t notice until the floorboards have collapsed beneath you And you’re left with nothing Just the remnants of the bond you thought would last forever Clutched to...

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Eyes meet across the crowded room, words spoken but not said, bodies in motion out of control, rational thoughts escape mind, lips collide in a passionate embrace, hands wander bodies twist, embracing each other, lust, love, confusion sets in, feelings, emotions run wild. a smile spreads, a tear rolls, as you walk away, out of my life forever....

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Dragging my pen along the walls of the well, The ink of meaningful words runs dry, Blind to who you've become, and serving only to dampen empty sockets, The misty drops of moments lost become the meaningless tears I cry, And the blink of the eyeless is, likewise, frivolous nictation, For it was yesterday upon them your image permanently seared, And...

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Golly, gee willikers, gee whiz My punch lines have lost all their fizz ~ Where has that fizz gone It’s missing since dawn ~ Critics say:...

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Indie swizz Green and white On top of hills A view unlike A tale of heaven, a place to repent Now is none but a grave of men, The song of winds turned to echoes of mist, The crown of hind, now blood missed Quite waters, a red fountain Land of joy now weeps with mothers' cries A...

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She enjoyed the joy of motherhood once; for nine months: Two hours, fourteen minutes. she held him his entire life and tried to give this tiny, unformed...

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Just keep digging Keeping busy Going deeper Until the memories fade away Just keep digging Deeper still Lower and lower Convinced you can run away Just keep digging Until you find The sudden truth Her face will never go away...

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Let us start at the end because that is where it all began Ashes I clinched my fist because I did not want to let go I literally watched you slip through my fingers I cursed the day The day I looked into your eyes, lying there On a bed that represented hope Until that moment The moment I realised that you were...

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