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Sad Poems | Poems about Being Sad

Sad Poems. Below are examples of 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. These poetic works will help you to learn how to write poetry about sadness and see how the best poets from all over the world write this form of poetry.

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Poem Title	Poet	Form	Categories
Missing Out On Something	Martina Adovica	Free verse	sad, how i feel, love,
Milk Carton Crying	Freddie Robinson Jr.	Dramatic Monologue	grief, metaphor, sad, words,
The Theory Of Negativity	Nick Trim	Rhyme	depression, pain, poetry, sad,
LUNA	Line Gauthier	Sonnet	sad, grief, heartbroken, hurt, moon,
Dying With You	Savannah Brown	Sonnet	sad, death, emotions, feelings, grief,
Dieing Alone	Wyndi Young	Free verse	sad, suicide,
The Oldest Woman In Town	Steve Sant	Rhyme	age, emotions, sad,
Then There Was You	Martina Adovica	Free verse	sad, how i feel, longing,
I'll touch my lips to rose of scarlet	Serge Lyrewing	Lyric	sad, emotions, feelings, kiss, love
The Eden Effect	curtis johnson	Couplet	heartbreak, history, sad, violence,
Rose	jamal Abboud	ABC	sad, loss, love hurts, romantic,
A Brutal Sport	Gershon Wolf	Rhyme	sad, america, death, football, hurt,
Hey, You	Sandra Haight	Free verse	jealousy, people, sad,
DEAR LOST SOUL	Jake Ponce	Free verse	death, sad,
Dry Dreams	Maureen McGreavy	Free verse	addiction, angst, sad love,
What she really sells	Lewis Raynes	Quatrain	business, feelings, sad,
Yemen Slaughter August 9, 2018	Robert Trezise Jr.	Free verse	sad, evil, grief, international, political,
SHE'S	Line Gauthier	Senryu	sad, angst, anxiety, marriage, moving
PURSED	Line Gauthier	Senryu	anxiety, dark, hello, sad,
MISSING YOU	JEAN MURRAY	Verse	boyfriend, desire, sad love,
Eternal Teardrops	John Gondolf	Rhyme	sad, sorrow,
I Will Remember You	R. e. taylor	Free verse	angst, death, sad, sorrow,
WHAT DO YOU SEE	PHIONAH RENITAH	Verse	anger, crush, sad love,
Immortality is fanciful	Lucy Harley	Free verse	death, fate, fear, sad,
Foolish	Selest Kok	Free verse	sad, 9th grade, love hurts,
A Broken Heart	Lucy Harley	I do not know?	sad, bereavement, death, emotions, heartbroken,
YEARS	Line Gauthier	Senryu	sad, heart, introspection, loneliness, missing,
euthanasia	blank face	Narrative	sad,
Beyond	Moliehi Molupe	Narrative	sad, sorrow,
The veil of the joker	Alexander Seal	Free verse	sad,
A Princess	Alexander Seal	Free verse	sad,
Morning glory sky	Teresa Rivera	Rhyme	sad, anxiety, appreciation, cry, death,
NOLA	N. de Jager	Quatrain	sad, city, farewell, metaphor, missing,
Eternal Teardrops	Joseph May	Rhyme	death, sad, sorrow,
Brok-en-gaged	Mar'yam Thaoban	Free verse	sad, art, break up, feelings,
Stolen	Michelle Hewett	Free verse	sad, death, family, goodbye, miss
Unanswered	Andy Sprouse	Free verse	sad, lost love, love, moving
Now, its all over	Ravi Sathasivam	Light Verse	sad love,
Letter To An Endless End	Seth Callaghan	Free verse	sad, goodbye, lost love, love,
Swing	Pixie Dust	Rondeau	sad,
Don't Try Anymore	Martina Adovica	Free verse	sad, how i feel, love
Dying is the only answer	Raj Ranjit	Prose Poetry	sad, depression, feelings, mental illness,
Eulogy	Arum Dusu	I do not know?	sad, death, death of a
We all need help	Alex Duffy	Free verse	sad, dark, deep, depression, emotions,
I LOST A PART OF ME	Gerold Gyabaah	Elegy	sad,
This Is A Sad Affair	Jim Slaughter	Lyric	sad love, song,
Love is not just a Word	Russell Lee	I do not know?	sad, girl, i love you,
To the Man I am With	Dona Salapar	Free verse	sad, freedom, goodbye, grief, heartbreak,
