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Share sad poems about life, depression, love, and more. Yes, believe it or not, poetry about sadness can help you lift your spirits when you feel down or are unhappy. It is a natural feeling and one that all people experience but talking about how you feel and writing about sadness can put you on the road to healing. Regardless of the reason, ?or even if there doesn’t seem to be one?, reading and sharing poetry can help you when sadness holds you in its grip.

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Poem Title	Poet	Form	Categories
Such Darkness There	The Brooklyn Six Project	Free verse	corruption, sad, solitude,
A Union of Hands	Sheer Terror	Free verse	sad, anger, betrayal, endurance, heartbroken,
GONE	Sheer Terror	Free verse	sad, child, death, grief, longing,
std	Nel K Aster	Lyric	betrayal, discrimination, girlfriend, sad,
The Enemy Lives Inside	Suraj Singh	Free verse	sad, anger, anxiety, deep, depression,
straight phase	Nel K Aster	Prose Poetry	sad, abuse, anti bullying, gender,
haiku	Nayda Ivette Negron	Haiku	sad love,
A Baby Cries	Mark Toney	ABC	angst, conflict, dark, sad,
Hidden	Tricia Lucas-Clarke	Free verse	sad, feelings, happiness, how i
IED	Maureen McGreavy	Light Verse	crazy, sad, scary,
When did Vegas die	roger turner	Epic	sad, america, culture, depression, heartbreak,
My Best Friend's Suicide Note	Allana Dold	Couplet	depression, sad,
Melancholy	Robertina B.	Free verse	sad, cheer up, encouraging, feelings,
But Glad I am,For I am A Bard	Ivan katono	Free verse	dream, sad, visionary,
Ebony Cat	Regina Elliott	Free verse	gothic, mystery, sad love,
The Tea Party	roger turner	Epic	sad, america, future, graduate, graduation,
When All Was Dark	Subimal Sinha-Roy	Rhyme	death, memory, mother, sad,
Bygone	Srishti Kalra	Rhyme	poetess, poetry, sad, sorrow,
Bygone	Srishti Kalra	Rhyme	poetess, poetry, sad, sorrow,
What Does Love Even Mean	Jasmin Campoya	Free verse	sad, 10th grade, break up,
Alone	Steven Espinosa	Rhyme	sad, depression, emotions, hurt, loneliness,
So Close Yet Out of Reach - a Trijan Refrain	John Gondolf	Rhyme	sad, friendship love, longing, love,
Losing The Fat	Christopher Goss	Free verse	sad, angst, anxiety, depression, hurt,
Just some thoughts	john fedele	Rhyme	sad, anxiety, childhood, depression, how
portrait	shaun hull	Free verse	sad, imagery, lonely, mental illness,
One day you'll wake up	Alex Duffy	Free verse	sad, betrayal, deep, for her,
She's got a boyfriend now	Alex Duffy	Free verse	sad, deep, for her, heartbreak,
TEPID	Lawrence Jembere	ABC	sad, emotions, lost love, love,
Lost love note	Alex Duffy	Free verse	sad, deep, devotion, lost love,
wanna know what hurts	melody wood	Free verse	sad, 7th grade, best friend,
Girl, Why Do You Tolerate His Mess	The Brooklyn Six Project	Free verse	confusion, sad,
Dady	Mashudu Nemadzivhani	Free verse	sad,
Something In The Water	Mike Hauser	Rhyme	anger, angst, confusion, sad,
Sadness and a Question	Emily Young	Free verse	depression, hurt, pain, sad,
Letting Go	Leilei Brooks	Free verse	sad, break up, leaving, loss,
Blue	Timothy McGuire	Rhyme	love, sad love,
A Real Life Fairy Tale	Mike Hauser	Rhyme	political, sad,
No Place Left To Roam	David Welch	Rhyme	sad, conflict, freedom, heartbreak, loss,
HONESTY	Kathryn Tsosie	Blank verse	conflict, heartbreak, sad,
My Unbreakable Heart	Emily Young	Free verse	courage, love, sad love,
Anyone find a Bone	Cheri Larsson	Rhyme	sad, 1st grade, animal, blue,
Spring Floods ver 2	arthur vaso	Free verse	sad, appreciation, brother, french, friendship,
Voices of the Future	Pailey Gordon	Free verse	9th grade, cry, sad,
I Am a Star	Emily Young	Free verse	sad, confusion, first love, for
Burning bright	Alex Duffy	Free verse	sad, conflict, dark, deep, depression,
Transgender	Lena Marshburn	Rhyme	sad, anxiety, daughter, gender, girl,
Maxon Hadcock's Long Ride, Part II	David Welch	Cowboy	sad, death, evil, god, journey,
