1. Sometimes
Sometimes I catch a glimpse,
In softened waves of blue,
My child, my heart ...when I see a smile,
I can't help but think of you.
Grief Poems
Poems about Grief, Coping and Life After Loss
A family is like a body. When a family loses a loved one, it is as if they have lost one of their limbs. The contribution that was made by the family member that was lost can never be replaced. That person is gone. What that person has brought to the family is gone. Is it important for the family to take time to grieve for this loss. Doing so is a matter of respect for the relative that has passed. It is also a step that the family must take to acknowledge its loss. If we do not take the time to honor the lost relative, it is as if we are saying that they didn't matter to us.
30 Poems For Grieving After The Loss of a Loved One
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Featured Shared StoryDearest Beverly - I just went through losing my beloved partner of 13 years, and my dearest girlfriend sent me a poem that really put things as they really are. I had my own notion of grief....
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2. Seasons Of Grief
Shall I wither and fall like an autumn leaf,
From this deep sorrow - from this painful grief?
How can I go on or find a way to be strong?
Will I ever again enjoy life's sweet song?Featured Shared StoryWe, (humanity,) are facing an epidemic of loneliness. It is why there are so many heartbreaking stories of children, being lost to drugs and/or gang violence. When we see someone that we try...
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Very few poems touch me the way this one has. You have managed to put into words the grieving process I went through when I lost my parents...most of all you have shown that there is a light...
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4. My Mask
Every morning I wake up and put on a mask.
The mask makes everything seem all right,
But they don't know I cry at night.
The nightmares just won't go away.Featured Shared StoryFirst, I am profoundly sorry for the loss you've had to endure. Please take comfort in knowing you are not alone. Yours is the only poem that spoke clearly to my heart. So well put. The...
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5. Heartache
I wasn't there to say goodbye,
to reminisce of times gone by.
I wasn't there to make you smile,Featured Shared StorySix years ago, my mother was in the hospital. She had congestive heart failure. After my dad would get back from the hospital, I would always ask him if she was getting better. One day, he...
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6. I'm So Alone After Mom Died
I'm so alone, it's so dark...
When is the sun going to shine again?
The sky is dark, my world is grey....Featured Shared StoryI lost my Mama on August 19, 1994. I can relate to this poem so much. I miss my mother still so much even after all these years. I was an only child, so I was probably even closer to my Mama...
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7. This Basket Of Burdens
My Basket of burdens
Is filled with the grief of my loss
It is so heavy to carry
Although this road I must cross.Featured Shared StoryI was touched by this poem because I lost 4 of my closest family members in this year due to Covid. My little sister who was about to get married this year passed away due to Covid in April...
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8. I Measure Every Grief I Meet
Famous Poem
I measure every Grief I meet
With narrow, probing, eyes –
I wonder if It weighs like Mine –
Or has an Easier size.Featured Shared StoryPenny, you are so right to be honest and tell it like it is for you because that's how I feel as well. It's ok not to be ok. My daughter died on May 23, 2019, of a drug overdose. She had...
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9. Grieving For A Loved One
I shed a tear, I feel quite numb
another loss, thoughts of a dearly beloved one.
They say time heals, give it a while,
remember all the happy times and smiles,Featured Shared StoryI am so sorry to hear of your losses. I wrote this a while ago, and although I can't say you will ever get over them, I have found a way to re-adjust. Since then, my friend lost her husband...
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10. I Don't Want My Boy To Go
Deep sadness overcame me
When I heard the dreadful news
God, please say it isn't so
I don't want my boy to goFeatured Shared StoryI empathize with you and most assuredly feel your pain. My dad first got Prostate Cancer, then Esophageal Cancer (was in coma for 31 days) and finally died 2007 of Lung Cancer. Sad, I know...
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11. Heavenly Rose
I wonder, is there Valentine's Day in heaven?
For the one I love is there.
I would love to send her some flowers
To let her know how much I care.Featured Shared StoryBrother John,
That's so, so touching and beautiful.
I believe there's a Saint Valentine's Day in heaven and that flowers grow there.
Do not worry, do not despair for roses are abundant in... -
12. Without You
Why is the world still spinning?
Doesn't it know you're gone?
It's an end or some kind of beginning
But for everyone else life goes onFeatured Shared StoryYou know, I still sit around daily feeling crestfallen and betrayed by God for having taken my very best friend away from me. This above poem describes the way I am feeling now. I lost my...
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13. The Night Sky
Looking up at the moonlit sky
In the quiet of the night
I found a truth that stilled my soul
In a tiny speck of lightFeatured Shared StoryI love this poem - it's a bit like one of mine on Family Friends, called 'Among the Stars'. We both obviously share the same sort of feelings inspired by the night sky. Best wishes, Ann
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This poem reads the mind of a person affected by grief. "But right now/You can't" has the logic. It depicts the hope that there will be a time with "can."
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15. A Final Goodbye
It's hard for me to accept that you're gone
I'm trying not to think about it all wrong
I know that you're gone to a better place
But sometimes I just want to see your faceFeatured Shared StoryI love your poem it reminds me of my little brother that passed away last June
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16. Endless Haze
I’ve searched for solace,
yet grief clings,
a shadow I can’t shake.
Loneliness tightens around my heart,Featured Shared StoryOh how I feel for you in your grief. I lost my husband a year and a half ago and the grief seems to get worse and worse. We had been together for over sixty years. Sending you my very best...
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17. Broken
Life, it hurts. It hurts so bad.
You're supposed to be here, and it makes me mad.
I know you're not gone because you live in me.
They say I'm strong, but how dare you leave! -
18. Life Without You
I trace the years in each fading frame,
clutching our smiles,
as joy and sorrow reclaim.
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19. In My Mind And My Heart
Forgive me if I cry
But there is nothing else to do
If only God could have warned me
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20. A Call From Heaven
I lie awake long into the night,
Hoping that maybe you just might
Give me a call to say you're okay
And let me know you made it through the day.
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