Grief Narrative Poems
These Grief Narrative poems are examples of Narrative poems about Grief. These are the best examples of Narrative Grief poems written by international poets.
Peace Be With You
by Michelle Rensburg
Peace be with you
are the words she said
Flowers placed appropriately
Saying goodbye to the dead.
She wasn't false
And yet, it wasn't true
Because there were things
She just...
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care, funeral, grave, grief,
Alone
by Michelle Rensburg
Sitting on the pavement
Alone I sit
Thinking about the things I will miss.
The days flew by
and all I could do was cry
And cry
And cry.
Never could I...
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bereavement, betrayal, hurt, loss,
In Honor Of Her Brother, Part II
by David Welch
...For a year they lived and were not bothered,
began to question what it was they’d heard,
but one careless night, though the love was sublime,
Miriam got...
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conflict, dark, farm, fear,
In Honor Of Her Brother, Part I
by David Welch
Miriam Colrick and her husband Brad,
tired of dank cities, crumbling and bad,
moved to New Hampshire, bought themselves a farm,
a place they could raise children without...
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conflict, dark, farm, fear,
Our Beloved Page one
by Mary E.W. Stephenson
Page 1
1963
I sent you away from me to look for our beloved.
I watched you fade in the distant as you walked down the dusty foot-path...
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grief,
Our Beloved Page two
by Mary E.W. Stephenson
Page 2
With the force of a thousand storms, I turned to face you.
When they dragged our beloved off I thought that I would lose...
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grief,
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grief, hurt, meaningful, memory,
Escape from Horror
by Andrea Dietrich
When I first awoke in this hospital, they tell me I had stared straight ahead and never uttered a word. I was in shock for...
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horror,
The Register Book
by charles messina
When I attend a wake I always try to arrive a short time after the service starts, this way it gives some of my friends...
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death,
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adventure, funny, humorous,
Unforgivable
by Carolyn Devonshire
She pants in low moans,
Meandering through dense brush,
Shrouded by evening sky above a forest.
With damp and matted fur,
An amber-eyed predator sees no prey;
Her hunger grows.
While...
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cat,
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age, fear, grief, loneliness,
Daughter, Cry No More
by Lovie Divine
In Loving Memory of my Father, James Nathaniel Gelsey
I wasn't ready to let you go, but your departure from me, you knew,
You said...
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bereavement, death, father,
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endurance, first love, grief,
A Sailor's Tragedy
by Kathryn Eddy
The sun beamed down on the village below,
But yet no one seemed to know,
For near the shallows of the shore
A man rocked back and forth...
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12th grade, 6th grade,
Another Breath, Another Death
by Chantelle Anne Cooke
San Francisco, California
Present time
I enjoyed my beautiful brandy with my best friend Melodee and we were both Fates that worked with Death.
“I see your glass...
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death,
crying in the rain
by alyssa ramos
rain fell down
not droplets outside
but tears from within
drowning a once
determined soul,
breaking it.
sad people love the
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depression, lonely, love, Lullaby,
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dedication,
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bereavement, courage, loss, love,
The Taking of a Hero's Wife, Part I
by David Welch
Owen Kucharski found himself inside
of a rather awkward situation,
all because of a women that he saw
every few days for adult ‘recreation.’
Her name was Laura, and...
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bereavement, courage, loss, love,