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Lost Poems | Examples of Lost Poetry

Lost Poems - Examples of all types of lost poetry to share and read. This list of lost poems is composed of the works of modern poets on PoetrySoup. Read short, long, best, and famous examples of lost poetry. This list of works about lost is an excellent resource for examples on how to write lost poems.
The Plea
Dear Lord please take me and do what you will release me from sin and this burning hell. My life is so precious, but I can't find my way please help me stand straight and live a better...Read the rest...
Categories: blessing, forgiveness, jesus, lost,
Form: Rhyme
Never Again
Never again shall I feel like this ...Read the rest...
Categories: lost love,
Form: Rhyme



Premium Member GPS: Road to Nowhere
Begin on Loneliness Avenue— keep moving straight until you reach the crossroads at Regret Road. Turn left, and soon you’ll find yourself winding through Insecurity Street— watch your step, the path twists without warning. When you approach Fear Boulevard,...Read the rest...
Categories: lost, angst, anxiety, art, conflict,
Form: Free verse
Ophelia
POEMS ABOUT OPHELIA Ophélie (“Ophelia”) by Arthur Rimbaud translation by Michael R. Burch On pitiless black waves unsinking stars abide while pale Ophelia, a lethargic lily, drifts by. Here, tangled in her veils, she floats on the tide. Far-off, in the woods,...Read the rest...
Categories: betrayal, death, lost love,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Moonlight Chalice
Broken lines of poetry Are all that's left to see A page of forgotten memories To cheer the heart in me Memories so cherished kept That too soon turn to gray And in the end the storms of life Twist the cruelest...Read the rest...
Categories: death, depression, life, lost
Form: Quatrain



Fearful Realizations
My days are void of color It seems I cannot speak your name My consciousness lives within my memories Holding only myself to blame. The bleakness of reality My soul, it perseveres It lives far outside these bricks I'm left alone...Read the rest...
Categories: anxiety, loneliness, lost, sad,
Form: Rhyme
Ay Be Ay
It's a Dixon Ticonderoga HB#2 This pencil, still my favorite, Still ties me back to you. I'm so distant as of late, In my mind, in my heart, It seems there's too much on my plate. I've been selfish in...Read the rest...
Categories: identity, lost, mental health,
Form: Rhyme
Almost
I am overwhelmed with almost. It's in everything I see And everything I do, Almost all around me. Water, almost clean. Food, almost filling. Tea, almost hot. Mind, almost willing. Almost, inescapable, Yes, I can almost get away. But almost always finds me Wherever I almost...Read the rest...
Categories: lost, lost love, mental
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Tether
I never realized nor told you My love has always been a lie, Because I never wanted to tell you, Or else you would cry. I never wanted to hurt you, But to be fair in love and war You...Read the rest...
Categories: lost, abuse, angst, break up,
Form: Quatrain
Premium Member A Sonnet Bouquet for Soupers Lost
For Soupers lost – a beautiful bouquet: for Devonshire and our sweet Connie Wong (to name at least a few who passed away.) The list of those deceased has now grown long since I first came to this site...Read the rest...
Categories: lost, memorial,
Form: Sonnet
Premium Member Much less hollow
It is unfortunate that you don't always feel what you know When life is just left; and all you are doing is putting on a show It's lucky that in these dimming moments, the moon does still...Read the rest...
Categories: lost,
Form: Monorhyme
The Last Romance
I waited for a moment of silence. For my heart to find the right beat And immerse my soul into romance. For the thrill it possessed was sweet. All the desires were immense struggles. That is worth far...Read the rest...
Categories: beauty, heartbroken, lost love,
Form: Free verse
Echoes of the Soul
The moon hangs low, a silver crescent in twilight's glow, Its gentle light reveals a soul in woe. In shadows deep, where silent whispers blend, I confess my pain, seeking solace to...Read the rest...
Categories: lost, deep, desire, loneliness, longing,
Form: Lyric
Premium Member in the silence of the dark
when the lights have gone out it's too little too late opportunity has flown by never to return when the lights have gone out the love that might have been has flown out of reach when the lights have gone out there's nobody...Read the rest...
Categories: dark, loss, lost love,
Form: Free verse
Beyond Repair
I cannot break these chains that bind me, No more can I see past these walls that blind me, I don’t know who I’m supposed to be, I’ve no idea how to be me. Am I broken, Beyond repair, No one...Read the rest...
Categories: lost, angst, confusion, death, fate,
Form: Free verse

Specific Types of Lost Poems

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