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Break Up Poems | Examples of Break Up Poetry

Break Up Poems - Examples of all types of break up 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 break up.
Breaking a Heart
We all lie. He just lied a little more He pushed me somewhere deep inside He said things that left me sore My mind knew he wasn't the right one But my heart didn't want to listen He wanted me to...Read the rest...
Categories: break up,
Form: Rhyme



Premium Member First Love
Our love took off even though our wings were too fragile to fly. Neither knew it would take us soaring into the sky. With hearts full of love, our spirits ascend. Ignoring advice given and words of caution,...Read the rest...
Categories: break up, first love,
Form: Free verse
Blindsided by Dust
Her whispers of "love," a suffocating embrace, She claimed I was her air, her very space. Blinded, I clung to a love's sweet charade, Ignoring whispers, the warnings that frayed. Smiles, kisses, a tapestry brightly spun, Purpose bloomed, a battle...Read the rest...
Categories: betrayal, break up, grief,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member My Childhood Home
This poem was mistakenly deleted my apologies . Wild, natural, without care you stand hidden, unnoticed, a secret. Brambles briars bluebells dance Wild flowers grow. Haunted laughter, echoes of youth, Carried by the summers breeze, Our tomorrow’s and yesterday’s Forever...Read the rest...
Categories: break up, emotions, farewell,
Form: Free verse
IS IT LOVE ?
While wondering wishfully, you certainly got tired with each of your relation. Penetrating Pain pegged a pin in your heart before you realized that I am enough for you. But you were you. My menacing mind won't accept the...Read the rest...
Categories: break up, conflict, faith,
Form: Alliteration



The PistonTrain
Monday morning comes alive with the piston train speeding by, thousands of people gather at the gate and crowd the platform before it was too late. Monday morning full of passion with hangover lingering in the...Read the rest...
Categories: anger, break up, business,
Form: Narrative
You Broke Me
You say you love me but still disrespected me I hate you I opened up to you just for you to hurt me Is that how you love somebody? Is there a medicine for heartbreak?...Read the rest...
Categories: anger, betrayal, break up,
Form: Free verse
In Love's Embrace
In love's embrace, I find my soul deep, Where shadows dance, and secrets softly keep. To rescue us, my heart shall not rest. Even if I had to go through test For in your eyes, I see the spark...Read the rest...
Categories: break up, 11th grade, betrayal, black
Form: Rhyme
Saboteur
If you're not a well-paid saboteur You should look into the job List me as a reference on your resume And on the day I get the call I'll tell them all about your Inability to accept responsibility And anti-social personality...Read the rest...
Categories: break up, anger, betrayal, boyfriend, break
Form: Rhyme
Something to Survive
I couldn't see it Blame the way the viscid blackness Of your soul Exterminates the sunlight Couldn't feel it Sinking in your tar like sand And blowing bubbles Like a boiling child Not loved enough to understand That living Isn't the same as having...Read the rest...
Categories: betrayal, break up, conflict,
Form: Free verse
NIGHT WIND
Distressful notes of pain Strained with tears of plight Echo through the silent night Filling the empty spaces in my heart. Like a tribute song at a funeral The notes constantly rise and fall. Like spaces in...Read the rest...
Categories: break up, 12th grade, betrayal, break
Form: Free verse
Premium Member I Can Lie Too
You're so incredible, the most amazing man I'm taken to the heights of pleasure with the touch of your hand There will never be another man who compares Your eyes, your smile... no one as perfect anywhere I will...Read the rest...
Categories: black love, break up,
Form: Burlesque
The Cycle of Misery
killed it it is dead its over just stop it now it is the very end its enough over i said...over! "please...." and it is back. all that, undoing gone down the drain bye... "I'm sorry..." hi, lets start again? " it's okay " what's next?...Read the rest...
Categories: break up, anxiety, best friend, betrayal,
Form: Free verse
Artireal Insomicycle
Arterial Insomnicycle Losing sleep over losing someone is sleep never re-found, For the years we spend when Nature’s sweet restorer refuses, Fault found not in Medicine, for hospitals only treat broken hearts, Cures are found with different compounds of...Read the rest...
Categories: appreciation, break up, courage,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Wings
As I laid there looking up at the stars, I felt sad and all alone. The sting of old scars made me realize that you were already gone. No matter what I said, I was to blame, yelling at me...Read the rest...
Categories: break up, change, christian,
Form: Rhyme

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