Lost Love Poems

Poems About a 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.

Sad Love Poetry on Love That's Been Lost

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Tonight I Can Write The Saddest Lines
- By Pablo Neruda
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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I love this poem. My wife of 28 years just passed June 4, 2017, and I used to write her poetry all the time. I miss the sound of her voice, the touch of her hand, and the feeling of her arms...

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Love Hate
- By David Charlton
- Published: March 2015
Poem About The Dislike Of Love

Picture

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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I Could
- By Chrys Lea
- Published: April 2017
I Lost My Chance With You

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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I have liked this guy for 3 years, and I know he liked me too (don't know if he still does). I still haven't told him, and I only see him every once and a while. I bet he's moved on though,...

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Hating You Sweetly
- By Alisea T.
- Published: March 2015
Poem About Destruction In The Heart And In The Emotions

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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The Bench
- By Emma Marie Etwell
- Published: January 2016
Poem Remembering A Lost Love

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.
A Lost Love
- By Steve Stewart
- Published: March 2015
Poem About The Pain Of A Break Up

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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I wish someone special could say this to me. Every day I wait in the hope that he will, and yet nothing. This poem is everything that I hope for, that I want, and yet I know I will not get...

The Love Of My Life
- By Dave
- Published: September 2008
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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When You Are Old
- By William Butler Yeats
When you are old and grey and full of sleep,
And nodding by the fire, take down this book,
And slowly read, and dream of the soft look
Your eyes had once, and of their shadows deep;

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In this poem, Yeats has used a universal theme. In their youth, many behave in a thoughtless manner and they miss certain things in life. Through his personal experience, Yeats makes the...

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The One Who Got Away
- By Kiera
- Published: July 2008
My heart literally hurts.
My chest is in pain.
Life without you
Will never be the same.

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I regret the love I lost but never forgot the night we had. Never told her how I felt. I left to go and fight. When I returned she was gone forever, never to have again except for that night....

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Moving On
- By Karren
- Published: November 2009
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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