Short Love And Loss Poems

Pictures and trophies
Of those I love on mantel
Heartfelt memories
Of a Sailor's love and loss
Sweetly swept me off my feet

3/18/2025...

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My debut Anthology Memoirs of Love and Loss is now available for download for free on Google Drive....

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Yellowing leaves of Summer
inevitably prove
the transient
and precious;
Time is still on the move..

Every moment has it's reason
Love and loss.
Joy and Fear.
But the wonder and the truth is..
A change of season's always near....

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you really want to know how hard this is for me
to see god set you free
i know its time for you to go
your in pain this i know
now its time for you to grow
so now i say goodbye my friend
its just the begaining
but it feels like the end....

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Her primal feelings
unleashed a torrent
of pure intensity

We tasted her sorrow
as tongues of fire
Her grief stricken

love filled heart
unleashed the force
of her pure passion

Illuminating our minds
with the knowledge
of her love and loss...

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Celebrating fifty years 
since her wedding day;
knowing someday Mistress Death 
will steal her love away.

Crying, trying to forget
making vows in church;
loving hubby was untrue
and left her in the lurch.

For Charlotte’s Love and Loss contest...

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Love and loss are a heaven and a hell;
     a purgatory and limbo, a place
of sorting out: a place where lovers fell;
     and entered a reflective, lonely space,
a realm that's not a lover's citadel,
     but still a place where souls may yet embrace....

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Brother

Riparian observers watch waters pass
left behind, huddled in loss
our tears added to the flow
memories blazoned in our mind
with each tenuous gasp
we pound the bare earth
love and loss mingle with shock
remember
how could I forget
he’s my brother...

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She wore chaos and tranquility equally well,
She spoke of strength and darkness with unchanged eloquence,
She sang of love and loss in the same bittersweet tone,
She fought and protected with no hesitation,
Yet she could not bring herself to forgive as well as forget....

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There’s comfort in conformity,
The dry herd steps forward to give 
Filed sighs, an enormity
Of purpose, peppered like a sieve
With empty space, paraded fast
Through love and loss, to lie and live,
Splaying bones to yawn death at last,
Our time to pass, we won’t forgive....

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Love and Loss
©January, 2014

They say it is better
To have loved and lost,
Than to have never loved
 And have emotions tossed.

To see a loved one
Go carelessly astray,
Is difficult to do more 
Than to diligently pray.

To hope that someday
Their return you’ll see,
Is a constant prayer
That you earnestly plea....

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Nature,  Animals 

Flora and Fauna 

4 Seasons 

Countless Feelings 

Love and Loss

Death

To Music and Works of Art

Brick's and Mortar 
Architecture 

Sons and Daughter's 
Mother's and Father's 

Countries Border's 
Mass Religion 

Poverty and Mineral Wealth 
Dollar Oil

So many Questions 

To Few Answers...

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I
If u loved, you may write sound poetry;
If u loved & lost, words add a higher degree
Of lonely beauty and crowded clarity
As was true of Dickinson, POET, Lady, my EMILY

II
Life and breath can yield great writing
Love and loss point to truth, reuniting
Where all are level, Scripture doth remind
Before this act, stage, LILA in Hindu mind...

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We cradle dreams, we build, we break, we heal,
In labor, love, and loss, calloused hands reveal.
Life lines drawn in the palm of my hand,
Scars from touches too plain to understand.

Hands that mend, yet leave their marks on the heart,
Building and destroying with every part.
The same hand that nurtures, can tear apart,
Tactile power woven into each scarred start.




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And I guess this is what life is-

Knowing that your best days are still ahead
That your mistakes are the pathways to finding yourself
Suffering through the pain of change
Embracing life’s lessons in all forms
Experiencing love and loss
Knowing that starting over can happen at any interval 

A beautiful chaos
A grand masterpiece
Art in physical form 

Asi es la vida, si...

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Right minded and amazingly 
Heavenly and mostly
Energetic with honest 
Opinions of love and loss
Not only to share this with those
Others who have not been to Rheonotica*
To the vast land in honor of 
It's vastness of 6 feet by 2 feet
Certain people can't understand
And at our gate the line will state:

Welcome to the dream that is Rheonota.


*The state of a pure Rheonotic...

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the wind captured me long ago
holds me even now
and always

from wind to birth to breath to consciousness
what impressions i possess of the divine
blew into my mind as wind
fell into in to my my mind as rain
was ignited by lightening
and fed by the streams of life and loss

when i am gone in time and form
i will not be gone in spirit
and you will hear my poems of love and loss
when you listen to the wind...

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I have never known addiction
in the way that I know it
when I feel you caress me
when I feel your lips touch mine
when I hear your voice in my dreams
you walked into my life as if you
were a force of nature
enchanting me from the moment I saw you
captivating my soul, my heart, my mind
enthralled by your ability to make me feel
I have never known desolation
in the way that I know it
now that you’re gone...

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I thought I'd never write again
I thought many things
but never did I think I would be so young motherless,
life is a mess
what is everything worth when you're born to die?
Paying your bills until you're old then cry
about not being able to live,
asking yourself why.
But the truth is in all its irony
no one ever asks to be born
love and loss are the only true things we endure
because in your life those are the only things pure...

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We played in sandcastles made from falling mistakes...
The water washed away all my sins it could take...
Precious tears that dried before the pain went away...
Now only floating among what never really fades...
Paper clipped to my soul like a reminder that makes an imprint...
I close my eyes to a darkness that was only a hint...
And drift away down a stream to land where I belong...
And scribe tales of love and loss in my own song......

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the ravens rest upon the graven cross,
                for it is time to guard death with their wings-
they prey on souls who endure love and loss,
                as a demon weeps and an angel sings;
barren branches wither to ash and bone…
                               one ebon raven longs to perch alone




I chose #2 (black ravens on a cross in a graveyard)

Make IT Six Poetry Contest
Joseph May
October 1, 2019...

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                    Love and Loss

Ghosts of missed chances, haunt my restless mind,
Regrets and what-ifs, leave my heart confined.
Yet I raise my glass, to hope’s flickering flame,
Praying for love’s revival, a second chance to claim.

So I wander through the city, with hope in my eyes,
Knowing love may come, in unexpected disguise.
For in this modern world, where hearts are easily lost,
I’ll keep searching for love, no matter the cost....

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I'll tell you a story
One of love and loss
It will make you see
That I miss my Mommy

As I recall my happy past
I shed a tear for the one I lost
Swim in the sweet memory
In my heart Mom , you will always be

So shine your loving light
Down on this sore heart of mine
So when I look up at night
I'll know you are fine

Don't be afraid my son
I'm watching you from afar
One day you will come
To join me on this star

Brandon Harvey
31-10-2014...

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As I look into a photograph
I stare into time
Frozen for eternity
Thoughts, memories, feelings
Never changing, Never letting go
To reflect on the past
Through happiness and joy
Sorrow and Despair
Love and Loss
That one Moment is there
Trapped forever
In a photograph...

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In love's embrace, where life finds its birth,
Kindness blooms, weaving hearts with mirth,
Yet comes a time, the end's sweet call,
When love must part, and tears may fall.

Heartbreak's grip may hold us tight,
But letting go, brings healing light,
Through poorness and in health's embrace,
We learn the dance of time and space.

When is the end the end, we ask,
As seasons change, and moments pass,
In love and loss, we find our way,
Embracing each dawn, come what may....

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