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Sad Simple Poems

These Sad Simple poems are examples of Simple poems about Sad. These are the best examples of Simple Sad poems written by international poets.


We Left Our Childhood Behind
Remember when we used to play
In our backyards every day
We built castles in the sand
And chased each other hand in hand

Remember when we used to...

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Categories: simple, childhood, feelings, friendship, innocence,



Coin-Operated Despair
The vending machine, though filled to the brim 
now stands with a sign, my joy growing dim 
out of order it reads, my heart does...

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Categories: simple, candy, cry, emotions, funny,

Premium Member she was a simple child
She was a simple child
Loved her seat by the sea
Where she waited for the fisherman
Who waved and said
What a simple child

She was happy with whatever...

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Categories: simple, 10th grade, 11th grade,

Premium Member Walking by; I can feel you
Walking, walking, thinking
One mood of music, one single song
Repeating, repeating, repeating…
…fading in and out of my consciousness 
Now the cold breeze making me feel formal...

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Categories: simple, child, day, emotions, growing

The Unluckiest Day of the Year
January 2nd is the unluckiest day of the year.
It's when all the bad things happen, I fear.

The holidays are over, the bills are due.
The weather...

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Categories: simple, day, emotions, endurance, hope,



Breathe
Close your eyes,
Count to ten.
One deep breath
After the next.
Feel your chest
Open again.

The panic starts
And you close 
Your eyes.
Count from ten
Back to one.

Slow and steady
To distract...

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Categories: simple, anxiety, emotions, feelings, how

Take Care
Broken pieces 
Glued masterpieces 
Wilted rose 
Heartbreak composed 
Musical notes 
Long lost quotes...

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Categories: simple, conflict, courage, nostalgia, remember,

Wandering Away
When did we grow up?
When did we think imagination was not worthy of our time?
When we thought we were a superhero with just a blanket...

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© Jackie M.  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: simple, change, children, growth, sad,

Premium Member What People Call Me
Most all have known me, a few know me well.
Ask people about me, here’s what they’d tell.
Sometimes when happy or sad I appear.
Here’s who I...

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© Bill Baker  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: simple, emotions, fun, humor, poetry,

Three Simple Words
You seem so sad
Sometimes

I wish there was 
Something
I could do

How unfortunate 
For I am so bad at talking
For I cannot console
For I am pointless
For I...

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Categories: simple, sad,

Premium Member Coffee For Dad
I feel sorry, and quite disappointed in myself -- even mad
In retrospect, that I neglected to make coffee for my Dad

He drank coffee every day,...

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Categories: simple, father daughter, grief, how

Things I Wanted To Say But Never Did
I wanted to tell her that her presence brought me goosebumps
And whenever I wanted to talk to her I'll experience throat lumps
She amplified my testosterone...

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Categories: simple, black love, fantasy, sad

Small Portrait of a Simple Poet
I'm nothing else
that an intermediary
between healing and disillusionment...
I am unwritten verse
when I'm not understood...
I'm a steppe wolf howl
when I provoke strangeness...
I just wanted to be...

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Categories: simple, adventure, allegory, allusion, creation,

The World I Should Enjoy
His wisdom did his happiness destroy,
Aiming to know that world he should enjoy;
And wit was his vain, frivolous pretense
Of pleasing others, at his own expense

...

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Categories: simple, angst, fate, places, poverty,

Premium Member Similar Sounds
Sonorous, saporous symphonies: strong;
Soothingly spiritual, sublime sweet songs.

Seismically sensitive subsurface screens;
Substandard systems severe shakes scarce seen.

Searing sharp satirists, snarkily snide;
Subtle smart sophists show soft, specious...

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© Jeff Kyser  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: sensual, silence, simple, surreal,


Book: Shattered Sighs