Lost Poems | Examples of Lost Poetry

Apollo 11

I was a student of logic
when the world stopped breathing—
July 20, 1969,
a footprint pressed into silver dust.
Neil Armstrong’s voice crackled,
“one small step…”
and yet, my mind whispered—
was it the Moon,
or a Hollywood stage?

Fifty–six years have burned away,
half a century of miracles and machines.
We send probes beyond Pluto,
yet have not returned
to that pale frontier
just 384,400 kilometers away.

We

Fragments of a Fading Love

In midnight’s hollow, your whispers carve  
through the cold, a delicate love,  
unraveling the veil  
of what we once called ours.  
Each word, a shard of glass,  
reflecting memories that once glowed, 
now shattered, scattered across our distance.

Your touch, once the only thing I needed,  
now lingers like a

The Woman lost to Marius

Foundation.

An elegy and meditative reflection on the disturbing emotions created by loss. 

Some suffer with in silence.

Rather than romanticizing the line — time will heal, it reflects the raw and unflinching pain.

Emphasizing the speaker’s agony while criticizing the simplistic assurances often offered.

A piece created to embody and stand as a witness to those whose inner

Lost to the Theory

You and I seemed a sure thing,
we’d been strong seven years,
had man more up than downs,
nothing wrong, it appeared.
But then you started changing,
talking empowerment,
calling our home a prison,
our kids a detriment.
Saying that a ‘strong woman,’
has no need of a man,
somehow we who loved you most
didn’t fit with your plans.

Do you know
our kids will never forgive

lost in love'd it

.

              this iz left in
                    me
                 

the known lost

The loss of the known

A sudden flash occurred, a moment of a forgotten past
walking down a wide road that only had a few cars trundling along to the left, where the road winds to the right, a café 
I thought of going in for a beer, but the dog, if left outside
would fret

A fine day,

Two Lost Stars

Two Lost Stars 
So long ago 
Two lost stars 
Part of me I’ve never met 
I ponder where you are 
A Heavenly place above 
Will have to wait a little bit longer 
Your names are, June and November 
A special place in my heart 
Can you recognize me from afar? 
Together as one 
Forever in

Stones

Stones splash, splash
On the surface of the white snow waves of the sea
With horrendous, horrible hope
That whirls, whispers and whistles
The sonnets of love and belonging. 

Belonging, believing, love,
Such disease!
Disease with no cure,
Yet 
The terrible ailments are described as something so pure. 

What are stones to do?
The stones who splash. 
Don't they know what hope could

The Love That Once Filled Our Hearts

Thinking of how love once filled our hearts,
From the first day we met, we were never far apart.
More love than I ever believed I could feel—
I never imagined that kind of love could be real.
But then I felt it, and it was phenomenal.
I look back on the joy that bloomed in my chest,
And remember the

The Memory Of Your Love

The stars were freshly in the sky
Which has still yet to turn black
As I walk back into the house 
When a memory came rushing back

As I stood there in the doorway 
I smiled as a tear rolled down my face 
I have seen or thought of you in years 
I’m glad your memory I couldn’t

A Christmas Carol 24-12-2023

It was in a land many many years ago,
underneath the festive lights and fleeting snow
that a yuletide tale of love and hope
was sang like a ballad and spread like smoke.

Her eyes, a midnight blue and sprinkled with gold
and his, silvery, that flashed like tinsel.
In mutual company they found a home,
a melody sweet where their hearts

Lost in a Memory

My mind is drifting back in time today
To the moments we shared together
We captured it for awhile when we were feeling sublime.

I was coming out of an ended relationship
Jaded and confused
I hope you understand I was spent
Had nothing to offer to anyone, nada left to lose
I drove you away when you were heaven sent

I needed

Rebirth

carve it out of me 
lay me down gently and open me up
the pouring blood
the burning skin
what a sweet relief

bury your hands in my chest
hunt it 
seize it
eradicate 

at last purified 
I can walk this earth in a sacred body 

how did it feel to taste rebirth Lazarus?
it’s death

Concrete Requiem

Written August 18, 2025, for contest Sponsored by Vanya Evangeline

              ****************

Orpheus in the Underpass,
strummed not strings but a tape untied, 
melodies muttering on weathered stone,
beneath the urban sprawl—
where shadows reign,
And graffiti whispers tales of kismet.

Eurydice donned her headphones,
When the cab clipped her soul,
She

Raindrops on Roses

a tear on a blushing cheek
a shy crimson smile
eyes that make the heart grow weak
in their gaze beguile

lost in yesterday
I wished not for tomorrow
~ wished it all away...

aug 17 - for Nette's Favorite Things contest

Read wonderful lost poetry on the following sub-topics: alone, confused, feeling, friendship, generation, hope, life, love, paradise, soul, and more.

• Short Lost Poems
• Famous Lost Poems
• Best Lost Poems
• Read Lost Poems
• Long Lost Poems
• Lost Quotes

Poems Related to Lost

absent, adrift, disoriented, invisible, vanished, hidden, misplaced, gone, missed, lacking, strayed, wandering, forfeit, obscured, mislaid, minus, astray, down the drain, irrevocable, off course, wayward, without, forfeited, disappeared, at sea