Lost Love Poems

Published: January 3, 2023

Poems About Lost Love

The loss of a lover, whether because they have passed on or for any other reason is a heartbreaking experience. Some never fully recover. There might always be a small place in your heart that holds the pain of this experience. This is natural and fine. Even when you find another person to love, it is OK to hold a place for the lover that has passed. You shared something profound together. The previous relationship that you had is not like your new relationship. Every relationship is unique and should be allowed a place in your heart.

Poems About Lost Love

  1. Tonight I Can Write The Saddest Lines

    Famous Poem

    This poem was published in 1924, just as Pablo Neruda entered his 20s. In this poem, the speaker is dealing with the end of a relationship and longing for the woman to be back in his arms. The repetition of, “Tonight I can write the saddest lines,” brings the reader’s attention to that theme throughout this sad love poem. Pablo Neruda used alliteration throughout this poem with many words beginning with “s” (saddest, shattered, stars, sky, soul, etc.).

    in Famous Sad Love Poems

    Tonight I can write the saddest lines.

    Write, for example, 'The night is shattered
    and the blue stars shiver in the distance.'

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    Neruda's poem resonates. Letting go is a process, when love is not requited anymore. How is it possible to do so easily? It is not. Today we are constantly surrounded by memories. The pain...

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  2. Love Hate

    • By David Charlton
    • Published by Family Friend Poems March 2015 with permission of the Author.

    I wrote this poem when struggling with being in love with someone and not really enjoying how it changed my thought process and influenced my actions.

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    Of all the emotions a person can feel,
    Love is scariest and hardest to heal.
    Excitement and mystery impossible to resist.
    Promises of magic perpetually persist.

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  4. I Could

    • By Chrys Lea
    • Published by Family Friend Poems April 2017 with permission of the Author.

    This is about someone I care about a lot, and I waited until it was too late to tell them how I felt. Now they like someone else, and I don't have much of a chance to get them back.

    in I Miss You Poems

    I could dream of you forever,
    But it wouldn't put me beside you.

    I could call your name on end,

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    This poem is deep. It calls you out. I'd been friends with this guy for about 6-7 years. When we first met I remember getting those butterflies, that instant feeling of knowing it was him. I...

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  5. Hating You Sweetly

    • By Alisea T.
    • Published by Family Friend Poems March 2015 with permission of the Author.

    The poem that you read, or are about to read, I wrote specifically for my best friend. My friend went through a tough time with a guy and he used her in a way, but he also wanted to be serious; it's complicated. She still likes him, but she looks at him and cannot read his emotions. She senses that he wants her back, but she's not sure. I wrote her this poem to have her emotions in some way written down. It was also something for her to keep to show that I care about her. Thank you for reading:)

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    I looked for a word to say,
    but could not find one that day.

    I wished for a word that would stay in your heart,

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    Exactly where I am. I hate and love him so deeply at the same time. It's killing me that he shows no remorse for hurting me. He refuses to acknowledge or even try to rectify my pain. It hurts...

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  7. A Lost Love

    • By Steve Stewart
    • Published by Family Friend Poems March 2015 with permission of the Author.

    When my first love and I broke up I didn't know how to handle it. I couldn't sleep. I couldn't eat. I didn't know how I was going to move on. It was during this very painful time that I discovered the only avenue through which I could move on was by expressing my sorrows via poetry. And although we never got back together, early mornings spent writing and rewriting and rewriting again are what pushed me forward to the point where I became comfortable with the fact that it was really over.

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    There's a pain in my heart that I'm feeling today,
    for the love of my life feels further each day.

    The sorrow is so much and the pain is so deep.

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    Today my love has gone. We had a 5-year relationship. Her parents did not agree with marriage due to caste. I love her so much. We had good memories. Now my eyes shed tears when I see her...

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  8. I Want You Back

    • By Sania Harris
    • Published by Family Friend Poems November 2008 with permission of the Author.

