Some Sad Poems About Love

Reading sad poems about lost love can be a cathartic experience. Everybody has been "dissed" or, even more sadly, abandoned by unavoidable exigencies. It's like Plato said, we are all in this cave...

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My Garden

Fountain, plashing, wants to play
Petunias nod the dew away
A bumble bee makes social calls
A letter from the table falls
And casts a pall upon the scene
That just before was cool serene
With promises of healing rays
Abruptly covered by slate grays.

*Note - For those who might reasonably imagine that "plashing" is a typo, I direct you to Emily Dickenson

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How to Kiss Off Your Lover

Dear John,
I guess that says it all.
-Jane

OR

Dear Jane,
I guess that says it all.
-John

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Sentinel

Sentinel of time
Old grandfather clock
Reminding me the seconds slip
As you will one day, from me
Or I from you
So please do not be angry
The little time we feast
Should be devoured as a
wet, ripe, cool, peach
on a hot, dusty, Georgia day.

Some of you may recognize the influence of William Carlos Williams on this poem. He was snagging fruit in the fridge that his wife had plans for.

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