Dog Loss Poems
These Dog Loss poems are examples of Loss poems about Dog. These are the best examples of Loss Dog poems written by international poets.
For TuppenceBorn 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...
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loss, best friend, dog, heartbroken,
The Ballad of Alexander WoodLast night I dreamt of a roadside stop—
an ice cream truck near a rusted shop.
Its engine was spent, its music was low,
and something inside told...
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loss, analogy, character, depression, dream,
Gloomy international watersLet sail this doom and gloom
Drinking gasoline with a blue lighter
In the morning head up the gangplank
The hours till I lay down is a lifetime
I’ve...
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loss, addiction, depression, father son,
Foggy WindowFoggy Window
Today I heard you breathing, I closed my eyes, and I could see you there so clearly. Fogging up the window until I...
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loss, animal, dog, emotions,
My Sunflower
She flickers in the glass—
a glitch of golden déjà vu,
The paint strokes—bright, wild yellow,
but no warmth leak through.
I sometimes reach
for her dimming leaves
that hum...
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loss, dream, memory, mental health,
I dreamt myself dreaming myself dreaming myself dreaming--I woke up
on the mattress placed in our living room. I found a...
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loss, anxiety, confusion, dream, emotions,
Letter To The Fallen"Memories buried in the wavering wash of time."
I write you now with trembling hand,
The ink runs like the river sand,
Where once we laughed, side by...
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loss, 12th grade, death, death
Daisy Forever In Our HeartsDaisy
My memories of you.
The loving licks on our face,
were cherished moments we
embraced.
A friend in you, I could
always trust, just you
and I, the two of...
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dog, loss, memory,
Walking in Winter without my doggiesI used to walk here with my dog, Betsy,
I used to walk here with my dog, Bo.
Both have gone up to doggy heaven.
Wonder if they're...
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dog, loss, pets,
PauseFootsteps frozen in time:
Your last words.
Your final memory
Embroidered on my soul
In the garden,
Where you used to play.
You made pawprints on my heart
The day I met...
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loss, animal, death, dog, grief,
Along the Broken AvenueThe town, ripped up like a carpet—flung to the side like a broken leg. In its scar the soldiers marched. Chanted for a ruler who...
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loss, murder, sky, war,
like you, my heart rotsHow much
can one give before they crumble under the
weight of what could have been and never will be?
How many times
can one tear themselves into...
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8th grade, grief, loss,
I Like Your Dog
I Like Your Dog
I like your dog, the one that you got.
I like him because he is here and I’m not.
I like that whenever you...
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animal, bereavement, dog, loss,
I Love Small Boxed FacesSoupers often engage in emotional ways.
There can be depth in what two might exchange.
When someone leaves our shared Soup domain,
their diminished light is a missed,...
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loss, absence, angst, change, confusion,
It’s just a matter of timeUncle Eugene’s breaking down.
Murmurs come from the room down the hall -
Surgery. Blood clot. A third kind of cancer.
“It’s just a matter of time.”
But for...
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loss, anxiety, death, family, fire,