Loss Poems | Examples of Loss Poetry

The cloud swallowed up his plane, As she said a little prayer. “Soon,” he had said at the last, “Soon our new life will begin.” Seven days after, it came; The notepaper edged in black. “I regret to inform you…….” What Happened After poetry contest Sponsor - Nette Onclaud 18/07/25 ...

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All that I am I gave away For just to come and see The ever-dying summer day With sunlight through your tree You’ve gone, but on the record Your voice remains with me It takes about split second To change the time, to be Back in the endless days To see again your smile You’re talking through November haze I answer from July.. ...

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we think we'll be young forever and then we're not ~...

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One step away from waves that play. In that fresh light, he let go that night. I thought back then, that was all it had been. I stayed to see each wave hit me. With heart shut tight, no stars in sight. My hands let go, they moved so slow. Each night I'd fall inside the call— the thoughts so loud, the cries unbowed. Maybe it's me who made him flee… But how...

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At nights I catch you in my dreams, only sleep always fails to keep you there, perhaps tomorrow night you will stay, for in our short lives we were but a dream though we both know the past was real. Each night you appear less and less, perhaps you were a dream and neither of us were real the bars on the windows tell you all...

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Funny how a room dies First it’s off to college Then out into the world Blink twice, there’s marriage Into the abyss,...

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It always seemed things would fall into place in some distant future. It was delusional to think we'd always have tomorrow. So no heart-to-heart in our future. Questions left suspended in mid-air are meant to remain unanswered and mysteries destined to stay unsolved. Now that ship has sailed, opportunities squandered and it's too late ~ we just ran out of time. And I’m the one left empty...

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Dear Sonny, when you close your eyes one last time, and bid this world adieu, know I am glad for the time I had that I could spend with you. Dear Sonny, when you close your eyes one last time, and you come apart, Know you'll stay with each new day living always in my heart. ...

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Born 31st July 2014 – Passed 16th July 2025 When shadows fell and nights grew long.. You came into my life.. a light, a song. So soft, so sweet, with joy so true.. The world felt brighter just with you. You made me laugh when I would cry.. A wagging tail, a knowing eye. No judgment, just your steady grace.. Pure love reflected...

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We will not say that she is dead. We have never said that she is dead. We will never say that she is dead. We’ll say she’s in heaven We will say she passed away We tell the children she went to God’s house And became an angel on the way. We say she’s gone We say she died But none...

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grief is a complicated feeling; it doesn’t always hold the loss of something. But in some cases, in my case, it’s the quiet ache of dread, the feeling that encapsulates quiet certainty of impending loss, something that means more to you than anything, that in the here and now, is still with you. Yes, you may...

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I never buried certain names, They lingered like a scent in air. I whispered them through window panes And found them waiting everywhere. I never buried childhood roads— The ones I walked with bleeding knees. They live inside the softest odes And bloom like ghosts among the trees. I never buried what she said The night the silence broke our bed. Her voice still echoes...

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I am the magician called Urgency. Many a person has been fooled by me. If only they’d paused so they could see. Their loss could have been a...

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I will weep when you whither. Soft, purple petals dried to ash in august sun, Sweet nectar plucked away before I can smell your honey. Before I can taste your grace, Hold you to my face and pour my love into your cup like affirmations Do I hold you close to my chest as you die? Or turn away, I...

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A simple word – Softly spoken, Stilled my heart Left me broken A single breath – Such destruction, Instant death One deduction Goodbye. ...

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