Sad Poems
#sadness
Poems about sadness and sorrow encompass a range of subjects including depression, grief, heartbreak and suffering. Sad poems tell painful stories and offer a window into the soul of someone who is struggling in life or feeling alone.
Related Themes
#dark
#depression
#despair
#grief
#heartbroken
#hurt
#LifeStruggles
#loneliness
#suffering
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COOPCAT
Poem Published
Today 12:28pm
Today 12:28pm
SADNESS
I am deeply saddened about the website closing.
Where do we, as writers, go from here?
The quality of the writing in here is in a word...professional..
The talent pool, both men and women, has had me in awe since day one.
I would like to thank everyone for their kindness and support.
I would ask that if anyone knows of an alternative site for writers and poets please share it with us before DU closes.
Thank you and good luck.
Kenn
Where do we, as writers, go from here?
The quality of the writing in here is in a word...professional..
The talent pool, both men and women, has had me in awe since day one.
I would like to thank everyone for their kindness and support.
I would ask that if anyone knows of an alternative site for writers and poets please share it with us before DU closes.
Thank you and good luck.
Kenn
#sadness
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Nizana
Lauryn
Lauryn
Poem Published
Yesterday 9:14pm
Yesterday 9:14pm
Lauryn's Passing
Letter to Lauryn's poetry friends.
It grieves me to share this with one of Lauryn’s writing communities. She shared her writing on this site with me though I’m only now reading into the past of her life. I loved Lauryn very much and, even though we recently parted, it crushed me to learn of her death.
Our time together was a time of healing for both of us. She seemed to always be living near death and her writing I’ve looked at so far confirms this. Her life took a negative turn after she and I separated but that seems to be the pattern she’s followed for several...
It grieves me to share this with one of Lauryn’s writing communities. She shared her writing on this site with me though I’m only now reading into the past of her life. I loved Lauryn very much and, even though we recently parted, it crushed me to learn of her death.
Our time together was a time of healing for both of us. She seemed to always be living near death and her writing I’ve looked at so far confirms this. Her life took a negative turn after she and I separated but that seems to be the pattern she’s followed for several...
#death
#sadness
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Tallquietguy
Poem Published
Yesterday 1:51pm
Yesterday 1:51pm
Adios, DUP
And so another community
Dissolves into the faceless multitudes
Not with a bang but a whimper
Does it die
Though cyberspace was never
A particularly stable place
It's always been a little strange
And rather disappointing, don't you think?
Any 'home' you find will always in the end
Reveal itself to be merely a shimmering illusion
Vibrating electrons
Paint a mirage of words
Onto the cold, dark screen
Turn away for a moment,
They've disappeared
Were they ever really there?
Dissolves into the faceless multitudes
Not with a bang but a whimper
Does it die
Though cyberspace was never
A particularly stable place
It's always been a little strange
And rather disappointing, don't you think?
Any 'home' you find will always in the end
Reveal itself to be merely a shimmering illusion
Vibrating electrons
Paint a mirage of words
Onto the cold, dark screen
Turn away for a moment,
They've disappeared
Were they ever really there?
#bittersweet
#fate
#MovingOn
#nostalgia
#sadness
27 reads
2 Comments
missjem56
Poem Published
6th May 2025 00:37am
6th May 2025 00:37am
Butterfly Moon
I see sister moon,
in the sky
Through the eyes,
of a fading butterfly
Twilight arises,
stars begin to shine
Echoes of the lost,
a never ending shrine
I see sister moon,
in the sky
Through the eyes,
of a fading butterfly
The night sky,
now a soft velvet blue
Rare is a heart,
as beautiful as you
I see sister moon,
...
in the sky
Through the eyes,
of a fading butterfly
Twilight arises,
stars begin to shine
Echoes of the lost,
a never ending shrine
I see sister moon,
in the sky
Through the eyes,
of a fading butterfly
The night sky,
now a soft velvet blue
Rare is a heart,
as beautiful as you
I see sister moon,
...
#death
#LifeAsAWriter
#LifeChangingMoment #sadness
#LifeChangingMoment #sadness
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Hashman
Poem Published
5th May 2025 4:51pm
5th May 2025 4:51pm
Whay day is it?
Yesterday isn't today
today was yesterday
but that was yesterday
it's not today
today was the day
but today is gone
it was yesterday
too late for today
yesterday i wanted your love
today i don't need your sorry...
today was yesterday
but that was yesterday
it's not today
today was the day
but today is gone
it was yesterday
too late for today
yesterday i wanted your love
today i don't need your sorry...
#disappointment
#emptiness
#sadness
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Kementic1
Poem Published
5th May 2025 00:32am
5th May 2025 00:32am
Square One
We rode around in my F-150
back when things were nifty
Your love was my spiritual anointing
now it is totally disappointing
My hopes for us were high
now i walk around and sigh
With you I feel so alone
no more conservations telephone
Together we could have had fun
now I'm just back to square one
Together we could have had fun
now I'm just back to square one
Before I use to pick up my guitar
and dream about being a star
my nights are now in a bar
wondering how I fell so far ...
back when things were nifty
Your love was my spiritual anointing
now it is totally disappointing
My hopes for us were high
now i walk around and sigh
With you I feel so alone
no more conservations telephone
Together we could have had fun
now I'm just back to square one
Together we could have had fun
now I'm just back to square one
Before I use to pick up my guitar
and dream about being a star
my nights are now in a bar
wondering how I fell so far ...
