Regret Poems | Examples

In the Dawn’s Gentle Light

In the dawn's gentle light, I see my mistake, 
On our special day, I caused your heartache.
Forgive my foolishness, my words out of line,
I never meant to tarnish our love's shine.

With every breath, I regret the pain I caused, 
In moments of anger, reason was paused. 
But in the morning's glow, I see clear, 
I'm sorry, my love, for my actions sincere.

Let me make amends, let me make it right, 
I'll hold you close through the darkest night. 
For in your embrace, I find my peace, 
My love for you will never cease.

Unrequited Bond

Sometimes love is unrequited—
sometimes it shines,
like the moon and the stars.

But what if it’s siblings
who carry that silence?
A single word
separating five years of life.

Like wood that’s been broken—
no matter how many times
you saw, sand, and repair,
it never regains
its original shape.

And so we live,
close in blood,
but disfigured in heart.
_____________


Premium Member Fall foliage


autumn colours fill my eyes
leaves' transient beauty before their inevitable demise
goodbye ~ no regret or drama



Wordku: 5-7-5 words

AP: Honorable Mention 2025
Form: Other

Premium Member I Regret What I Did

I regret what I did

I made a mistake. Yes. I want to confess
I disturbed you. I am so sorry. You created

I just needed to be honest. To your life
Say everything about my fate. To your life

And I needed to work. To you. With you.
Hmm. I loved an intellectual woman. Far love

I wish you. Only you. A heart beating. Where are you?
Hmm. Hmm. I can’t find you. Cold needed you

You created. By your English superiority complex
Our life was destroyed. Before the beginning. Egoistic

You. Yours. Hmm. I loved and wished for yours. Your love
Loved you, my honest heart. This is the reality. The truth

Hmm. You were superior on the train.
I am a European. Hmm. I loved you. 

You despised me. I waited for you. I waited for an English woman
You

Just
You

Sorry
for my
behavior

Created
By you

Long Winter Coming

I see a long winter coming
(yes, I know)
the dull gray spreads ahead of me,
there ain’t no use in running
(if I could)
from yourself you can never flee.

There’s a long winter coming
(how’d I know)
you’d take it to such an extreme,
thought that we were something,
(yes, you did)
when to ‘benefits’ we agreed.

…Oh, the lies we tell,
to fake peace with ourselves,
you were in that dark place…
but nothing did you say…

In the long winter coming
(how will I)
forget the picture I was shown
by a cop so condemning
(let me see)
just how you’d laid yourself low.

In this long winter coming
(I will ask)
why you couldn’t tell me the truth,
always said we’d end it
(if we found)
ourselves in love with someone new.

…Oh, how could it be,
a triviality,
with fire took a turn,
and how it left you burned…

O’er the long winter coming
(I will say)
I’d have left her if I had known,
if I’d learned of your feelings
(I’d take you)
as mine to see if it would grow.

Now the long winter coming
(weighs on me)
all that was lost with your dark choice,
I’m left here, undone, and
(every day)
I wish I could still hear your voice…
Form: Rhyme


Later in life




If later in life you find regret for all that's done or not yet done,  find the strength to realise,  it took great courage to establish one,  for not all things are human bound, some are holy like angels prayer,  and when you go to cross on over,  the rest in done,  and waiting there.
Form: Verse

Cyclical Reminisce

Cyclical Reminisce


Pendulum skips one bang to the bead
Triggers the feeling to turn it off lead
Allows memories to run and circulated
Reminiscing promises you once articulated

Deep in mind are the guilt and regret
Keep looking back and wanted to reset
If only not tempted, no hearts will be broken
If only not lusted, no trust will be fallen

Fridays are bluer since the day of part ways
Laughing is not better than shared as always
Messages are sent waiting for responses
Hoping to be seen even it is now nonsense

Memories suddenly comes in cyclical
The unfold pages comes in unintentional
One day the fate will surely cross again
And surely, that will never cause any pain
Form: Rhyme

