Loss Poems

He looked in the mirror and said
I have seen that face before
Do we know each other
Are you someone I once knew? 

The face in the mirror replied
Spare me a few moments of your time
And, I will give you a clue.

That...Read More

Dawn always makes the grass weep
Draws upon deep yesterdays 
Times led away 
Quietly 

The sky has been washed and rinsed of night 
Insects ,  too tired to move ,  sleep on
There’s a soft feathery breeze touching everything 
And...Read More

You carried yourself with confidence;
And with aristocratic grace.
You had an air of mystery;
And a very handsome face.

Women loved you; 
Many fell; Like timber in your wake,
Yet you moved quietly undaunted;
Not loving for loves sake.

Yet in the turbulent years to come.
As...Read More

those brothers in the hood
non-cognizant —never understood
how they cultivate and sow  
planted seeds of the crow 

causin' mother's to mourn
mourn the loss of their precious born
young bloods born with no silver spoon
blood shed—gone way too soon

tryin' to not be...Read More

The First Thanksgiving (Sept. 3, 1578)

The shortest distance to Cathay 
(Land of riches: silks, teas and spices)
Lay to the north to the South Sea.
Didn’t Barlow tell the King,
Was reserved for England.

The routes ‘round the Capes
Were long in treacherous waters
Hampered by...Read More

It was the point of a meaningless moon,
That being dealt life, its absolute gloom,
Vague stars shone hope to reposed past of Earth,
Dusk hath casts a crazed eve, pure hueless girth,

Joint lives of suave views have spread neath vain space,
Twain hearts...Read More

I want to live again.
I have forgotten how.
When to begin?
It has to be now.

I lost faith, and trust
In everyone, in me.
I must adjust.
So hard to just be.

Alone, what and who I am.
I am afraid, it is what I know.
So unsure,...Read More

Even a long road ends

Like shadows chasing daydreams at sundown 
Or the last touch of darkness, at the dawning of a day
I’ve tried so hard to find my way
Through the false hope that I love you gave
Even a long road...Read More

My dearest Nancy,
Real friends are hard to find
In a place where most are color blind
A place where we can make such a mess
And carry the weight of the world upon our chest
Real friends are treasure… much more then gold
For they...Read More

howl of despair
iron gate swinging shut
slowly
’til but a crevice remains.
life obscured
mourning that
 				unlived.

sorrow unheard
forgiveness unspoken
darkness enshrouding
death without dying
howl unvoiced
				alone.
...Read More

the sunrise after
you left
woke no one
made no birds sing
it rose in the mourning
it's light tiptoed on the edge of clouds
who shook their heads
as they witnessed the aftermath
noon came as a whisper
the clouds burst into tears
as the sun revealed the new...Read More

The dog ran away. I could not relax.
Loss of the friend, by whom trust was breached,
One collar cost me three hundred bucks.
Distinguish signs  ……. Dog female !



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~ When  You  Call  The  Lord ~
( Piroutte )


In Him find Love, Hope, Peace
In trouble call His name
He'll respond Your call
Come in heart, live in you
When you call the Lord is there
When you call the Lord...Read More

Doomed from the womb 
A hole in my heart 
A loss not yet gained
Love with a life not born
A death without a birth
How much is a life worth?
Hope for a child that never was...Read More

                   Sometimes, a broken angel still has wings
              ...Read More

Mourning has broken

Mourning has broken...
my spirit and will
Despair I have swallowed...
my bitterest pill

I've never imagined...
my soul needed to purge
So with anguish burning...
I compose this dirge

I've had spectral visions...
haunt me in my dreams
Spinning my meditations...
into nightmarish schemes

My pitiful illusions...
scatter in depth...Read More

Here-

this day's last light clouds gray,
to run round and ungreen in star chaining;

in pebble hush
and fish stoning;

in leaf murmur
and trembling wing tuck;

in cool, frightful burrows,
and tears that fall

in the unsuspecting night.


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Unnameable the moment  when it starts
The  sun goes turns black  and flowers  die on the stalk
The agony in the garden of the heart

Unnatural rhythms  subvert  accountants’ charts
Poor nestlings feel  the  onslaught of...Read More

On the bottom shelf in an old bookstore this dusty book he came across
It was filled with a myriad of chapters including this one…about loss.

And as he read these words…he thought…wouldn’t it be great if we could found a way
to...Read More

I am a capitalist, I hate to share
I am opulent, this is worth my flair
I am the one percent that is worth your fifty
This must be the artistry of the ingenious and thrifty 

I am just a bull who stepped...Read More

How can I care about poetry ...
       When my dad doesn't care about life?

How can I care about poetry ...
       When he can't recognize his own wife?

How can...Read More

It burns
Brighter, fiercer, nuclear
With Effulgent incandescence
When untended or denied the expected trajectory

For there is beauty in this 

A Glorious Thing indeed
The rarest of things truly
But to wilfully deny it? 

There is beauty in this

The question unanswered
The Troth not Plied
The step...Read More

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For you have my stalwart friend,
Stood by me no matter what!
No false cloak of religiosity have
you hidden behind.
Nor various forms of poetic pomposity!

But you? 
Alas you who I did trust.
Oh, to use...Read More

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O Soul of mine,
find your way back to me;
prove you’ve not forgotten
our days spent by the sea.

So long…
are they gone forever,
endlessly?
Do you pine, despite lost time,
for peace and harmony?

Depleted without; 
you took leave, denying dreams.
I hoped and prayed you’d find...Read More

A man who thought he would fly,
got too close to the sun,
set the ancient example
that’s told to everyone.

A ship that they claimed never
would sink beneath the waves,
until a looming iceberg
sent folks to frozen graves.

A man who thought his troopers
could whip...Read More

Read wonderful loss poetry on the following sub-topics: baby, brother, brother in law, cat, child, dog, father, friend, horse, mother, pet, stepfather and more. Read a definition and example (where appropriate).