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Missing Poems | Examples of Missing Poetry

Missing Poems - Examples of all types of missing poetry to share and read. This list of missing poems is composed of the works of modern poets on PoetrySoup. Tell your mom, best friend, dad, or someone you love that you miss him or her with a poem. Show how much you yearn for the one you cherish. Read short, long, best, and famous examples of missing poetry. This list of works about missing is an excellent resource for examples of how to write missing poems.
A day worth looking back
Looking back on my graduation day I got goosebumps I got nostalgic I got blissful tears I got jokes to share I got stories untold I would wish a million times, Only if cloak could turn back the...Read More
Categories: 12th grade, friend, missing,
Form: Free verse



Premium Member It's Simple
She was a plain homespun girl. She was his precious Pearl. She wore everyday clothing. He spoke of them betrothing. Her hair was unadorned. If she was away he mourned. She was not sophisticated. He thought that was overrated. Her smile was...Read More
Categories: girl, missing,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Revolution
Double rainbow Double check Zodiacal Light With baby birds...Read More
Categories: adventure, memory, missing you,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Momma
Momma, Momma, Momma… If once again I could see your beautiful face, That beautiful face that mirrors mine… If once more I could hear your voice… A voice so tender, so tender and so divine - just like an old...Read More
Categories: missing, absence, death, feelings, love,
Form: Free verse
Cold blue
In the forest dark and deep I found myself falling and weep Heard your name in the breeze Wade through your shadows in my heart I freeze In the moon's pale light, I saw your smile view Beautiful yet...Read More
Categories: missing, blue, emotions, first love,
Form: Free verse



Premium Member Bring Them Home
Oh pray tell on what distant shore does my loved one sleep tonight I often wish that not once more my love would leave my sight How can it be just yesterday Our dreams we both did...Read More
Categories: missing, family, love, miss you,
Form: Rhyme
The Lake
Your life is a lake for you to walk around it, always in the same direction - never reversing course, watching others swim sometimes drown, as the path will take you, almost certainly, to where you’ve started....Read More
Categories: missing, birth, death, deep, hope,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Mother
The years have passed since your last Mother's Day; to date, they make up fifty-two long years. With each, the memories of you replay ...Read More
Categories: daughter, love, missing you,
Form: Quintain (English)
In Between
caught in a dark space of the in-between drowned in emotions to others unseen too proud to walk backward, can't step ahead once starving fears are now constantly fed moments when hands seem to comfortably...Read More
Categories: missing, boyfriend, change, fear, feelings,
Form: Sonnet
Premium Member INVALUABLE TRUTH
I wonder if Truth would be so invaluable if it were not so rarely found. © Demetrios Trifiatis 14 March 2023 ...Read More
Categories: corruption, missing, truth,
Form: Monoku
A Mother's Love
A beacon of strength, my mother dear, Always by my side, always near; A leader and guide, that's what she's been, In all of life's journey, through thick and thin. Her adventures have taken her far, On boats and planes,...Read More
Categories: miracle, missing you, mom,
Form: ABC
ROAD
Put the shoes to walk through their problems to consider ...Read More
Categories: missing, day, inspirational, inspirational love,
Form: Haiku
my dog and me
My Dog & Me. I have a poem about my dog named Skeeta, her name is unique, for she is unique. She always responds to Ski when called. She is a mix of Newfoundland and border collie. She...Read More
Categories: missing, death of a friend,
Form: Rhyme
Fake Admirers of John Keats
Fake admirers of John Keats are spotted, To check out if their luck goes as plotted, Accepted the challenge, They were so brave, But they turned out to be kindergarten kids, so naive,  How come a person claims to be...Read More
Categories: missing, allegory, analogy, appreciation, beauty,
Form: Quatrain
About-Face
You took it too far— When you put my tears in the junk. The shift was when You shoved your tack through my dance— Making my heart on my looks; My guts on my heart… Smashed, my convictions, On the stairs— I’m...Read More
Categories: missing, dark, deep, emotions, heartbroken,
Form: Free verse

Specific Types of Missing Poems

Read wonderful missing poetry on the following sub-topics: best friend, christmas, dad, death, father, friends, for her, for him, grandma, i miss you, love, mom, mother, someone you love, someone, and more.

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Poems Related to Missing

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