Short Sad Love Poems

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


Premium Member Backfired

a home without impassioned fire in the hearth ~ 
       leaves one with a cold heart


Susan Ashley
December 30,2017
Form: Monoku


Innocence Gone

He had great disdain for her
Enough to eliminate
The soft parts of her
He never associated the bones
To the pale girl

Premium Member On Any Given Day

i believed in you and your promises
and what have i to show for it
but a broken heart



AP: Honorable Mention 2023

Rajkumar

Han nhi hu mai tumhare sapno ka Rajkumar.
Na he mai safed ghode p sawar aata hu... 
Pr kya mai tumse door kabhi jaa pata hu?

Postpartum

Tis a cruel twist of fate
When in love a child is born;
What once was love becomes hate
When fruit of union she doth scorn.
Form: Rhyme


Forsaken Love

Expelled from its host
Where does immortal love go
Forsaken to roam
Soul chilling darkness and cold
Of its new eternal home
Form: Tanka

Premium Member Wish You Could'Ve Seen the Beauty of My World

Wish you could've seen how beautiful it was to be with me.
Wish you could've seen how beautiful the rest of this world can be.
Form: Couplet

Premium Member Always With Me

I can still hear the
echoes from the darkness

even though you are gone

it is a reminder
that you will be with
me always

Premium Member Estranged Brew

I sometimes think
   The only way out is suicide
   But as you drink yourself to death
   I only have time to bide



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Premium Member 60 Degrees of Separation

So many good acquaintances-- I wish I could get to know
Alas, we're kept apart-- cuz I made them think I'm too weird, though :(
Form: Couplet

Premium Member Conflicted

Why am I the one 
To do everything I can,
Everything for you,
But just can't bring myself to...?
I just want to be with you.
Form: Tanka

Premium Member Stay - i won't beg

i love you but you need to want to stay
sometimes love is merely not enough
i have needs too


AP: Honorable Mention 2025

Sad To See

if you ever see
    me again,
may you not 
    see me sad.
for I am only 
    sad when you 
are not around 
    to see...

Lonely Girl

Lonely Girl
wrapped tight in brown cloak, flashing Mona Lisa eyes - lonely lioness
Form: Senryu

Pendulum of Pain

In a bad romance
The pendulum of pain swings
Between two winners
One winning "I love you more"
The other "I'll hurt you more"
Form: Tanka

Quaere

There is no doubt that 
you have the endless power
to destroy me. The 
real question is, whether you 
intend to do it or not.
© Diana Bosa  Create an image from this poem.
Form: Tanka

My Unbreakable Heart

My heart was only made of glass
When you held it in your hands
But as soon as you let go
It was a strong, unbreakable 
Diamond

Premium Member Heartache

Oh ache, oh heartache go away; sweet sleep, please come to me
These tears, these rolling tears must stop - I need to be set free!
Form: Couplet

The Space Between

Sometimes I feel like
that you are so far away
from me that only
the cheek of your shadow will
be touched in this life of mine.
© Diana Bosa  Create an image from this poem.
Form: Tanka

Lightweight Love

I can only wonder 
How to breathe 
How to think

Head pounding 
Because of me
No breath 

Bleeding arms 
Lightweight love.
Form: Lyric

Premium Member So I Set Him Free

i had known deep down
he was a man i could never possess
he would always be feral
~ to his very core




AP: 2nd place 2022

Premium Member Tart

You broken my heart
Before we could even start.
You seen my feelings
As objects, pieces of art.
Your choice of words are so tart.
Form: Tanka

Premium Member More Than A Tad

This heartache has been so sad,
You once made me feel so glad,
Yet now it hurts more than a tad,
How you left me to go slowly mad.
Form: Quatrain

Narcissism

you 
   me
     you 
       me 

  who do you choose
     tis' it vanity
   

   you
     you
       you
         never me

Missing You

How can I cool this
       hot desire
             without you near me?



 12/08/2018
For Maureen's contest
HEART OF THE MATTER
Form: Verse

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