Miscarriage Poems

Miscarriage Poems

Poems about Pregnancy Loss

One of life's most painful losses is that of an unborn child. Miscarriages cause a pain that is unfamiliar to most and understood by few. Parents feel a strong and natural love for their unborn child and to lose their little one to death before they ever had a chance at life can seem unfair, cruel even. Parents are left to wonder what might have been and a pair of empty arms can seem emptier than ever before. Faced with such a terrible situation parents should remember that it is normal, necessary, and healthy to grieve.

24 Poems for Coping with Miscarriage Loss

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  1. 1. For My Little One

    At the moment I realized I was pregnant, I fell in love. I loved my child so much and for the next two months my excitement grew and the fear that once was buried in me about being a young single parent was gone. Then one day I felt funny and started to bleed. I lost my baby. My heart is still broken, and I wish I had the chance to tell them how much I love them. Grieving the death of my child that I never had the chance to meet has been the greatest struggle of my life.


    • By Mary Cathleen
    • Published: October 2018 by Family Friend Poems with the permission of the Author.

    I never saw your twinkling eyes
    Or touched your precious feet.
    I never shared a tiny yawn
    Or rocked you fast asleep.

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    This poem is everything I've been thinking but unable to say. I was a young mother. I'm 16 and I lost my baby. When I started bleeding they told me everything was fine. They told me my baby...

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  3. 2. A Letter To My Unborn Child

    The loss of my unborn child is the worst pain I have ever felt in my life. By writing this poem, it helped me relieve some grief that was bottled inside. I came to this website in hopes of finding something that I can relate to, and I hope that my poem can help someone out there understand that they are not alone.

    • By Kaitlyn
    • Published: January 2011 by Family Friend Poems with the permission of the Author.

    So quickly you came into our lives,
    So quickly torn away.
    Never got the chance to meet you.
    There's so much I want to say.

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    I got married in July and my husband and I were surprised when found that I was pregnant 3 months later. We were over the moon at how lucky we had been to fall pregnant so soon. However, our...

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  5. 3. An Unfinished Life

    Dedicated to my unborn child, 2006.

    I'm sitting here mystified and numbed with pain
    To lose someone so close, yet so far away.
    Some say you can't lose something you never had.
    If that's true, then how can I feel this sad?

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    My eldest son came with his arm held high to the sky. His identical twin brother came with him, modest and his hand holding his mamma's thigh. They were born a miracle at 23 weeks gestation....

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  6. 4. Long To See Your Sweet Face

    This poem was written for our child we lost at 10 1/2 weeks due to a miscarriage. Grieving a child you never got the chance to meet is absolutely the hardest thing I have ever had to go through. With this loss there are no memories to hold on to help with the grief. This poem is an outlet for me to start that grieving process.

    • By Kim Perry
    • Published: January 2012 by Family Friend Poems with the permission of the Author.

    Two pink lines, we knew it was true,
    Sooner than later we would meet you.
    I yelled for your Daddy and smiled just so.
    He stood there in shock and a glorious glow.

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    I fell pregnant in 2012. I had the two lines come up on the test. I was excited but my partner (now ex) wasn't. He said he would throw me down stairs to make sure the baby doesn't survive. I...

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  7. 5. For Our Angel

    I had a miscarriage at 16 weeks with my first pregnancy.

    • By Lisa
    • Published: March 2012 by Family Friend Poems with the permission of the Author.

    We don't want to cry anymore,
    But the pain won't go away.
    Our hearts are torn in two
    Because our baby couldn't stay.

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    I found out I was pregnant with our 6th child very early on, the day my period was due. We had been trying for a boy. At 12 weeks, I found out through chromosome testing that this would be...

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  8. 6. I'll Remember You

    I found out on my husband's birthday that our 11 week old little bean had passed away. I went in for my routine doctor appointment and ultrasound. The baby measured perfectly to its gestational age but no longer had a heartbeat. Not only was it my husband's birthday but he was deployed to Afghanistan and all he had asked for was me to email him a picture of the ultrasound.

