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Sorrow Poems | Examples of Sorrow Poetry

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 short, long, best, and famous poem examples for sorrow.
My Laughs Are Filled With Buckets of Rain
Filled my soul with aching to keep my brain from faking its joy. Torn hearts asunder, I once was filled with wonder but now I dread the thunder and my laughs are filled with buckets...Read the rest...
Categories: anxiety, deep, poetry, sorrow,
Form: Free verse



Premium Member Beneath the branches
You'll find me under the stars Beneath the branches of a willow tree Longing for something That'll never be seen 2 parts slave 1 part free Forgotten by lovers Forgotten by me Wrapped in a blanket of roots and earth A pillow...Read the rest...
Categories: sorrow, death, extended metaphor, life,
Form: Free verse
When life is unfair
"Fall not into despair but into God." Oliver Clement When life is unfair and troubles seize, fall not into despair but on your knees. When...Read the rest...
Categories: sorrow, care, christian, god, heart,
Form: Rhyme
Emptiness
You gripped my hips, not my heart you stoked the fire on my lips, sent me sprawling through an abyss and left my body tangled in sweat drenched sheets alone. you wove a wrathful web of wantonness, slid...Read the rest...
Categories: sorrow, dark, deep, desire, fantasy,
Form: Free verse
Feeling sorry for them
Thinking how others have cause to be sadder than I is enough reason to let myself have a good cry ...Read the rest...
Categories: sorrow, care, cry, feelings, friendship,
Form: Quatrain



Despondency
A lady in a Victorian dress, Next to an old printing press. Within a gloomy writing lair, Falling down the abyss of despair. I can see the tempest in her heart, It’s like a wild museum of art. She is a...Read the rest...
Categories: sorrow, anxiety, depression, sad, solitude,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member As a Raven Caws
Something dreadful do I see, reflected in her eyes. Could be death she's seen in a horrid dream, or perhaps the relapse of a wretched addiction that's left her at the mercy of this raven's claws. One whose...Read the rest...
Categories: sorrow,
Form: Free verse
Nocturn of the Alone
Drifting in silence, no haven in sight, Alone in the crowd, under the pale moonlight. Whispers of home, now ghosts in the wind, A solitary journey, with no beginning or end. Love's sweet chorus, a forgotten song, In its absence,...Read the rest...
Categories: sorrow, angst, deep, desire, hurt,
Form: Free verse
The Great 8
We started as 8 with the unique zest of life in our own way, but it was not to be for eternity for the first come in was the first to leave. This began for...Read the rest...
Categories: sorrow, bereavement, death, emotions, family,
Form: Ballad
Unbearable Heartbreak
The pain in my heart threatens to be my end, I sought to show the 'me' that God did intend. Yet, silenced I stand, to the skies, I relent, "Your will, not mine," my whispered consent. Hunger ignored, sleep's...Read the rest...
Categories: sorrow, break up, desire, fate,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member ANOMIE
When we were children, we played games Often scary... Running, and hiding, ...Read the rest...
Categories: sorrow, angst, feelings, life, rude,
Form: Free verse
My Whole World Is Gone
I have nightmares every night It's so hard to find the light In the darkness haunting me It will never set me free Years and years inside my head I can't shake the words you said Cutting me inside so deeply Every...Read the rest...
Categories: sorrow, hurt, missing you, pain,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Treacherous Tears
Treacherous Tears These tear tracks through make up Give me away Red rimmed eyes and rosy nose Say, " I'm not okay"... But if you see me like this Try not to look too close I'm concealing secrets I'd...Read the rest...
Categories: emotions, sad, sorrow,
Form: Verse
Nyctophobia
Your first to handle If there is power outage Is find a candle....Read the rest...
Categories: fear, love, sorrow, trust,
Form: Haiku
Epitaph
I saw epitaph Engrave says, "He died of love". Pinch my heart to laugh. ...Read the rest...
Categories: sorrow, death, funny love, memorial,
Form: Haiku

Specific Types of Sorrow Poems

Definition | What is Sorrow in Poetry?


Book: Shattered Sighs