Maxon Hadcock's Long Ride, Part I	David Welch	Cowboy	sad, death, evil, god, journey,
Wonderful night	mayur gelod	ABC	sad, crush, cute love, deep,
why did you do it	Craig munn	Limerick	sad,
Let go	Billy Bell	Free verse	sad, deep, depression, emo, moving
dim road	Carly Lalion	Haiku	hope, sad,
Loneliness	Karen DA	Free verse	emotions, loneliness, sad,
Progress	R. e. taylor	Free verse	change, loss, sad,
Insecurities	john fedele	Rhyme	sad, betrayal, break up, life,
Wine	Diana Bosa	Senryu	sad, fruit, loss, love, love
Shipwrecked	Leilei Brooks	Free verse	sad, emotions, grief, hurt, lost,
Silence	Leilei Brooks	Free verse	sad, dark, feelings, how i
Elizabeth's Heroin Battle	Joanne Hargreaves	Blank verse	sad, angel, death, drug, goodbye,
Betrayal	Ambica Govind	Lyric	sad, 10th grade, 11th grade,
Tides of war - one nine and sixteen contest	Seren Roberts	Verse	sad,
My heart is an egg	Charlie Knowlton	Lyric	sad, age, drink, grave, memory,
A heart in Exile	Audley Johnson	Rhyme	sad, angst, deep, emotions, heartbroken,
The Eagle Cries	Artsieladie Sharon Donnelly	Rhyme	sad, america, corruption, freedom, patriotic,
The Fire Within	roger turner	Rhyme	sad, america, depression, health, pain,
A Tiny Teardrop	Carol Bocchino	ABC	sad, cry, love hurts, prayer,
I Bought an i-Bot	Winged Warrior	Couplet	computer, fantasy, sad love,
To Lose	Suhana Shree Mohan	Rhyme	sad, anger, angst, cry, deep,
Feelin' Free	GeorgeKenneth Martin	Lyric	sad, analogy, betrayal, hope, hurt,
Land of dreams	Lena Marshburn	Rhyme	sad, dedication, devotion, dream, girlfriend,
youre going right into a bag	Davin Payne	Rhyme	addiction, dad, drug, sad,
One LOOK	James Edward Lee Sr.	Haiku	sad, anxiety, change, cry, depression,
I do not want to grow old	Roy Pett	Rhyme	sad, age, art, feelings, future,
I'll Settle Down Some Day, Part II	David Welch	Cowboy	sad, addiction, celebration, death, loss,
I'll Settle Down Some Day, Part I	David Welch	Cowboy	sad, addiction, celebration, death, loss,
Depressed	David Loewen	Iambic Pentameter	depression, sad,
Romantic dinner gone wrong	Charlie Knowlton	Verse	sad, funny, good night, goodbye,
Two Different People	GeorgeKenneth Martin	Lyric	sad, betrayal, break up, heartbreak,
You and Me	Sheer Terror	Free verse	sad, brother, death, death of
Late nights, awake	Lena Marshburn	Rhyme	sad, anxiety, betrayal, blue, hurt,
The Woman behind the Scarf	Adeshina Aladeshawe	Free verse	sad,
Once Held Sweet Emotion	Brenda Chiri	Couplet	sad, betrayal, confusion, emotions, heart,
Beginnings And Ends	Anna M Shepard	Free verse	happiness, life, sad,
Birder's Lament	Maureen McGreavy	Free verse	bird, loss, sad, spring,
What is Wrong	Brianna Velasquez	Lyric	sad, anxiety, confusion, depression, emotions,
Art of my own	alyssa ramos	Blank verse	depression, sad,
Used meat	Cheri Larsson	Lyric	sad, addiction, anger, anxiety, betrayal,
Why, Today's Heartbreak	Mike Hauser	Rhyme	sad, conflict, confusion, death, life,
Because Of You I'm Lost	Marc Acrich	Prose	sad love,
J ai oublie le jour	Etienne Lariviere	Quatrain	history, memory, sad,
Mrs Tee Our Favorite Teacher	Caren Krutsinger	Free verse	deep, depression, sad, school,
All love lost	Alex Duffy	Free verse	sad, deep, emotions, lost love,
With Poppy Red I Paint It Black - Music Pantoum	Susan Ashley	Pantoum	addiction, death, sad, suicide,
Bloody Bittersweet	Anna Nomaly	Quatrain	sad, anxiety, depression, emotions, how
You Said That You Loved Her	The Brooklyn Six Project	Free verse	grief, loss, sad love,
Is This What The Government	Mike Hauser	Rhyme	life, sad,
Solamente uno mas	Lynward McKee	Lyric	sad, analogy, bird, death, life,
These Feelings I Have	Brenda Chiri	Couplet	sad, desire, for him, happiness,
SAVED	Jessie Melanson	Free verse	sad, anxiety, freedom, happy, love,
Like white stone in the deep of well by Anna Akhmatova	Serge Lyrewing	Lyric	sad, emotions, feelings, longing, loss,

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