#bittersweet
#despair
#disappointment
#emptiness
#sadness
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Mstrmnd1923
Poem Published
3rd May 2025 6:21pm
3rd May 2025 6:21pm
A Metamorphosis of Dichotomy
Pounding on our chests
Screaming patriotism
Our country shouldn't be
Reflecting other prisms
Checks and balances
And the rule of law
Why are you acting
Like you're so appalled
Ignoring the courts
Defying subpoenas
Dancing around the truth
Like a ballerina
Free speech censored
As long as I have mine
We're taking back our country
It's about damn time
Constant fake news
Spreading...
Screaming patriotism
Our country shouldn't be
Reflecting other prisms
Checks and balances
And the rule of law
Why are you acting
Like you're so appalled
Ignoring the courts
Defying subpoenas
Dancing around the truth
Like a ballerina
Free speech censored
As long as I have mine
We're taking back our country
It's about damn time
Constant fake news
Spreading...
#sadness
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Stoney223
WOLF BAY33
WOLF BAY33
Poem Published
3rd May 2025 2:08am
3rd May 2025 2:08am
Closing Down Shutting Off
Through this message I speak with truth, about the deepness of the damages, that has been inflicted on so many broken hearts 💔 Filled with love and happiness once before, yet it was suppose to be honest and truth and trust. For sure we can sit alone and cry silent whispers of tears that still doesn't change how we feel behind the mask as a disguise, for sometimes we have to learn to understand, most things aren't meant to be. FOR sure some people's, are just creatures of habits. 🤨 For sure it's necessary to understand, that what we thought we had was never ours in the...
#hurt
#sadness
#StreamOfConsciousness
#suffering
#uplifting
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buddhakitty
Poem Published
2nd May 2025 11:36pm
2nd May 2025 11:36pm
...just a thought
what will we do when there
is nothing left to waste
is nothing left to waste
#sadness
79 reads
6 Comments
crimsin
Unveiling
Unveiling
Poem Published
2nd May 2025 11:19pm
2nd May 2025 11:19pm
winding
Walking down that long road
I'm going nowhere
In such a hurry to end up empty
The unfulfilled path
lonely and winding
always winds up where you are
In my solemn seek
for things I can't have
interpreting silence for meaning
headed out on the next dark train
Riding is the best
until the destination fails to amuse
cry tears of grief for the voided journey
You could have taken
Relax at the rest stops
and talk to whom you're supposed to meet
On the road of discovery
I'm going nowhere
In such a hurry to end up empty
The unfulfilled path
lonely and winding
always winds up where you are
In my solemn seek
for things I can't have
interpreting silence for meaning
headed out on the next dark train
Riding is the best
until the destination fails to amuse
cry tears of grief for the voided journey
You could have taken
Relax at the rest stops
and talk to whom you're supposed to meet
On the road of discovery
#sadness
86 reads
2 Comments
Nevermindthegaps
Poem Published
2nd May 2025 6:28am
2nd May 2025 6:28am
The Aches Of Carrying The Dead
my wrist shakes
carpal tunnel
from that time the post in the back yard
broke it and my father beat the shit
out of me
for crying because men don’t cry
and hospital was days away
from the heavy bag
honing knock out shots
throwing with the fury of an arrow riddle berserker
as if my last deeds in life will be echoed
through the ages of wrist-spraining-shots into dented leather
I’ve been taught so often how little
I matter unless I’m doing
so I bury it using an excavator
my tears now
just...
carpal tunnel
from that time the post in the back yard
broke it and my father beat the shit
out of me
for crying because men don’t cry
and hospital was days away
from the heavy bag
honing knock out shots
throwing with the fury of an arrow riddle berserker
as if my last deeds in life will be echoed
through the ages of wrist-spraining-shots into dented leather
I’ve been taught so often how little
I matter unless I’m doing
so I bury it using an excavator
my tears now
just...
#emptiness
#sadness
#shame
105 reads
4 Comments
dimpy
dimpsmoon
dimpsmoon
Poem Published
1st May 2025 1:42pm
1st May 2025 1:42pm
yeah...of course
he has
started living
without me,
he has
started mingling
with others,
he has
started distancing
himself from me,
he has
started
losing me,
in whose presence
my heart
used to cry with
happiness,
and in whose absence
my eyes
used to cry with
pain...
started living
without me,
he has
started mingling
with others,
he has
started distancing
himself from me,
he has
started
losing me,
in whose presence
my heart
used to cry with
happiness,
and in whose absence
my eyes
used to cry with
pain...
#loneliness
#sadness
87 reads
4 Comments
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