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Sympathy Poems | Examples of Sympathy Poetry

Sympathy Poems
Sympathy Poems - Examples of all types of sympathy 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 sympathy.
Premium Member Marked Territory
In the raw expanse of land where rivers sigh, marked by the shadows of cats and dogs, with each puddle of yellow reminding us of lives once lived, hearts bound to the...Read the rest...
Categories: analogy, sympathy,
Form: Free verse
Why can't Heaven send you back to me?
No one can comprehend the loss of a child. We can only have empathy and compassion and hold space for those who are struggling to deal with the process. Why can't Heaven send you back to...Read the rest...
Categories: sympathy, death, grief, heartbreak, heartbroken,
Form: Rhyme



Transformative Attire
Sometimes, just a small spark of empathy Can brighten up another’s mind to see The value of love and understanding To lift the weight of negativity For darker thoughts and doubts debilitate And obstruct the path that leads us to...Read the rest...
Categories: sympathy, change, emotions, encouraging, inspirational,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Too Late
He, beseeching – I raised my pleading eyes as I saw you pass by. You looked through me. I was invisible. My eyes searched for understanding. You did not say “I’m sorry.” You busied your nose in your phone. My thirst apparent yet you...Read the rest...
Categories: sympathy, drink, food, giving, pain,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Sick
Tension Spread Thick Layering Quick Mental Health Sinking And Physically Sick Sympathy Party Wounds Pathetically Licked The Sores Of My Past, I So Dangerously Pick Black Cloud I Cloak, It Unbearably Sits My Outskirt Persona Convincingly Tricks A soul Held...Read the rest...
Categories: sympathy, angst, health, horror, how
Form: Rhyme



Premium Member Get Well Card to Kindness
Dear Kindness, Thank you so much for all you do to help heal our wounded world. We have heard, however, you have faced health issues of your own in recent years. We’re so extremely sorry! We sincerely wish and pray for you to...Read the rest...
Categories: sympathy, conflict, hate, humanity, humor,
Form: Free verse
Golgotha
Golgotha (The Place of the Skull) You paid it all at calvary. The cross was planted in the ground suddenly. Outside the Jerusalem walls. It was the greatest suffering of all. Alone on the cross. Till this day, no one has forgotten. Another...Read the rest...
Categories: sympathy, bible, blessing, christian, devotion,
Form: Rhyme
My Lamentation
My country is in quandary today It's going to be an anarchy Leadership is in a black hole Being incompetence I should say Demonstrations, rallies everyday The hope of good governance seems Is in oblivion and brewing war is coming I love...Read the rest...
Categories: sympathy, patriotic, perspective, political, prejudice,
Form: Free verse
Covid Suspect
Waitress sneeze Customers run Topsy-turvy....Read the rest...
Categories: discrimination, humor, perspective, sympathy,
Form: Than-Bauk
Premium Member Learn to Trust
What child within us has not searched The heavenly expanse And felt utterly alone In the face of its vastness? Each heart beats alone To the rhythm of its streams, Yet each is connected in The consciousness of...Read the rest...
Categories: angel, children, courage, sympathy,
Form: Rhyme
We Weep Our Heroes
We bury soldiers We weep with the widows We weep with the orphans We weep with our heroes....Read the rest...
Categories: sympathy, care, hero, perspective, soldier,
Form: Other
POSTLIFE TIME
Found herself long in the tooth Burdened with responsibilities As the clock kept ticking Being hospitable began to wane Regardless of hope keeping in touch Working harder had become symbolic For she had a negligible threshold That supremely played...Read the rest...
Categories: sympathy, emotions, feelings, grief, imagery,
Form: Lyric
ALMS NOT JUST FOR A BALM
He has a big festered wound on his right arm, He feared it might be hiding thousands of unseen germs, It is after his parents deaths, he knew he had lost his only true gems, He now has...Read the rest...
Categories: sympathy, fate, parents, passion, psychological,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Fists Clenched in Slogans
His plaintive cry pierced the air pleading to travel somewhere Sympathizers marched in a faraway square ...Read the rest...
Categories: cry, death, sad, sympathy,
Form: Rhyme
First Christmas
Baking cookies, decorating the tree, wrapping up the gifts. Staying busy to keep mind off the fact there's one less gift this year. Being the first Christmas without you. Your presence is all I wish for this Christmas. What hurts...Read the rest...
Categories: poetry, sympathy,
Form: Free verse

Specific Types of Sympathy Poems

Definition | What is Sympathy in Poetry?


Book: Shattered Sighs