Husband Death Poems

Husband Death Poems

Loss of Husband Poems

Husbands are, for many wives, their source of comfort, love, joy, and companionship. Many wives consider their husband to be their confidant and best friend. To lose the man they have relied on for so long can be utterly devastating. For those who have not experienced the loss of a husband, it is impossible to understand the depth of the pain a wife feels. It is a pain so deep, the human mind only comes to accept the harsh reality gradually. Widows and her supportive friends and family can honor their loved one by recounting a kind gesture or amusing stories involving him.

30 Poems Paying Tribute to the Passing of Husbands

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  1. 1. Baby Steps

    • By Luann Winkle
    • Published by Family Friend Poems March 1, 2024 with permission of the Author.

    I tell myself I need
    to take baby steps
    beginning with his shoes.
    Plastic bag in hand I enter the closet

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    Luann:
    First of all I'm so sorry for the loss of your life partner. I can only imagine how difficult that would be! I do have to tell you that very few poems have transported me to a scene...

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  3. 2. My Other Half

    • By Ann D. Stevenson
    • Published by Family Friend Poems February 21, 2024 with permission of the Author.

    Together for over fifty years,
    times of laughter and of tears.
    I fell in love with all his charms,
    could dance forever in his arms.

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    I hope and pray you do indeed get at least 50 years with your other half.
    Thank you for your lovely comment about my writing. It means a great deal. Very best wishes, Ann.

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  5. 3. In My Heart

    You're not here
    For me to see
    My heart longs for
    The day to be

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  6. 4. The Widow-Maker

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    A loose limb hangs upon a pine three log-lengths from the ground,
    A norway tumbles with a whine and shakes the woods around.
    The loose limb plunges from its place and zigzags down below;
    And Jack is lying on his face—there's red upon the snow.

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    • Rating 4.75
  7. 5. I Will Finally Let You Go!

    These days, that moment haunts me,
    That first moment we met.
    You were a vision from the heavens
    That I never would forget.

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    Oh Ann, my heart goes out to you. I can only imagine the pain you must be in. Having a lifelong love is such a blessing but watching them be sick would be a torture. I feel stupid trying to...

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  8. 6. Our Love Is Forever

    • By Ron Robins
    • Published by Family Friend Poems March 2021 with permission of the Author.

    Mornings in the summer
    Autumn's evening mist
    Snowflakes on my window
    Solitude exists

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  9. 7. Kisses On The Wind

    • By Valerie I. Petroff
    • Published by Family Friend Poems March 2021 with permission of the Author.

    Time heals all wounds they say,
    but I have one that never goes away.
    The loss of you has left a spot
    deep in my heart that time forgot.

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    • Rating 4.36
  10. 8. Until We Meet Again

    • By Hazel J. Rex
    • Published by Family Friend Poems December 2020 with permission of the Author.

    Alone in my darkness I still see your face,
    sometimes your presence and your warm embrace.
    I look 'round the house; it's calling your name,
    but nothing I see here quite feels the same.

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    • Rating 4.43
  11. 9. Beside Your Grave

    • By Debra L. Brown
    • Published by Family Friend Poems June 2019 with permission of the Author.

    I left a simple rose today.
    I laid it down upon your grave.
    Then memories came rushing - from the past,
    of our lives together; we said it would last.

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  12. 10. A Wife's Grief

    If death is nothing at all,
    We will be enjoying summer and fall;
    We shall talk and laugh as we have always done,
    Instead of waiting for my time to come.

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  13. 11. 'Til Death Do Us Part

    • By Alex
    • Published by Family Friend Poems October 2018 with permission of the Author.

    When life seems a blur,
    And I can't quite believe
    That I'm living without you
    And you were taken from me,

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    Thank you for saying what I feel. Just lost my husband and not sure where to go from here or what to feel. I know life is for the living and I must muster the strength and courage to continue...

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  14. 12. Stillness


    Eternal lights flicker
    In a distant sky.
    Where have you gone;
    Why did you die?

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    Thank you for your beautiful poem and supporting words. My lovely husband and soulmate died two weeks ago, quite unexpected, at the age of 50. I am 30. He was everything to me, so loving,...

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  15. 13. Time Does Not Bring Relief (Sonnet II)

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    Time does not bring relief; you all have lied
    Who told me time would ease me of my pain!
    I miss him in the weeping of the rain;
    I want him at the shrinking of the tide;

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    I relate to her deep pain, I lost my precious son Chris a little over 3 years ago, suddenly. Now my heart and my soul are shattered forever on this earth, my life altered. I'm yet in that...

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  16. 14. A Love That's Forever

    • By Tarenn
    • Published by Family Friend Poems March 2018 with permission of the Author.

    I love you.
    I love you too, until the casket closes.
    But when your casket closes,
    Where should my love then go?

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    • Rating 4.28
  17. 15. I'll Be Missing You

    They say that time will heal all wounds.
    I know that could be true.
    It's the lonely in-between times
    That I start missing you.

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    • Rating 4.61
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    My husband who was a professional boxer developed dementia at age 57 from undetected brain injuries. He was admitted to Bendale Acres Long Term Care at the age of 67. It was so lonely without...

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  18. 16. Now That You're Gone

    • By Roselyn Dj. Sarmiento
    • Published by Family Friend Poems August 2017 with permission of the Author.

    You're gone, and all that's left is nothing but memories,
    Memories that lead me to silence and tears.
    I miss your arms that hold me tight,
    Your snore that fills our room at night.

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    • Rating 4.45
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    Lost my husband on Sept 30, 2020, after a five year progressive illness of Lewy Body Dementia. Watching him go downhill with my two teenage sons, having to miss their graduations from high...

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  19. 17. With You Again

    • By Jan
    • Published by Family Friend Poems March 2017 with permission of the Author.

    Fifteen years of happiness just wasn't enough time
    To show the world that you were mine.
    There are no words to express how sad I feel,
    How lost I am without you; it does not feel real.

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    • Rating 4.41
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    Terry and I had previously been in abusive marriages. We tried to settle with the fact that we would never meet our soulmate! But then it happened in 2013 at ages 51 and 61. Our chaplain said...

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  20. 18. Where Are You?

    • By Grace A. Mandry
    • Published by Family Friend Poems January 2017 with permission of the Author.

    Why has He taken you from me?
    Torn from my side, where you should be.
    Forty-six years we lived as one
    To stand stronger than we had begun.

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    • Shares 974
    • Favorited 14
    • Votes 385
    • Rating 4.46
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    I identify with many of your grief stories. My husband of almost 35 years died on Christmas Day 2017. He bravely fought cancer for two years. He was an amazing man, a wonderful husband, a...

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  21. 19. Moving Forward

    • By Jennifer
    • Published by Family Friend Poems April 2015 with permission of the Author.

    I woke up this morning
    And reached over for you.
    You weren't there, I remembered.
    Now what will I do?

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    Each day I wake since you're gone, drinking coffee, feeling empty and alone. No one to talk to about what we used to share. Trying hard each day not to live in despair. Trying to stay busy,...

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  22. 20. Suicide

    • By Derryn Brinton-Wood
    • Published by Family Friend Poems June 2014 with permission of the Author.

    Suicide the headline screams
    And everyone turns their head
    Too frightened, too shocked, too ignorant
    To acknowledge that he is dead

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    • Votes 277
    • Rating 4.28
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    Hi Audrey,
    Thank you for responding and sharing your story with me. My husband also suffered from bi-polar, so I understand your fear and your pain. What got me through the many years was to...

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