Short Loss Poems

Short Loss Poems. Below are examples of the most popular short poems about Loss by PoetrySoup poets. Search short poems about Loss by length and keyword.


Child

Anger
     Breaking
             Chills
                   Deepening
What they did to the child slowly eats me alive.
Form: ABC


Premium Member Dementia

Parts missing; untangling ethereal strands. - - - - - - - (C) John C Michaels, 27 August 2017
Form: Lanterne

Castrate the King

Take away his crown
Take away his jewels 
Kill his knights
Burn down his castle but

Without his Queen he is nothing
© Bobby May  Create an image from this poem.

Premium Member Darkness

Darkness
It breeds in my chest
Suffocating
The light

It's hard
Suffering every ragged breath
Knowing
You're gone

Weakness

Work; worry;
Everyday!
Action ~ reaction!
Kindness? Never!
Needs not met.
Eventual eruption!
Somebody WILL
suffer!
Form: Acrostic


Premium Member Waves

sinking like a deep breath a gasp upon the shore riding the waves of long goodbyes ©SamHarty
© Sam Harty  Create an image from this poem.

My World!

i wanna get away
but i dont know how
i wanna cry
but they wont come out
i wanna leave 
but my heart wont let me .. .
Form:

That's All

Thoughts recycled, jumbled into plastic
Perhaps a bench, sturdy for public use,
That's all the old lady shared with me.
Form:

Premium Member Somewhere

Somewhere,
back in the last glow
of sunset,
is my home,
Hawaii.
While this plane
flies me rapidly
back to
Mordor.

Crazy

you  look funny
my mine is running
or  ok
or just a bad day
you  have change
act insane
 you not lazy
your 
CRAZY
Form:

Premium Member Suspended Souls

To have loved and lost
are a heaven and a hell;
and the place between
is their own purgatory,
a limbo of sorting out.
Form: Tanka

Untitled

Crushed faces
Shattered hearts
Lifeless inside
Now apart
Joy became hatred
Love destroyed
He's gone
And left a void
Form:

Venting

I lay awake at night 
And I think my thoughts are
Relentless 
I need a moment to breath
I needed a moment to vent this
Form: Rhyme

Alzheimer's

Another memory gone,
a thought lost to ether,
but still he laughs and 
is cheerful,
even if he doesn’t
know who I am.
© Jim Tidd  Create an image from this poem.

Premium Member Cancer Ward

firm by your side
my heart is shattered
where will I find the strength



AP: 2nd place 2021, Honorable Mention 2021

Premium Member A Full-Loss-Of-Why

phil awed sophie
...and...
phil lost sophie

so...phi

loss of 'why'
...meant...
'phi' lawed sophie


stan sand
© Sand Blown  Create an image from this poem.

Florida 2022

No number of letters strewn 
can fairly capture
the glory of pure unadulterated hope
faith

in the face of total loss

Untitled #197 / Awake

Awake from a dream about gangsters
it’s Friday morning, I’ve slept in
it doesn’t really matter
now I’ll dream about her

Not Taut

I love not
That I ought
For I sought
What I had fought.

I hate aught
That I should not
For I forgot
What I besot.
Form: Monorhyme

Premium Member The Man in the Tree

The man in the tree 
doesn’t seem too happy,
why would he?

The dryads did flee
leaving him lonely,
as lonely as me!
Form: Rhyme

Quiet

All is silent today on this little site,
But I did receive a message of light,
I bid you all safe dreams and goodnight..

Deep Dark Double Grave

Stale waters go deep.
Sneaky double mountain peaks,
Death environment



Inspired by Raul's Morning Ambience contest
Form: Haiku

My Heart Swells and Explodes With Love Whilst My Lungs Collapse From Unexpected Memory Loss

heart swells and explodes
                           with love
but then i fall
          its chaos and death from above
Form: Rhyme

Promise

My eyes are to sad to see,
don't cry for the death of me,
and I'll promise that when you die,
in return I'll never cry.
Form: Rhyme

Premium Member Evil Annihilating Me

Evil rushes in
Annihilating my soul
Whaling my hurt heart
Destroying my torn being
Evil crushes down within

Russell Sivey
Form: Tanka

Get a Premium Membership
Turn off ads, get more exposure for your poetry, and get more features with a Premium Membership.
Book: Diverse Voices: The Poetry of Human Rights and the Pursuit of Peace