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Mourning(A) Poems - Poems about Mourning(A)

The Unfortunate Plight of Women by Ho Xuan Huong - English Translation by Michael R Burch
...Ho Xuan Huong (1772-1882) was a risqué Vietnamese poetess. She has been called "the candid voice of a liberal female in a male-dominated society." The Unfortunate Plight of Women by Ho Xuan Huon......

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Categories: mourning(a), baby, children, husband, sister,
Form: Free verse
Echoes of last words
... Last things you whispered, a promise under stars, “You're the only one I’ll love, no one else from afar.” Silly me, I believed, wrapped in dreams made of gold, Yet soon you found another, le......

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Categories: mourning(a), betrayal, emotions, farewell,
Form: Free verse



In From The Rain
...These aren't empty sentences filled with nouns & verbs but is a testimony of spirit The witness sits inside peering from behind spirited eyes of vengeance Mad at a world that's full of cattle ......

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Categories: mourning(a), introspection, perspective, philosophy, spiritual,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Bereft
... In a roaring ocean of grief, she plunged in. A widow, she's a hodgepodge of emotions; Caged all alone in melancholy's dungeon. Day in, day out she's going through the moti......

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Categories: mourning(a), dark, death, grief, loneliness,
Form: Rispetto
Premium Member Story of the Lopsided Boy
...Born into a world with only one hand to hold Delivered by eyes impassive to his existence cold fingers brought no warmth to his welcome While no strength held him high. The yearning in his eyes ......

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Categories: mourning(a), boy, fate, sorrow,
Form: Dramatic Verse



Premium Member What can my lips say when thought falls silent
...What can my lips say when thought falls silent? Strings of disconnected thoughts run over my forehead, Night gathers within me, it's later than I believe, And each idea, a frailty, they are all st......

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Categories: mourning(a), fantasy,
Form: Free verse
Song Contest
...The song contest. There has been a song contest in Europe Russian singers and musicians were banned Which makes the contesting political? Needless to say, Ukraine won. One notice Israel appeare......

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Categories: mourning(a), absence, abuse, break up,
Form: Free verse
Mourning a Broken Wineglass
...Mourning a broken wineglass Brittle and beautiful you were, you were. Brittle and broken, you are, you are. "A thing of beauty a joy forever? O profundity I cannot measure. All earthy things w......

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Categories: mourning(a), beauty, loss, wine,
Form: Elegiac Lyric
A Tragic Cycle
...Hearts succumb to tragedies, lead by pseudo eternities Reaching out once more, in futility For a spoken hope, that is void of action Watching success bloom, breeding envy toward a friend The cycl......

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Categories: mourning(a), depression, feelings, for her,
Form: I do not know?
Mourning a Lost
...With the passing of my dad Leaves me to mourn I was so sad That it felt as if a prickly thorn Had entered into my heart Causing it to bleed Throughout every part My spirit had a strong need T......

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Categories: mourning(a), feelings, lost love,
Form: Sonnet
The Parting
...The Parting Exodus 14 We stand sweating and thirsty by the shore At the setting of Ra A setting we’ve always anticipated Bringing a glimpse of beauty to each day of toil Beauty now eclipsed......

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Categories: mourning(a), conflict, pain, religious,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member At the Knife Edge of That Deep, Dark Abyss
...At The Knife Edge Of That Deep, Dark Abyss I that was born on a dark, stormy night So gifted at young age, deeper insight, Lead to safety of ever brighter Light Freed from darkest of dark, bega......

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Categories: mourning(a), creation, motivation, passion, poetry,
Form: Sonnet
One Day Beyond Mourning
...One day beyond mourning, a new sun to shine a promise remade—not a cloud in the sky One day beyond mourning, your spirit still warm your flesh now at rest—on the hill past the barn One day b......

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Categories: mourning(a), grief,
Form: Rhyme
The Princess
...The princess I don`t understand the British when Diana died the county went into an unseemly mourning a mass hysteria of grief. She was divorced for a little called Charles they had two son......

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Categories: mourning(a), 7th grade, age, betrayal,
Form: Blank verse
I Need Quiet
...Quiet! Everything around is too loud I can’t stand to be in this crowd Their voices go silent but I can still see their mouths moving They’re giggling, obviously find something amusing Are they......

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Categories: mourning(a), anxiety, bereavement, child, deep,
Form: Lyric

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