    • By Cassi
    • Published: July 2011 by Family Friend Poems with the permission of the Author.

    Would you wear pink or would you wear blue?
    I'll never know
    or hear your sweet coo
    or see those tiny little fingers,

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    1/1/2017 was the day we lost you. After bleeding for almost a week and a hospital visit, they said you were fine. Mommy knew, daddy didn't want to believe me. Your two older sisters always...

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  9. 7. The Missing Piece

    This poem expresses my pain over a recent lost pregnancy. The words break my own heart, but I hope that it helps anyone in a similar situation to feel less alone in their hurt.

    • By Kylie Ann
    • Published: April 2014 by Family Friend Poems with the permission of the Author.

    Your first Christmas came without you.
    You're the unopened secret screams.

    We carry you in our broken hearts all day

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  10. 8. I Am Here

    I am a mom of four handsome boys. When people ask if I was "trying for that girl," I get so mad because they have no idea. You don't have a baby because you want one; you are given a baby because the big man upstairs says so. Things happen for a reason, what reason? We will never know. I don't have a good story to share. My sister lost a baby boy 8 years ago in the 2nd trimester & I have had too many friends lose or miscarry their angel babies.

    • By Stacey Jo Rumberger
    • Published: July 2012 by Family Friend Poems with the permission of the Author.

    Please don't cry, I am here.
    Just look around; I am very near.
    I am the prettiest butterfly
    exploring the day.

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    Don't ever let someone blame you for the loss of your child. There is no reason to take the blame. Sounds like you are better off without him in your life, and the same as his mother. Don't...

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  11. 9. My Little Angel

    Losing a baby isn't easy for anyone. Losing anybody isn't easy for anyone either. I am lost for words on what has happened with this pregnancy in the last couple months. All I can do is be strong.

    • By April Westlake
    • Published: July 2013 by Family Friend Poems with the permission of the Author.

    I never got to hold you,
    Or kiss your little head,
    Or watch you sleeping soundly
    All snuggled in your bed.

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    Cole was a full-term baby. He died hours after birth. We held him for hours, passing him around. We knew he wouldn't live long, so we talked to him, telling him how much we loved him. After 4...

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  12. 10. I Did Not Expect This

    My first pregnancy just ended with a natural miscarriage at 8 weeks. The doctors, my friends and my family are all trying to provide support. They keep telling me that there was nothing I could do because it is a natural thing that just happens. It is so hard for me to accept that.

    • By Carola
    • Published: July 2010 by Family Friend Poems with the permission of the Author.

    This is natural, they say.
    It is all for the best.
    I cannot move past this heartache,
    This pain in my chest.

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    Your poem truly touched my heart. I am 19, and I have lost three babies. One when I was 18 and two this year. I was six weeks along with all three. I was scared but so excited when I found...

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  13. 11. My Baby In Heaven

    There's not a day that goes by that I'm not thinking about my sweet baby.

    • By Jenna
    • Published: March 2015 by Family Friend Poems with the permission of the Author.

    My baby's in heaven,
    but that's okay.
    There she'll be safe
    every second of every single day.

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  14. 12. Still

    This poem was written after I suffered an early miscarriage. There is no right or wrong way to go through this process, and I felt completely betrayed by my body in the days after I lost the baby. I had all the initial dreams and hopes for this child as I have for my children I carried to term. I needed to let myself feel all the grief and pain associated with the loss, and I will continue to feel the loss of that child forever. This miscarriage has changed me.

    • By Jenna L. Alfrey
    • Published: April 2017 by Family Friend Poems with the permission of the Author.

    My body is still birthing,
    But nothing is to show.
    The little life that was to be
    Left my body days ago.

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    I've had 2 miscarriages...one at 8 weeks and one at 12. I'm still grieving. I agree, it is a very lonely process. It's been 2 years since my first one. The pain subsides but never fully goes...

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  15. 13. It All Started With A Hook Up

    I'm 15 years old a freshman in high school. In April I should be having a baby girl with my ex-boyfriend after me and him hooked up over the summer. But 5 1/2 months in I miscarried. And this poem is to my daughter.

