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Poems about Loss provide comfort for lonely and alone feelings when mourning a loss of a departed family member or friend. Poems about loss for when someone you love dies.
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- Farewell by Anne Brontë. ‘Farewell’ is a personal poem, but that doesn’t mean it isn’t suitable for a wide variety of readers to read and connect to. Throughout the quatrains of the poem, the speaker reminisces on the time they spent with “you.”
- The Gardener XLI: Peace, My Heart by Rabindranath Tagore. ‘The Gardener XLI: Peace, My Heart’ is one of the shortest poems on this list. It is addressed to the speaker’s heart, imploring it to let this time be one of “completeness” rather than grief.
- Crossing the Bar by Alfred Lord Tennyson. ‘Crossing the Bar’ was composed as one of his last poems, sometime in 1889, just three years before his death, and is suggestive, through the first-person pronouns, that Tennyson was considering his own mortality.
- In Memoriam A.H.H. by Alfred Lord Tennyson. ‘In Memoriam, A.H.H.’ is often considered Alfred Lord Tennyson’s masterpiece. It was written after the death of his close friend, Arthur Henry Hallam, who died suddenly at the age of 22.
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- Poems of Comfort and Sympathy for Lost Loved Ones. After a death, you can offer words of support and comfort to help someone in the grieving process, whether it was the loss of a family member or a friend.
- Poems of Comfort and Strength. You may want to offer more than just sympathy to your grieving friend or family member. Instead, you could share a poem about the loss of a loved one that will give them the strength to carry on.
- Short Condolence Poems to Comfort the Grieving. A poem doesn't need to be long to offer heartfelt condolences. You can use these short but comforting poems about death in sympathy cards, with funeral flowers, or in whatever way you think is appropriate for your loved one.
- Beautiful Loss of a Friend Poems. The loss of a friend can feel as painful as losing a family member. After all, they were your chosen family. Poems about losing a friend, or even losing them suddenly, may help a person feel less alone in their pain.
- A Song of Living
- Turn Again to Life
- Inside Our Dreams
- Peace My Heart
- Death Is Nothing at All
- You’Ll Never Walk Alone
- When I’m Gone
- Farewell
- Crossing The Bar
- There Is No Night Without A Dawning
Amelia Josephine Burr, American poet, 1878 – 1968
A song of living is about living a life full of love, friendship and accomplishment that leaves you with no regrets at the end of your time. Because I have loved life, I shall have no sorrow to die. I have sent up my gladness on wings, to be lost in the blue of the sky. I have run and leaped with the rain, I have taken the wind to my breast. My cheeks like a drowsy child to the face of the earth I have pressed. Because I have loved life, I shall have no sorrow to die. I have kissed young love...
Mary Lee Hall, American lawyer, 1843 – 1927
Turn again to life is about dealing with the grief of a lost loved one and embracing the joy of life again. If I should die and leave you here a while, be not like others sore undone, who keep long vigil by the silent dust. For my sake turn again to life and smile, nerving thy heart and trembling hand to do something to comfort other hearts than mine. Complete these dear unfinished tasks of mine and I perchance may therein comfort you.
Jeanne Willis, English author, 1959 – Present
Inside our dreams is a whimsical passage that reminds us that the people we have loved and lost will always remain in our dreams and memories. Where do people go to when they die? Somewhere down below or in the sky? ‘I can’t be sure,’ said Grandad, ‘but it seems They simply set up home inside our dreams.’
Rabindranath Tagore, Indian poet, 1861 – 1941
Peace my heart uses vivid images of animals and nature to describe the natural process of death. It’s a gentle reminder that death isn’t something to be feared. Peace, my heart, let the time for the parting be sweet. Let it not be a death but completeness. Let love melt into memory and pain into songs. Let the flight through the sky end in the folding of the wings over the nest. Let the last touch of your hands be gentle like the flower of the night. Stand still, O Beautiful End, for a moment...
Harry Scott-Holland, English academic, 1847 – 1918
The 6 stanzas of ‘Death is nothing at all’ suggests that everything will stay the same after you die. It’s a poem designed to bring a lot of comfort to those who believe in the afterlife. Death is nothing at all. It does not count. I have only slipped away into the next room. Nothing has happened. Everything remains exactly as it was. I am I, and you are you, and the old life that we lived so fondly together is untouched, unchanged. Whatever we were to each other, that we are still. Call me b...
Oscar Hammerstein II, American theater producer, 1895 – 1960
You’ll never walk alone is a powerful song designed to bring comfort to anyone facing an uphill battle. It’s often used as an anthem to support those who have died in tragic circumstances. When you walk through the storm Hold your head up high, And don’t be afraid of the dark. At the end of the storm Is a golden sky And the sweet silver song of a lark. Walk on through the wind, Walk on through the rain, Though your dreams be tossed and blown. Walk on, walk on with hope in your heart And you’l...
Mosiah Lyman Hancock, American religious figure, 1843 – 1907
This wonderful poem is about celebrating all the achievements and positivity that the deceased brought into the world. It also hopes that we’ll forgive them for the mistakes they made. When I come to the end of my journey And I travel my last weary mile Just forget if you can, that I ever frowned And remember only the smile Forget unkind words I have spoken Remember some good I have done Forget that I ever had heartache And remember I’ve had loads of fun Forget that I’ve stumbled and blundere...
Anne Bronte, English poet, 1820 – 1849
This poem is about saying farewell to someone you’ve lost and promising to always keep them alive in your thoughts. Farewell to Thee! But not farewell To all my fondest thoughts of Thee; Within my heart they still shall dwell And they shall cheer and comfort me. Life seems more sweet that Thou didst live And men more true Thou wert one; Nothing is lost that Thou didst give, Nothing destroyed that Thou hast done.
Alfred Tennyson, English poet, 1809 – 1892
Crossing the bar is about accepting death and hoping for a peaceful transitioning into the afterlife. Sunset and evening star, And one clear call for me! And may there be no moaning of the bar, When I put out to sea, But such a tide as moving seems asleep, Too full for sound and foam, When that which drew from out the boundless deep Turns again home. Twilight and evening bell, And after that the dark! And may there be no sadness of farewell, When I embark; For tho’ from out our bourne of Time...
Helen Steiner Rice, American writer, 1900 – 1981
There is no light is about moving past the grief of losing a loved one an taking comfort in the idea that they are at peace. There is no night without a dawning No winter without a spring And beyond the dark horizon Our hearts will once more sing… For those who leave us for a while Have only gone away Out of a restless, care worn world Into a brighter day.
Feb 10, 2018 · 1. Anonymous, ‘ Why have ye no routhe on my child? This poem is a lament for a lost child: ‘rode’ is the ‘rood’ or Cross, and ‘routhe’ is ‘ruth’ or compassion – which is why someone who lacks compassion is described as ‘ruthless’: Why have ye no routhe on my child? Have routhe on me ful of mourning; Tak doun o rode my derworth child,
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Poetry has the remarkable ability to capture the complex emotions that surround losing someone we hold dear. These three poems, among countless others, remind us of the universality of grief and offer solace in moments of despair.