Real

I only feel real 
   When I'm downing glasses full of depression
    And regret comes around every now and then
     banging on the door
      real turns its head 
  When rivers on my skin run too deep
      real becomes real 
  as my happiness only comes in waves 
      crawling through my brain
    only crashing for a night
      leaving me with false hope 
  But I'd take the real back
      If I could feel hurt 
  washing away with the glasses 
      I only feel real 
  when everything feels real

The Long Road Home

2025 Poetry Marathon Mile 8 Poetry Contest// Sponsored by: Mark Toney 
( 7th Place ) 

Written: August 16, 2025 


I have carried myself through miles of silence,
where the wind speaks louder than memory
and the ground keeps every secret.
I thought I had put out of sight.

A child’s laughter drifting through twilight,
the scent of rain that lingers like prayer,
and shadow in hand now behind my reach,
These are the pieces I collected along the way.

There are nights when the stars lean dazzling like lanterns strung across the dark,
showing the way about something unfinished,
something I swore to myself long ago.

The road teaches in whispers,
that regret has weight,
that love outlasts distance,
that every fall can still be a beginning.

I do not count the miles anymore.
I measure them in heartbeats,
in the quiet mercy of mornings
in the truth that waits at every turning.

And when I reach the place
where the horizon bends into light,
I will know I have not been running away,
but running toward—
the long road home.

Premium Member Seed of Shame

I remember staying quiet
hiding under a rock
a paralyzing fear
~ literally petrified ~

I'd lost my tongue
in shock at the injustice
my head spinning
in a whirlwind of confusion

It never occurred to me
that someone could be
found guilty and punished
for something I had done

And still I sat there numb
in my evergrowing shame
to this day guilty and unforgiven
~ I was old enough to know better



AP: 3rd place 2025

Moments

Today my mom kiss me , She said she would miss me 
I was shocked, because I lost !!
I lost something precious 
That is mysterious.
I lost every moment 
With my family 
That make everyone calmly 
I always waste my time in study and study 
I never go with my family 
A human heart deadly
I am missing my all moments 
But I invest that time in hardwork 
But didn't get fruit of it 
Isn't it a sign of blaster !!
But whatever it is !!
Now onwards I would value my family 
I love them happily
Form: Rhyme

Moments

Today my mom kiss me , She said she would miss me 
I was shocked, because I lost !!
I lost something precious 
That is mysterious.
I lost every moment 
With my family 
That make everyone calmly 
I always waste my time in study and study 
I never go with my family 
A human heart deadly
I am missing my all moments 
But I invest that time in hardwork 
But didn't get fruit of it 
Isn't it a sign of blaster !!
But whatever it is !!
Now onwards I would value my family 
I love them happily
Form: Rhyme

Moments

Today my mom kiss me , She said she would miss me 
I was shocked, because I lost !!
I lost something precious 
That is mysterious.
I lost every moment 
With my family 
That make everyone calmly 
I always waste my time in study and study 
I never go with my family 
A human heart deadly
I am missing my all moments 
But I invest that time in hardwork 
But didn't get fruit of it 
Isn't it a sign of blaster !!
But whatever it is !!
Now onwards I would value my family 
I love them happily
Form: Rhyme

Moments

Today my mom kiss me , She said she would miss me 
I was shocked, because I lost !!
I lost something precious 
That is mysterious.
I lost every moment 
With my family 
That make everyone calmly 
I always waste my time in study and study 
I never go with my family 
A human heart deadly
I am missing my all moments 
But I invest that time in hardwork 
But didn't get fruit of it 
Isn't it a sign of blaster !!
But whatever it is !!
Now onwards I would value my family 
I love them happily
Form: Rhyme

Moments

Today my mom kiss me , She said she would miss me 
I was shocked, because I lost !!
I lost something precious 
That is mysterious.
I lost every moment 
With my family 
That make everyone calmly 
I always waste my time in study and study 
I never go with my family 
A human heart deadly
I am missing my all moments 
But I invest that time in hardwork 
But didn't get fruit of it 
Isn't it a sign of blaster !!
But whatever it is !!
Now onwards I would value my family 
I love them happily
Form: Rhyme

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