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The Death of LoveAll she wanted was love, but he
forgot the dreamy days of yore.
Gone were those sweet caresses,
Gone were the walks hand in hand,
Gone was any passionate lovemaking.
All sentiment evaporated into bank accounts,
and soon he found others...
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Categories:
abuse, lost love, suicide,
Form: Free verse
candlelit room
in my candlelit room I am in a meditation and total withdrawal
and I am travelling back, back, back in time with a sad sigh
I know what comes next and I want to weep with love
my...
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Categories:
lost love,
Form: Free verse
Parting TimeYou're lips close to me
Yet your heart is far away
Let's part anyway....
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Categories:
lost love, break up, conflict, lost
Form: Haiku
There was a timeThere was a time,
I used to look at her, In a different kind,
We used to meet At the same place and at the same time.
I know you were mine,
When I saw you the first time,
And...
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Categories:
lost love, for teens, i love
Form: Rhyme
Sweet Yesterday - EphemeraLetter of the past,
Now a treasured piece,
Letter of gone years,
Now a keepsake.
She wrote it to show her love,
She wrote it to tell me how proud she was of me,
It had words from the depth of...
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Categories:
death, grandmother, lost love,
Form: Free verse
The Waitress
In the dim-lit corner of a forsaken cafe,
I dwell alone, as time slips away.
He strides in with an air of indifference,
Yet his gaze betrays no hint of penitence.
Briefly, our eyes entwine in sorrow,
A fleeting moment,...
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Categories:
lost love, abuse, america, angst, anxiety,
Form: Rhyme
Walking Again Down The Path Of YouthTime has wrinkled our weeping faces,
never withered any of the embraces;
oh, how delightful is to walk again
down the path of youth and not fear
whatever fate brings upon us: joy or pain...
nothing can tear down...
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Categories:
lost love, emotions, feelings, joy, lost
Form: Rhyme
First Love: EphemeraThere’s a box lying somewhere.
Somewhere in a dusty cupboard.
Somewhere behind old paper, older words, and wounds older still.
Somewhere no one can find it.
I think about it, sometimes.
Sometimes, when I breathe.
Sometimes, when I exhale puffs of...
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Categories:
lost love, beautiful, first love, lost
Form: Free verse
ZephyrGentle zephyr, now caress me
like the tender words which ere he
whispered to me, so did beguile
to let him stay a little while
and dine the night from my fruit tree.
We’ll sail my yacht, we two, said...
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Categories:
betrayal, lost love,
Form: Rhyme
Another poem about loveLove how can I describe you?
Poets endlessly found a piece of you
I’m one of a million blind mice
You are a colossal elephant
I feel you but do not know you
Let me measure every inch of...
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Categories:
lost love, father, god, jesus, lost
Form: Free verse
Love Laced By Lunar Lure Ephemera
The silver orb of the luminous full moon ascended,
slithering silent on the satin slope of sapphire sky.
Enticing cadence of the dancing sequins sensual
pulsated through the aura of the argentine night.
Rhapsody rolled on the waltzing waves...
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Categories:
analogy, lost love, memory,
Form: Free verse
The Heartache of FarewellThe heartache of farewell
Comes in layers and degrees of torment and suffering
Some good and Bad, some may say it is all good in the end
But regardless of platitudes and positive thinking after reflection at the...
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Categories:
lost love, farewell, goodbye, heartbreak, loss,
Form: Free verse
Midnight Strolland I wandered under the stars
the balmy taste of wind on my lips
a whimsy of love in the air
just a few notes unrecognizable
tickling the nape of my neck
that’s when loneliness embraced me
the lover I recognized...
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Categories:
lonely, lost love, nature,
Form: Free verse
A thought carried throughout this lifeDo not memorize the words I whisper about thee in this dreamy life.
I have all the traps to combat these bad habits, they stop me from living this life inside my head.
Tired of running to...
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Categories:
lost love, fate, heartbreak, heartbroken, imagination,
Form: Free verse
The Seed of LoveLove is like a seed,
casually planted in the heart
of two people.
It must be given a chance to grow,
watered, fertilized and nurtured
by strong ties of proper moral values.
I saw such planting once.
They were young and...
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Categories:
feelings, lost love,
Form: Free verse
Specific Types of Lost Love Poems
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