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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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.

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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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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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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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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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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Wow the poem reminds me about my crush, and I had feelings for him for almost 5 years. It's true when the poem said, "I could give up on you, but too much of me still loves you." I tried too...

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Last Goodbye
- By Dorsa Saa
- Published: June 2010
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 her. I believed that she loved me too. She came to my school in 7th grade. I didn't talk to her that year, but the next year an incident happened. She forgot to take one of her books...

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I Want You Back
- By Sania Harris
- Published: November 2008
Sitting by the river,
Dreaming through my reflection,
I wonder what has happened.
What has caused this distance?

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This poem makes me feel emotional as it talks about my relationship with my best friend, who was actually the only person I could talk to. Then suddenly he started ignoring me. What hurts me...

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