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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.


The accident was accidental
That day on Earth was filled with fun,
The weather was mild and clement.
The sun beamed down with gentle grace,
Cool air had just chased off the...

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Categories: angel, death, drink, fire,



Silent screams of abandon
You came into my life~
just before the ink dried...
in my husband's condolences register.
You knew I was grieving, 
vulnerable, 
trying to hold my children’s lives together...

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Categories: betrayal, grief, innocence, sad,

Premium Member Of Loves, Once Borne
She was weaving a silken tapestry with long silver threads 
and golden memories from her life that hadn't yet faded
Drizzles of sorrow fell with every...

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© Lin Lane  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: age, poetess, sorrow,

Premium Member Rubicon Crossing

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Categories: anxiety, break up, first

Premium Member Purpose or Obliteration
I dreamed I was inside a bulb—
a cathedral of filament and glass—
not dead
not born…..
but shumming**.

Glass walls curved like time
sealed but translucent

my fingers curled around voltage
like...

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Categories: identity, imagination, introspection, philosophy,



My Village - Monsoon Flood
The skies now dark with swollen grief,
Rain lashes roofs beyond belief.
The monsoon comes not soft, but roaring seas,
It spares no home and trees, nor man,...

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Categories: anxiety, depression, emotions, environment,

Plagued by Memories
This, is where it began
A scream
   Blood curdling
     An amalgamation of acid and iron
     ...

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Categories: dad, death, grief, memory,

Unthings
I stumbled barefoot through fractured noon,
Where lamplight bloomed like a fossil's tune.
The sky was stitched with electric thread,
Held up by whispers from things long dead.

The...

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Categories: fantasy,

Premium Member What Remains, When Love Outlives the Living

Under the cadence of footsteps on worn cobblestones,
At the café where steaming cups held time hostage,
Eyes met and lingered, a glance stretched into an eternity.
A...

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Categories: culture, emotions, heartbreak, imagery,

One cold grave
They laugh, like it means something I can't find, 
They pass by me, but I'm left behind. 
I nod, I speak, I play the role,
But...

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Categories: boyfriend, break up, deep,

SO MESSED UP
So messed up
Did things 
I now regret 
Things I can't mention 
Putting me under tension 
Steadily stealing my attention.

I wish I knew better 
I would...

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Categories: africa, deep, desire, grief,

Premium Member Grief for Elvin
Lithe, light and lovely, Luanna mourned her elf friend’s death
Wearing the flowers he had always loved, increased her grief.
The rest of the fey understood her...

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Categories: death,

-I Will Always Be With You- 2
“She seemed happy. I didn’t overthink the fact that she didn’t sleep well, wasn’t exactly open, and would always say yes to me; I thought...

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© Reya Suri  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: abuse, analogy, angst, anxiety,

Month To Month
I am still standing here, trying not to fall in despair,
The train has come and gone leaving me dry and empty on the open lawn;...

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Categories: america, beauty, best friend,

Premium Member JIMMY
After my young wife died tragically, I decided to move away
Memories we made in our house were painful; I couldn’t stay
I’d often remember that phone...

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Categories: america, boy, death, death


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