    • By Mikaela
    • Published: March 2012 by Family Friend Poems with the permission of the Author.

    It started with a hook up.
    And than the plus sign appeared.
    Your daddy told me to take care of it.
    I did as he told.

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    This exact same thing happened to me. It's kind of scary how similar this poem is to what happened to me. At 21 weeks I went into labor with my baby girl and she died shortly after I gave...

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  16. 14. Miscarriage

    When a child dies before birth, many question why, as did my daughter who lost a child through miscarriage. I wrote this poem for her through my belief that as hard as miscarriage is to understand, God doesn't make mistakes. He loves us, and there is an answer that I believe coincides with my poem.

    • By Ron Tranmer
    • Published: June 2014 by Family Friend Poems with the permission of the Author.

    What we call miscarriage,
    Is hard to understand,
    but God calls special babies
    back with Him in Heaven's land.

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  17. 15. My Angel Baby

    I have suffered two miscarriages and am finally starting to heal and see a way forward!

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

    I will never get to hold you,
    To keep you warm and safe.

    Never see your eyes twinkle,

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    My boyfriend and I also had a miscarriage about 6 months ago and I am still in pain over our loss. I am 15 as well, and so reading this poem touched me very dearly. This poem is beautiful and...

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  18. 16. Teenage Miscarriage

    This is a poem I made about my triplet miscarriage I had 4 weeks ago. I was pregnant with triplets but lost them at 16 weeks.

    • By Danielle
    • Published: June 2009 by Family Friend Poems with the permission of the Author.

    They say that time's a great healer,
    But I don't think that's true.
    My heart's been aching so, so much
    Since the day that I lost you.

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    I also had a beautiful baby girl who I had at 25 weeks and 5 days. She lived for 2 days. I'll never get over losing my princess. I had a little boy, so all I wanted was a little girl. She...

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  19. 17. A Dedication To Your Unborn Child

    I dedicate this poem to Jean and her unborn child 6-28-07.

    • By R.E.S.
    • Published: November 2007 by Family Friend Poems with the permission of the Author.

    You went into the office
    expecting the great news,
    that your baby was secure,
    growing in your womb.

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    I am 17 and was pregnant 3 years ago. I was young and came from an abusive family. I was scared of telling anyone, because my parents might beat me. I was 40 pounds underweight, and I was the...

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  20. 18. I'm Waiting For You

    This past fall I had a miscarriage. While I try every day to find reason or to justify it being for the best, I can't seem to find closure. I've set my life in a tail spin trying to get pregnant again, thinking that will fill the hole I can't seem to fill otherwise. After you have a miscarriage, you find out it's super common, but no one wants to talk about it. They might ask how you are, but no one wants the real answer. So I put some of those feelings into this poem.

    • By Emily B. Judisch
    • Published: May 2019 by Family Friend Poems with the permission of the Author.

    At one time, I thought you were near,
    A feeling so abundantly strong and clear.
    Inside me you grew and grew,
    I was impatient waiting for you.

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  21. 19. Our Precious Baby

    After the miscarriage of our baby, I had to find a way to help ease the pain we were experiencing. Putting it in words seemed to be a way of letting our baby know that we were sorry for what happened and that we loved him or her.

    • By David W. Hewitt
    • Published: March 2016 by Family Friend Poems with the permission of the Author.

    As you lied so helpless in the womb,
    We patiently awaited your day of bloom.
    A boy, a girl, we had not a clue,
    We'd love no matter what, and this we knew.

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  22. 20. A Mother's Goodbye

    This poem uses rhyming scheme and follows the pattern of a, a, b, b. This poem is written from a mother's point of view after a miscarriage. I mainly wrote this for my mom, who has experienced two miscarriages. So, for all you mothers who have lost a baby, I hope this poem comforts you and helps you to heal. My heart goes out to you!

    • By Ciana R. Lewis
    • Published: July 2019 by Family Friend Poems with the permission of the Author.

    I only had you for a little while.
    I was never able to see your smiles,
    Yet I thank God for the little time we had,
    Even though when you left, I was sad.

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