Poems about death

• --"The definition of Poetry."

  Poetry is an endless jouney through feelings and a mix of emotions that can never be explain in scientific or any other way, except by word

  by bigcoolyo 32 words, 2 comments, 1 day ago. In Love, Personal, Sad, Dark, Life, Spiritual, Weird, Hope, Fantasy, Death, Depression
• Holding on

  by brittney217 122 words, 2 comments, on Nov 27 3:48 PM. In Death, Love, lost, sad
• For Mom

  by AeroNex 37 words, on Nov 22 2:14 PM. In Dark, Sad, Life, Loss, Death
• North Park Bridge

  by AeroNex 80 words, 1 comment, on Nov 22 1:54 PM. In Free verse, Dark, Society, Contemporary, Adult, Death, Depression, Perception
• Bury It

  Bury it, / Bury it, / I'm telling myself to bury this pain / That's coming out. / You can't chandra you can't / Just bury it / it will be ok soon. / / I don't think it will, / I can't keep hiding it / I can't / It's killing me

  by shadow2050 342 words, 1 comment, on Nov 19 1:39 PM. In Sad, Personal, Life, Depression, Death, Sadness
• Broken Promises

  Promises / Broken, / Shattered on the floor / You can't fix them / Can't replace them. / / That one promise / I believed / That one pro

  by shadow2050 120 words, 1 comment, on Nov 19 8:10 AM. In Love, Depression, Sad, Life, Thoughts, Sadness, Death, Pain
• 73 Seconds

  See if anyone knows what this is about. I'll tell you in the notes at the end.

  by DebraLynn 183 words, 11 comments, on Nov 14 3:50 AM. In Free verse, Contemporary, Death
• At the Seashore

  Written when a teenager because a friend challenged me to write a poem on a subject she chose.

  by DebraLynn 139 words, 2 comments, on Nov 12 3:04 AM. In Love, Sad, Rhyme, Pain, Death
• Tribute

  Written after seeing my grandfather's grave when my grandmother was still alive.

  by DebraLynn 75 words, 2 comments, on Nov 11 7:56 PM. In Free verse, Love, Personal, Death, Loss
• phantasmagoria

  scribbled words desperately written in the moment of inspiration. where everything for a second has meaning. as you lay yourself down you can't help but feel that foreboding. you pray for stilleto stillness, a comfort of knowing eternal rest. a torrent of

  by mufinhxc 521 words, 5 comments, on Nov 11 1:41 AM. In Love, Personal, Sad, Dark, Life, Angst, Thoughts, Death, Depression, Sadness
• synapse

  check my vitals and if you feel a pulse just remember it's only the ghost you wanted all along. it wasn't you twisting the blade in my back. you were the only one front and center light me a fire with your smile. defacing me and i knew they were lies all

  by mufinhxc 718 words, on Nov 11 1:40 AM. In Personal, Sad, Dark, Life, Angst, Thoughts, Death, Depression, Sadness, Perception
• your smile makes me fall to pieces

  paper words / / glass flowers / / the ink ran and withered away / / i passed out in a stupor / / and awoke fucked / / enough to loosen up / / choked on the words / / and vommited up a little true love / / watch the

  by mufinhxc 78 words, 3 comments, on Nov 11 1:38 AM. In Personal, Sad, Dark, Life, Angst, Thoughts, Death, Depression, Sadness, Perception
• silhouette

  tumultuous stir / / egregious apprehension / / steps ascend / / a morose saunter / / contemplative introspection / / accumulative abhorrence / / effulgent precipice / / stiletto silhouette collapse / / a cacophonous

  by mufinhxc 112 words, 5 comments, on Nov 11 1:17 AM. In Personal, Sad, Dark, Life, Thoughts, Pain, Death, Depression, Sadness, Anguish
• dear juliet

  i never found romeo and juliet to be the masterpiece that everybody made it out to be. i am romeo the hopeless, lost, morose romantic. unlike him i have never met my love. unlike him i am here alone, drinking my poison alone. i wonder to myself what has i

  by mufinhxc 275 words, on Nov 11 1:11 AM. In Love, Personal, Sad, Dark, Life, Thoughts, Death, Depression, Sadness, Anger, Suicide
• willow

  we sat together on the porch of our summer home staring up at the night sky as clear as could be. we held one another and hummed ourselves to sleep with nameless lullabies by flickering candle light. as we woke the next morning with everything we'd ever w

