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Heartbroken Poems | Examples of Heartbroken Poetry

Heartbroken Poems - Examples of all types of heartbroken 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 heartbroken.
O Battle Rage
Sing out loud like might beasts do comrades & me, in no retreat, of battles in past and others to be so no other cannon-fodder, of passion & quest, curry within, like tormented Reese, haunting memory’s...Read the rest...
Categories: heartbroken, 10th grade, conflict, courage,
Form: Free verse



I Hear You
I hear your shallow breathing Groans and sharp inhales Of oxygen through your teeth Wet shoes at the 7-11 and the Chinese Zodiac I hear, “Can I get a room key?” Slamming doors and...Read the rest...
Categories: betrayal, heartbreak, heartbroken, irony,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Topping Street
I miss with lifetime sadness my love of Topping Street The walks we had on Comos' shores; when life was complete, Oh, the simple Irish diner to which we did meet Lead to the hours of love...Read the rest...
Categories: deep, heartbreak, heartbroken, lost
Form: Monorhyme
Premium Member Owner of a Broken Heart
No wall detains those tears and pains From a woken heart rejected So all remains are salty stains From a broken heart detected...Read the rest...
Categories: heartbroken,
Form: Rhyme
Yashodhara - Buddha
A shadow dims Yashodhara's vibrant gaze, "My love," she murmurs, "lost in wisdom's maze. A prince you were, with riches at your hand, Yet craved a truth beyond this earthly land.” "A deeper purpose," Buddha's voice...Read the rest...
Categories: confidence, heartbroken, husband, i
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: heartbroken, betrayal, break up, grief,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member The old tattered book
There on the shelf among all the other books, Was one, a book that was old and tattered. By the cover, nothing could be told by the looks, Inside were written words of a life that was shattered. Pages...Read the rest...
Categories: heartbroken, books, christian, emotions, grief,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member The Room of the Unrequited
The Room of the Unrequited By Roger White That evening, stillness permeated the lavender-scented room. Dusk crept through the windows smudged by oily fingers, The day’s twilight left a dull umbra on wall...Read the rest...
Categories: 12th grade, destiny, heartbroken,
Form: Free verse
Whole Again
You broke my love, my loyalty, my confidence and mind, You left invisible wounds, broken, trauma and anxiety, You told me I was imagining all the things you did, that it was my fault, I was to...Read the rest...
Categories: abuse, anxiety, feelings, heartbroken,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Unscathed
Unscathed I didn’t know I was coming apart at the seams Until i came undone I didn't know my arms were mangled Until they fell off I didn't know I was fragile Until I heard my heart break I...Read the rest...
Categories: angst, emotions, heartbroken, introspection,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member When Everthing Changes
In the blink of an eye everything changes, sometime for better; more often for worse. Afterward we may ask why, but answers stay out of range; never a call, never a letter, never a card with a sympathy verse. If you happen to...Read the rest...
Categories: heartbroken,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Eva, Don't Turn Them On
Some ladies need to be protected, they are nice to hold, oh, so true; and that's for sure they can give you everything, but also they'll take it back from you! Eva is a lovely, sensitive woman who reaches out...Read the rest...
Categories: heartbroken, conflict, crush, desire, devotion,
Form: Lyric
Crying Shame
It has just come to me, As I lay here thinking, How sorry it seems to be And what a crying shame That I am left behind, A fish washed up on shore, A lonely cub separated And abandoned by the...Read the rest...
Categories: heartbroken, abuse, anxiety, conflict, depression,
Form: Free verse
Forever Lonesome
Yearning for what once was Take me to a time of love that once was A simpler time just me and you Sitting under the sun Daisies a few Mildew a plenty Rivers flowing free without any envy...Read the rest...
Categories: emotions, heartbroken, sorrow,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Why I love You So
I don’t know, I don’t know Why I love, love you so So much, so much my darling I can never fathom the ring The invisible ring bestowed On my neck. I cannot swallow The terrible pain in my throat I can...Read the rest...
Categories: emotions, feelings, heartbroken, imagination,
Form: Rhyme

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