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Sorrow Narrative Poems

These Sorrow Narrative poems are examples of Narrative poems about Sorrow. These are the best examples of Narrative Sorrow poems written by international poets.

Never Is Enough by mark palmer

Quietly with cap to hand he begs on the street
With Cross legs he waits with a sigh, 
Cold in the pouring rain, with his fingers...

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Categories: loneliness, lost, poverty, sad,

A message to the most loveable by Khomotso Charmaine Maribana

A message to the most loveable.

It has always been a journey I've embarked with happiness. Through all cries and smiles,I've been left like a wilted...

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Categories: betrayal,

Beyond by Moliehi Molupe

Beyond...

Sleep eludes me
All of me aches
Sand dances in my eyes
And shades draw down 
Beyond my control

But despite my endeavours
My mind is alert
My heart is howling
Breaking...

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Categories: sad, sorrow,

Quiet Spirit-Angeline Oliver by Julius Lawrence

My Mother was born on October 3, 1916, and died on August 6, 1997.
She would have been over one hundred one years of age. I...

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Categories: africa, age, angel, anniversary,

Echoes of Her Voice by Lin Lane

He sat on her side of the bed
as sunlight peeked in the window
and as dawn slowly rose 
this is what he said...

   ...

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Categories: emotions,

The Heart of a POET Speaks - Part 5 by HGarvey Daniel Esquire

Dear POETESSES and POETS of POETRY SOUP; I plead of You not to tell my Host I am speaking with You. It has been a...

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Details | Narrative |

Categories: endurance, first love, grief,

sorrow is my scar by Dear Heart

______________________

sorrow is my scar that I keep hidden deep within my heart from the world
it never heals but will bleed forevermore when I think of...

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Categories: love, mother daughter,

WHITE WASH by ollakunle campbell

We heard the wailing 
Sounding from the southern side
Stiffening us to attention
As it echoes
 throughout the land
giving us a bile filled taste 
as we listened...

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Categories: africa, corruption, political,

Spirit Shadows of Sadness by Chantelle Anne Cooke

Part Two
San Francisco, California
Melodee’s apartment with a view of the bay

“It’s the month of May. The 29th no less. The number of sorrow for me.”
“Cassaro,...

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Categories: death, depression, may,

Happy 100th Birthday Joyce by Connie Marcum Wong

Well, what can I say to help you celebrate such a momentous day!
I would like to speak about the things I know best about you...

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Categories: age, birthday, poetry, tribute,

Chloe's Vision by Lisle Ryder

A heavy quietness hung 
as I waited with Mum and Dad 
and Chloe.
I professed my sympathy, 
my sorrow.
Their response was emptiness 
unexpressed;
while Chloe, hugged 
her...

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Categories: baby, bereavement, child, grief,

A Scary Relationship by Drencho POET

(The voice of a woman, hurt by her own lover.)

He claims to love me
and yet destroys me
my emotions
my soul.

I regret why
I accepted his proposal
I was...

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Categories: heartbreak,

Tarnished Reflections by Angel Villanueva

A cup of hot tea keeps her company
while she peers through her window;
happy images replay in her mind
as her reflection shares her gaze.

Long ago they...

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Categories: bereavement, death, loss, muse,

NEGATING NARRATIVE by Trudy Schrader

She stood at the threshold of the door
Resisting the pull to come in
Safer back in the dark, familiar
Of where she had recently been

Dark figures took...

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Details | Free verse |

Categories: narrative, truth,

Visitor Finale - with Maria Williams by July Morning

The Story so far…

Makani (The Rising Wind), a beautiful extra-terrestrial researcher is sent to a remote island to observe earth. She finds Sam, a shipwrecked...

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Categories: fantasy, love,

Visitor Finale - A collaboration with July Morning by Maria Williams

The Story so far…
Makani (The Rising Wind), a beautiful extra-terrestrial researcher is sent to a remote island to observe earth. She finds Sam, a shipwrecked...

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Categories: adventure, romance, science fiction,

The Day Guy Montreaux Died, Part II by David Welch

...A big log bounced from way up top,
and before Guy could react
It struck his square across the chest,
up rose a sickening crack.

We sprinted quickly to...

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Categories: death, history, loss, nature,

I'm in Prison by Drencho POET

I'm In Prison 

Who can help ?
I am in prison
I am arrested, 
Unfree
I am driven by my emotions
Abused by my feelings
So sad
I cannot find peace...

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Categories: sin,

POETRY by Ja Ja

Poetry, is not just
The rhyming of some words
It’s an expression of a feeling
Which a heart shepherds

A rhapsody of heart and thought
Immersed in joyful bliss
Or dashed...

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Categories: poetry,

I Am Empty-Hearted by Drencho POET

I Am Empty Hearted 

I was once somebody's lover
whose language was romance
but today it's pain
my heart has become empty
I am desolate
I was million-times hurt
I bled
until...

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Categories: hurt,