    Someone I loved dearly was avoiding me. He sounded more interested in other girls, so I felt really hurt - so hurt that I cried the whole day, and then I wrote this poem. It is straight from my heart.

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    Sitting by the river,
    Dreaming through my reflection,
    I wonder what has happened.
    What has caused this distance?

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    I'm going through a situation right now. I'm losing someone I love just because of the mistakes I did. Apparently, she tells me she just wants to be single and wants time, but I know of some...

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  9. The Bench

    I wrote this poem a few months back after my partner and I split up...the bench was where we got engaged.

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    Sitting alone
    On a bench that's made for two,
    Only one side is empty,
    For that place is meant for you.

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    The experience in this poem is exactly the experience I had two weeks ago.

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  10. The Love Of My Life

    • By Dave
    • Published by Family Friend Poems September 2008 with permission of the Author.

    I wrote this poem for the love of my life. She has come in and out of my life for over twenty years now. I always knew that I loved her but did not realize until recently that she was the only woman that I have ever truly loved.

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    To the love of my life,
    though fate never allowed me to make you my wife.
    When we met so many years ago,
    it was love at first sight, that I know.

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    This is my story. It starts out beautiful and amazing, and like many love stories, it went downhill too fast. During the summer of 2015, I met this most amazing, funny kind, and handsome man!...

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  11. The One Who Got Away

    • By Kiera
    • Published by Family Friend Poems July 2008 with permission of the Author.

    To all the strong females who have been hurt in the past and don't believe they will ever find a true, real man again, this poem is a lesson learned the hard way, for you.

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    My heart literally hurts.
    My chest is in pain.
    Life without you
    Will never be the same.

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    He was my first love. We were 15. He flirted, I liked him, he liked me. He told me he wanted to be together. I took it as a joke, but I knew it wasn't. I kept pushing his love away, so we...

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  12. Last Goodbye

    • By Dorsa Saa
    • Published by Family Friend Poems June 2010 with permission of the Author.

    One last kiss, hug, and wipe away a tear before saying goodbye. The last time they see each other.

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    I sit here waiting
    Waiting for you to see
    That time is running out
    Come on and save me

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    I loved him, but he broke my heart a few days ago. He ended it through text, then blocked me on everything. I can't help but think of his smile, the way he'd look at me, and the way I wanted...

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  13. Lost Love

    • By Robert B. Wolfe
    • Published by Family Friend Poems August 2016 with permission of the Author.

    This is about my first love that I gave up when I went into the service. I never stopped loving her.

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    As I sit and ponder the day away.
    I remember the young love I gave away.
    I searched for a love like I left behind,
    Too young to realize she was one of a kind.

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  14. The Cycle

    • By Spencer Castro
    • Published by Family Friend Poems November 2007 with permission of the Author.

    This poet writes with perhaps some pessimism that the nature of all love is ultimately to end in sorrow.

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    Why do we feel such strong emotion,
    Of complete care and pure devotion.
    It seems to bring just pain and fear,
    Along with shame and then the tears.

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    We may not be in love, Though we may not be friends. But in my world of dreams, This is not the end. Let the ages pass by, Let the faces change. But for you, my friend, My love will...

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  15. Moving On

    • By Karren
    • Published by Family Friend Poems November 2009 with permission of the Author.

    I just wrote this poem a while ago; my boyfriend and I broke up and he chose another girl over me despite the fact that we're having a baby. He literally pushed me away, and I'll always remember his last words, "Please, just please let me go. I don't love you anymore!" It hurts so much; I just hope I'll be able to forget him and go on with my life.

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    I treasured you in my heart.
    I wish we'd never be apart
    Because you're the best thing I've ever had.
    I never thought I could be this sad.

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    I am a young man who is struggling with the past as well. I dated my ex-girlfriend for two consecutive years, and nothing seemed to worry me. No fleeting shadow ever crossed our way. But then...