Depiction of my late son	Mintra Mankasingh	Alliteration	sad,
Foster Child	Caren Krutsinger	Free verse	sad, abuse, care, child, child
Mondays	Dear Heart a.k.a. Broken Wings	Haibun	farewell, happy, sad,
The rainbow	VIJAI PANT	Blank verse	allegory, heartbroken, sad love,
The Last Hour	John Jeremy Semena	Lyric	sad, absence, abuse, allegory, anger,
Shakespeare's Name Blame Game	Jim Slaughter	Light Verse	sad, for her, for him,
Better Luck Next Time	Jim Slaughter	Lyric	lost love, sad,
I've Bargained And Accepted My Angry Denial Poem	Cheryl Lightsey	I do not know?	anger, bereavement, grief, sad,
I hurt at night	Lewis Raynes	Quatrain	sad, anger, loneliness, lost love,
Dusk Of Life	Carol Connell	Free verse	beauty, death, sad, sunset,
Summer's Soliloquies	Gershon Wolf	Free verse	farewell, nature, sad, summer,
Forever Girl	Teagan Taylor	Free verse	sad, abuse, candy, humanity, loneliness,
It's The Heart	Heni Stein	Rhyme	sad, encouraging, heart, leaving, memory,
Tears, But Eyes Dry	Dion Penville	Prose	sad,
Shelter of Duplicity	Charlotte Mae	Free verse	sad, fear, loneliness, lost, relationship,
Disturbed and Twisted Stranger	CayCay Jennings	Free verse	sad, emotions, love hurts, relationship,
Needing You	Michelle Faulkner	Enclosed Rhyme	fear, longing, sad, self,
She drank to forget	fauxcroft wade	Free verse	sad, abuse, dark, deep, drink,
HEART APOCALYPSE	Samuel Otieng	Rhyme	break up, sad, sad
SUNSHINE TAPS MY SHOULDER	Vickie Thayer	Rhyme	deep, depression, emotions, sad,
A Lifetime of Memories	Sandra Weiss	Quatrain	sad, emotions, heartbroken, journey, loneliness,
My Five Senses	Tricia Lucas-Clarke	Lyric	betrayal, divorce, sad love,
Her broken shell	Lewis Raynes	Quatrain	angst, love hurts, sad
Choices	Laycie Premoe	Free verse	anxiety, fear, sad, scary,
Molten	Lewis Raynes	Personification	sad, earth, feelings, happiness, heartbreak,
Two Words	Chris Wiggins	I do not know?	crush, sad, teen love,
THE GREATEST SHAME	Iger Rolyat	Ballad	sad, break up, heartbroken, lonely,
A Lost Rose	Angel Villanueva	Quatrain	sad, dream, lost love, moving
Split In The Road	Nick Trim	Rhyme	sad, best friend, destiny, friendship,
VICTIMS	Oluwasola Abiola	I do not know?	anger, bereavement, sad,
I Live Inside My Mothers Fears	Gabrielle Jordan	Free verse	sad, child, fear, life, mother,
Haunted Dreams	Angel Villanueva	Rhyme	sad, break up, dream, hurt,
Fate's Jape	Andrei Manzon	Rhyme	sad, how i feel, hurt,
Heal me not	Joe Inca	Rhyme	sad love,
SHEDDING	Line Gauthier	Senryu	cry, hurt, lonely, sad,
So Many Words	Martina Adovica	Free verse	sad, how i feel, love,
It Isn't Hard	Jack Ellison	Limerick	sad,
Hated	Laycie Premoe	Free verse	hate, relationship, sad,
Done	Heni Stein	I do not know?	angst, grief, sad,
SEPARATION	MAHTAB BANGALEE	Free verse	love hurts, sad,
The End of Contentedness	Jacob Jones	Quatrain	sad, lost love, love hurts,
Cold	Rhona McFerran	Free verse	conflict, relationship, sad,
Inter the Cold	Freddie Robinson Jr.	Free verse	allusion, imagery, loneliness, sad,
The Aged Strive	Janice Canerdy	Rondeau	age, sad,
Devil In A Suit	Masilo Mokotjo	Narrative	sad, abuse, anger, betrayal, death,
Ocean Elegy	Gregory R Barden	Haiku	bereavement, bird, nature, sad,
The Wizard	Wendy White	Free verse	sad, cry, dream, emotions, fantasy,
In The Final End	Susan Ashley	Free verse	sad, angst, dark, emotions, fate,
WHEN LOVE TURNS TO HATE	JAN ALLISON	Sonnet	betrayal, divorce, sad love,
Roseanne Barr	Roy Pett	Clerihew	racism, sad,
I WONDER	Ogah George Lindsey	Epigram	sad, cry, girlfriend, heartbreak, hurt,
It May Be Okay	R. e. taylor	Free verse	girl, hope, sad,

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