Mother Loss Poems
These Mother Loss poems are examples of Loss poems about Mother. These are the best examples of Loss Mother poems written by international poets.
The Ones Not ForgottenSo many names on the page today, so many more gone— vanished into silence.
Does the world still care? I know they do.
I hope they do.
Children...
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loss, 10th grade, 8th grade,
evanesce
( for Mom )
I’ll treasure dear while growing old
I clasped your hand til it waxed...
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analogy, death, introspection, loss,
Roadkill
I am a roadkill.
I had almost crossed the road when a bike hit me. I fell and he drove over my face before I realized...
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loss, absence, angst, animal, life,
More I try, more I cry In just a day,
I lost my father, my mum,
and my only two siblings,
I became the only member of my family:
my own father,
...
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loss, depression, extended metaphor, grief,
The sound of breaking
The sound of breaking is late.
Thunder shatters gray clouds after
lightning strikes the damp soil.
When pieces of sky pierce flesh,
the scream is slow...
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blue, light, loneliness, loss,
Neatness and GodlinessEvery picture I’ve seen of you as a child,
You wear your hair in plaits.
A stern middle parting and two dark brown braids
Falling down on each...
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loss, bereavement, children, grandparents, poverty,
When The Bed BurnsTongues of solar flare writhe in combat kiss
—flame-throwers unleashed
iron words h a m m e r e d in fire ...
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conflict, fire, loss, love,
one dayMy mind is a raging storm
Of never ending thoughts
And constant 'what if's
That chase away dreams
And plague the mind.
Not a day goes by
That you are never...
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absence, feelings, grief, loss,
The Consequences of Stealing
When you steal, it’s more than an object you take—
You sever a thread in the soul you forsake.
That bracelet? A gift...
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loss, anger, betrayal, character, conflict,
Things Lost Somewhere in This HouseThings Missing Somewhere in This House
My birth bertificate…
A box of needed, new bank checks…
Both of our wedding rings…
My Waterman fountain pen…
After 4 decades, at least...
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family, heart, jesus, loss,
When Little Boys Fall in Love*A Meditation on Growing Up*
## I. [Age 6] — First Light
Your fingernails, chewed down to pink,
sort bottle caps by rust and shine.
I offer you my...
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loss, boy, girlfriend,
If everIf ever you were taken from me,
The sun would rise in mourning black,
And birds would fold their wings in shame
For mother not to bring...
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loss, fate, hope, miss you,
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,
The Paradiddle of Being - Book Two: The BecomingVI.
We are all metric modulations
of our former selves—changing time signatures
mid-measure, learning to count
in odd meters when life refuses
to conform to 4/4 expectations
finding beauty in 7/8...
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loss, extended metaphor, fate, identity,
Who Am I NowI was your mom before i was anything else,
My name, before my plans,
Before the life i thought i’d have—
I was yours.
Now the world keeps turning,
But...
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loss, change, child, death, grief,