Sorrow Poems - Examples of all types of sorrow poetry to share and read. This list of new poems is composed of the works of modern poets on PoetrySoup. Read
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ShatterYou broke me down hard,
Splinters of me everywhere,
Are you happy now?...
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Categories:
sorrow, depression, divorce, emotions, goodbye,
Form: Haiku
WarmthParalyzed fully,
A heart once beating now ice,
Her fire has gone out....
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Categories:
sorrow, divorce, heartbreak, relationship, sad
Form: Haiku
Late DaughterPoem that is written with each gentle kiss
Music I play twitching the corners of my lips
Art brush paint four magnum opus till death
Final one I will whisper with my dying breath...
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Categories:
sorrow, beautiful, child, death, depression,
Form: Epitaph
HumanityLost to idealism's
corrupted values
greed
purchased evils
old stubborn men
changes are on the way
Kamala
will drop the bombs now
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Categories:
sorrow, allah, child abuse, evil,
Form: Free verse
Sonya MasseyDon't hurt me!
I know my black skin blinds your rationality
But don't hurt me!
I am a mother, I shouldn't have to birth your bullets too
Don't Hurt me!
I said don't hurt me
Yet your offensive...
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Categories:
sorrow, birth, death, faith, mother,
Form: Blank verse
I Cannot Die TonightI cannot die tonight
I dog-eared a book
Of pages I haven't perused
You know how long that took?
Scent of pages
Frayed and yellowed
Always get me
Calm and mellowed
The spine cracked and worn
Each page a promise, a tale untold
In the...
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Categories:
sorrow, death, farewell, introspection, repetition,
Form: Free verse
Behind The Curve
Do you need me as much as fish
A waterproof raincoat would need?
A piece of salmon on your dish
Is dressed with sprouts and beet
You watch the breaking news report
One candidate withdrew
His rival did...
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Categories:
sorrow, blue, garden, lost love,
Form: Rhyme
Just BeforeI have passed
through several deserted hearts
whose inhabitants had already fled,
I got what it was for
just before I fled
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Categories:
heartbroken, pain, pride, sorrow,
Form: Free verse
I wishI wish
I wish I could go back
To that very day
The one that changed your lives
In every single way
I wish i could remove
All the scars you now bear
The trauma that you witnessed
All the damage beyond repair
I...
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Categories:
family, love, sorrow,
Form: Free verse
Starry SorrowI summoned sorrow to swallow my soul whole and save it from its sinister solitude.
I stared at the stars sailing against a surf of sunless skies.
I spoke to the sleek sand in soft whispers, entrusted...
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Categories:
sea, sky, solitude, sorrow,
Form: Alliteration
Fairground RidesI've already forgotten the sound of your voice.
But, this noise,
of fairground rides and mustard,
makes me think,
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Categories:
sorrow, anxiety, extended metaphor, hurt,
Form: Free verse
Beware of the Owner"To live is to suffer; to survive is to find some meaning in the suffering."
Friedrich Nietzsche
Some say life is a mirror..
Whenever he whistled his eerie tune,
he would always tell me,
'It's my death hymn.'
But, then a...
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Categories:
sorrow,
Form: Dramatic Verse
how do i understand?I am deeply sadden
That I couldn’t have more time
Oh! How the roles have switched!
Deaden the grip
On what’s within
Now it’s ready to soar
Nothing to hold it back
The clamp has been
Loosened & fallen away
There are no more...
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Categories:
sorrow, change, child abuse, childhood,
Form: Free verse
Living Joke
What better way is there
To express the feeling
Than with the words,
Agonizing, awful words,
That infest one’s thoughts
When the feeling arises?
“Why am I never taken seriously?”
“Why did I ever think I could do it?”
“How could I have...
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Categories:
sorrow, angst, cry, emotions, feelings,
Form: Free verse
Still Sits Our Empty RoomI've been waiting....but haven't heard from you, in what seems like ten long years
Are you o.k. my favorite one
My favorite friend...
I've been waiting.... it's been raining, and I've been writing endless nights gazing at...
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Categories:
hope, sorrow,
Form: Lyric
Specific Types of Sorrow Poems
Definition | What is Sorrow in Poetry?
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