  by mufinhxc 135 words, on Nov 11 12:32 AM. In Love, Personal, Sad, Dark, Life, Thoughts, Pain, Death, Depression, Sadness, Anguish
• nero

  my hand coupled in yours / you took the pencil and taught me to draw / willingly drew a line through my heart / three fourths your's / and a blackened shaded sliver for me / i saw you dressed in red / your eyes violently vibrant / that infin

  by mufinhxc 341 words, 1 comment, on Nov 11 12:28 AM. In Angst, Sad, Dark, Life, Thoughts, Death, Depression, Sadness, Perception, Anguish
• fine art

  he's a masterpiece / a fucking puzzle piece / that fits so perfectly between her sheets / absolved they dissolve in their sins / but he doesn't quite fit in with your friends / caper caw and late nights with the law / bloodshot eyes / these

  by mufinhxc 160 words, 9 comments, on Nov 11 12:22 AM. In Sad, Dark, Personal, Love, Angst, Thoughts, Rhyme, Pain, Death, Depression, Sadness
• The Little Boy

  Song Inspired

  by courage is hope 149 words, 6 comments, on Nov 8 11:58 AM. In Dark, Sad, Pain, Death, Depression, Sadness, Hate, Loss
• The Quest

  We invite you to come on a journey of the mind.
  

  by Brian Balzer 503 words, 12 comments, on Nov 8 4:23 AM. In Weird, Fantasy, Thoughts, Imagery, Abstract, Perception, Death, Life, Free verse. Reward
• Phlebotomy

  These tantrums have worn you thin, / / your mattress floats toward the ceiling, / the weight of your nightmares gone... / / They've come to life, / and stand, fully formed, in your reflection, / casting shadows like tears, distorting your

  by RoisinDubh 82 words, 9 comments, on Nov 4 2:59 PM. In Dark, Fantasy, Thoughts, Pain, Death, Other, Anguish, Wierd
• Morbid touch

  by February Angel 209 words, 5 comments, on Nov 4 4:47 AM. In Adult, Dark, Sad, Personal, Death, Erotica
• First Episode

  a poem about second chances and learning from what life hands you

  by gingerhall1976 629 words, 21 comments, on Nov 1 8:57 PM. In Personal, Sad, Life, Pain, Death, Depression, Sadness, Loss, Anguish, Family
• Fireflies

  The sunset was our sweet whispers in the night, / Counting fireflies and stars until time would stop, / Soaring with the birds flying sout

  by Lake Absence 225 words, 8 comments, on Nov 1 8:29 PM. In Love, Sad, Death, Fiction, Music
• Scarlet eternity

  Captured in the shadows, / Shadows of tormentor / Not temptation / I fear my salvation / Portrayed in the burning hay / / Time has come,

  by February Angel 125 words, 1 comment, on Oct 31 3:35 PM. In Dark, Sad, Death, Pain
• Dark corner

  Peeling wallpaper in both sides / the musty scent of lavender / hits me again / I shivered / crying in pain / Darkness bathed the surro

  by February Angel 120 words, 3 comments, on Oct 29 6:24 AM. In Personal, Dark, Sad, Pain, Death, Loss
• Missing Person’s file Number 4815162342

  by Love-Junkie 176 words, on Oct 27 4:55 PM. In Death, Love, Sea, Sad
• The ritual

  Beneath the skeleton tree / I lie / dead,cold ,consumed in my own misery / Beneath the skeleton tree / the mourners dance / 13 mourners cry

  by February Angel 205 words, 4 comments, on Oct 25 12:49 PM. In Dark, Sad, Weird, Death, Pain, Loss
• Bleeding in the dark

  
  

  by February Angel 160 words, 1 comment, on Oct 24 5:14 AM. In Dark, Sad, Personal, Weird, Imagery, Pain, Death
• The Body's Still Here

  She lies there like a broken doll / She took her life to stop the pain / The pain far to much for her to bare / Life is gone but the body's still here / / Her parents sit there, faces grim / They had no idea she hurt so bad / They had no id

  by BJ Colvin 105 words, 1 comment, on Oct 22 10:52 PM. In Sad, Depression, Death, Suicide
• Hidden

  / >The pictures is his mind / >

  by Lake Absence 139 words, 9 comments, on Oct 22 3:30 PM. In Sad, Death, Suicide, Depression, Music