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  16. The Pain Inside

    • By Robert Vincent
    • Published by Family Friend Poems November 2015 with permission of the Author.

    This is a story about a girl I met and kept running into until I asked her out. We had a great night doing nothing in particular, just looking at the stars. It was one of the best nights, and nothing came of it.

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    I saw the stars that shine
    When I looked into your eyes.
    I felt the pain inside
    When your head was next to mine.

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    I met this girl on Instagram. We started talking, and she told me she had a boyfriend. Somehow I knew she needed a friend. She told that her boyfriend never talks to her at all, so I sat...

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  17. My Memories

    • By Graham Chaplin
    • Published by Family Friend Poems October 2016 with permission of the Author.

    This poem is about the loss of a girl I loved so very much when I was young. Sadly, I let her slip away because I could not believe that I was worthy of her. Now many years later, I feel that I must pay tribute to that love.

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    My memories are sacred of the you I used to know.
    I remember all the places where you and I would go.

    Time has made me older, and life has made me old.

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    The sky and the winds howl. Days go by and my love can't be found. Wanting just one more kiss one more smile and one more scent. Days turn into weeks, weeks turn into months, and months turn...

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  18. I Wanted To Go With You

    • By Norma Clay McCoy
    • Published by Family Friend Poems November 2007 with permission of the Author.

    I'm dedicating this poem to my treasured husband of 23 years, Tim McCoy, born 09-09-1958, died July 12, 2007, at 4:25 pm. My name is Norma Clay McCoy. Tim was the true love of my life. No one can ever take his place in my heart.

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    I was a lonely wanderer, searching for a place to belong.
    You came into my life and gave me love, a place to call home.

    Home is where the heart is; it doesn't always have four walls.

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    The man I have loved for more than half my life is dying from a blood disorder. Every day he and I are realizing that living for the moment is the most important thing in our lives. We...

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  19. When Love Dies

    • By Billy Arends
    • Published by Family Friend Poems February 2009 with permission of the Author.

    My poem is for any person (man or woman) who has ever lost someone. Whether through cheating, love gone cold, or any other type of hurt. The one I lost was my burning candle, and all I had to do to keep it burning was pay attention. I extinguished that flame by hurting her.

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    When love dies,
    It ceases to exist.
    And the flame that used to be,
    Ceases to persist.

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  20. Silent Tears

    • By Nyasha Bard
    • Published by Family Friend Poems October 2015 with permission of the Author.

    This poem is about me and my struggles to let him go. It's been about two years now, and I still can't get myself to let him go. I hope this poem helps someone else who's going through what I am.

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    The day you said it's over was the day that I died.
    When it became dark, I laid down and cried,
    Going over and over in my head on what to do.
    I could never find the courage to let you be you.

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  21. A Love Lost

    • By Randall W. West
    • Published by Family Friend Poems May 13, 2022 with permission of the Author.

    I'm sure that everyone at one time of another has blown the opportunity to have a lasting romance. Unfortunately, you can never go back and change the mistakes that were made. This poem is about a guy who realized the mistakes that were made and he's paying for them now.

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    I'm sure it won't be easy repairing my poor heart.
    I've gone about it knowing right from the very start.
    I simply can't complete it now and maybe never will.
    It's got a part still missing that only she could fill.

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  22. Is It To Late Or Is There Still Time?

    • By Faith Mendez
    • Published by Family Friend Poems December 2008 with permission of the Author.

    I fell in love with my best friend, and when I told him how I felt, he told me I wasn't ready for him and urged me to go out with other guys. When I went out, I realized that my heart wouldn't allow me to, but it was already too late. I hurt him because he didn't expect me to give up on him that easily. But I want to fight for him, and that is what I have been doing.

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    If he is ready to date
    I have no chance
    I would already be too late
    For there to be romance

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    I know how it feels. Your poem made me cry. Thank you. I am trying to rekindle a flame with my wife. We have been together for 13 years and have 5 beautiful, smart kids. I love to write; it...

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