HeartsickHeartsick that foolish thing
Thumping through my bones
Shooed away, an errant puppy
Still waiting for the stick throw
It has sat so long
Barely remembers what it misses now
Some flicker of imagination
A sense of who it was
Yet refusing to let go
Honouring it says
To let it go, lets it end
Drowning in defiance
Knuckles white to the stone
Yielding no blood
...
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Categories:
heartbreak, heartbroken, lost love,
Form: Free verse
Crayon Box DreamsWhen days and dreary hopes could not feel duller,
and gray heavens escape my pencil’s reach,
—oh misery!, I could not set it to speech,—
my crayon box dreams of unbridled color!
When weeks waste wanton hues with guitless squalor,
and paintings take the faded tone of bleach,
—or worse!—, if poetry can no more teach,
my crayon box weeps for richer...
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Categories:
lost, art, creation, depression, inspiration,
Form: Sonnet
the 22nd century wishing well>> true love, please.
[ERROR]unable to retrieve file 'true'
>> fine, then just love.
[ERROR]file 'love' can’t exist without 'true'
>> …just happiness, then.
[ERROR]requires connection to server 'live'...
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Categories:
blue, happiness, life, lost
Form: Other
The Bird Who Lost it's SongOnce, I sang without thinking—
notes spilling like sunlight
through trembling leaves,
a language woven from breath and wind,
a melody that painted the endless sky,
dancing on the morning breeze,
weaving stories of hope and light.
My voice was free,
each note a flickering flame,
threading the world together
from dawn’s first blush
to twilight’s soft sigh,
lifting hearts and stirring dreams
with the simple gift of...
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Categories:
lost, bird, nature,
Form: Free verse
My PTSDIt's three o'clock in the morning, and I'm sitting here on the bathroom floor, reliving that day—reliving your death.
If only crying could ease the pain...
Maybe I would be able to live my life again.
Instead, I close my eyes and hear my voice blubbering to 911.
Dad is at work, so I know...
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Categories:
anxiety, depression, lost, stress,
Form: Rhyme
There's No Deep Affection Of WomanTo feel worthless and lost
can be the worst defeat;
don't wear that look of pretentiousness
it takes away every joy and sweetness!
No, there's no deep affection of woman ,
that once those lips whispered sweetly,
and that magical glow could never be broken:
I put my trust and faith in you so sincerely!
My existence is hunted by demons,
no...
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Categories:
lost, anger, anxiety, emotions, fear,
Form: Lyric
aquamarineI dreamt of a siren
with crystal skin and quaint braided hair.
her eyes, slow swirls of undying azure,
coiled around, her salt-sweet chorus
tightening at my throat
The alluring notes
pierce through my rasp scream—
In cold sweats I
wake up nauseous—
My vocal cords enfolded in her skin.
...
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Categories:
beauty, blue, color, lost,
Form: Acrostic
Cemetery Holds The LivingHairline chasm threads
cobweb white through obsidian—
wrapped around carved names
once warm on living tongues.
Those who lived visit
with heads down,
pretending it’s superstition—
not guilt.
not memory.
not fear of love ending abruptly
in a plot of land, a handful of dates.
So they leave behind flowers—
a sign: I came.
A silence follows them home—
petals bruised beneath their steps....
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Categories:
lost, death, death of a
Form: Free verse
Red
pulse()— //triggers beneath skin: jagged
>> syntax.error: heart overflowed: line 21
{ lips == burn; silence != a glitch in breath; }
>>>> crash report, rebooting…
#cc0000 //devours what logic left behind
__________________________
Written on April 26th, 2025
For contest 'Color My Mood'
Sponsored by Nette Onclaud
__________________________...
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Categories:
kiss, loneliness, lost, love,
Form: Free verse
LostI lost my beautiful dog today
I lost my dearest friend
She took with her
a piece of my heart
I’ll never feel again
I know you’ll say
there will come a day
when your heart is filled with another
but you didn’t know
my Chuli girl
A dog unlike any other
I’ve never cried
or felt...
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Categories:
lost, animal, death, dog, friend,
Form: Rhyme
the lost tribeThe Lost Tribe
Holocaust, this tragic word, millions of lives lost in its
name, and it has not ended. This time,
it is the
Palestinians who are victims of a people
who have learned only one lesson to survive
one has to be
and able to tell lies and
cynically play on Europe’s common guilt.
Hitler wasn’t able to remove the Jews;...
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Categories:
lost, betrayal, cancer, dog,
Form: ABC
TAKE BACK DECEMBER(Verse 1)
I remember the chill in the air,
When you said goodbye, like you didn’t care.
Your words cut deep, left me bare,
But I stayed silent, pretending I was fine.
You walked away, said you needed space,
That freedom would bring you back to grace.
But in your eyes, I saw a trace
Of something we couldn’t leave behind.
(Pre-Chorus)
I thought I’d...
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Categories:
lost, break up, farewell, goodbye,
Form: Lyric
The Darkened Sky Stole My TearsDarkness devours my miserly despondent room.
Wide windows covered shutting all luminous light
A taciturn thief that stole even the stars.
I sigh, a sudden suffering, it steals my sorrow from my eyes.
“The Darkened Sky Stole My Tears.”
She had left for good, no reason given.
Sorrowful soreness cling to my weary heart.
I feel a dreadful dirge hurting...
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Categories:
lost love,
Form: Free verse
To Karin: Brandenburg GateLike some dark frail bird
she quivered and fluttered
there at my door
one dark cold Advent night,
swearing to return
come the new year
with a photo of Brandenburg Gate.
Arms, hands, fingertips, eyes,
then nothing between us
but electrified space –
her light tread descending the steps –
my heart drawn downward
by the diminishing sound.
Sometimes still my heart is snared
between winter
a swirling hem
and Brandenburg...
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Categories:
december, farewell, feelings, lost
Form: Free verse
You Left Me BreathlessYou Left Me Breathless
your beauty overwhelmed me
your life was so carefree
I loved you more than you did know
perhaps I told you more than show
when you said goodbye
tears fell from the sky
with you I was so blessed
without you I am so breathless
...
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Categories:
lost love,
Form: Rhyme
Specific Types of Lost Poems
Read wonderful lost poetry on the following sub-topics:
alone, confused, feeling, friendship, generation, hope, life, love, paradise, soul,
and more.
Definition | What is Lost in Poetry?
Poems Related to Lost
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