"tearjerker" poems
Things were looking up that day
Not a thing could get in my way
I was making my way through the town
When the clouds rolled in and rain came down
I thought, “Okay, don’t make my day nice and sunny,
I’ll go find a movie that’s funny.”
I went downtown to look around,
No good movies were to be found!
I looked inside a movie store
All I found were sad movies galore
“A real tearjerker,” one proclaimed
“Heartbreaker?” I exclaimed
“No good movies, just my luck.
I guess I’ll go feed the ducks.”
I walked there and what did I meet?
Twelve angry geese that attacked my feet
“Well, that’s just fine and dandy,
You can’t go wrong with some candy,”
Once I got there, lo and behold,
Black licorice and butterscotch, getting old.
“Well ***** it, I’m going home.
Maybe I’ll make a latte with foam.”
What did I find there in the complex?
Old Man Carruthers died with a hex
****** ****** his wife cried out
She screamed and screamed and ran all about.
****** I tell you, And I know who!”
And with grace, she pointed at me and yelled, “YOU!”
They called the police and took me away
Now here I am clutching my cafeteria tray
I have advice, walkaway when things get rowdy,
And remember, sunny days can turn cloudy
Feb 4, 2015
Feb 4, 2015 at 3:39 PM UTC
you look so good
like a goddess
where's the courage to tell you?
do
I know the right words?
An innocence of love like
a bird in the sky,
in its cerulean heaven,
all its purity
untainted.
all the painters in the world
using all their colors
like ravens and vultures,
and the advertisers
using maroon and crimson
like doves and love,
they just don't know.
How you look in a snapshot,
is better than a mural.
I hate that we can't talk any more,
seems decrepit, I'm so poor,
spoiled by the gift of your lost love,
like a pearl in my mouth,
every gulp of the sea
is a tearjerker.
All I want is love and affection
from the eden of your love,
the juice of your apple
a knowledge
only concerning to gods.
The seed of your body,
a peachtree paradise,
each pod dropping to the body of my death,
like the shroud of renewal.
Each new picture of you:
the destruction of your youth,
and the eruption of your wonderland,
is another nail,
another regretful wish
that I'd seen and understood
everything beautiful about you.
Even in the moontide hours,
when the dawn brawled
and your teeth crawled against the loose skin of my earlobes
as you gripped with pearly whites
my lying flesh,
and my lips touched every truth you'd never known.
Only god could ever know the pain of now.
Only I could ever wish I knew your heaven.
Jan 7, 2014
Jan 7, 2014 at 12:19 AM UTC
My heart physically aches with a raw, agonizing twinge so unlike any other I have felt before, when you show me how truly broken you are.
The intake of oxygen through your hollow frame gives you no ease, glass shards shred your windpipe each time you decide to breathe.
I wish I could take away your pain!
I would take it upon myself, although it sounds insane.
You are the sun poised in the sky above, covered by the clouds
You are the bluest sea whose expanse is limitless, yet only do what the winds allow.
Love,
It breaks my soul.
To watch your broken heart hobble home.
But one day,
I know you'll see love.
Perhaps even my own.
Dec 1, 2013
Dec 1, 2013 at 11:27 PM UTC
If tears really cleanses the heart
Then yours and mine
Probably are some of the cleanest
Life is a tearjerker, you know
Sep 12, 2018
Sep 12, 2018 at 6:25 AM UTC
I read a poem today
It wasn't particularly new
It wasn't written a long time ago
By someone long dead
But it was real
It was written in truth
And experience
I read a poem today
It wasn't short and simple
It didn't lose my interest
As though it were long and boring
But it was nice
It was deep and engaging
Relative to this young heart
I read a poem today
It wasn't that of rebellion
It wasn't so typical
To which I have become accustomed
But it was honesty
It was entirely genuine and
Was a bit of a tearjerker
I read a poem today
It wasn't expected
It didn't give you thrills
As many of us seek
But it was perfect
It changed this heart of mine
And opened realization of the future
Mar 31, 2014
Mar 31, 2014 at 11:59 AM UTC
*1975 30Th April
the end of the Vietnam War
The flight back from Vietnam was crowded and long.
The offensive has failed the war was over for some.
It took four days to get to the small hospital
In the old New England town.
The endless war far behind him.
He was at last a minute away
from his beloved Catherine.
He met the Nurse in the hallway.
How is she he asked?
Her seasoned eyes looked at the floor
she shook her head.
And the baby he whispered?
Again her head shook.
The words just too sad to speak.
Catherine was pale and weak.
Upon seeing him she managed
a smile upon his arrival.
Her beautiful smile
That had stolen his heart
So long ago now..
Oh darling, I am going to die.
Don’t let me die.
Hold me in your arms!
Hold me tight.
Don’t let me go.
When you hold me
we cannot be parted
If you stay with me
I shall not be afraid.
As she left him
The bells tolled from the
old white clapboard tower
of the church.
To celebrate the end of the war
for some.
He carried her lifeless body
to the window.
It was a beautiful spring day.
Overlooking the square
The townsfolk had gathered
And we’re singing Amazing grace.
Someone released two white doves
The glided past the window
As if to take her soul to heaven.
He kissed her still lips
For one last time.
And whispered to her.
Peace at last my love.*
Nov 18, 2015
Nov 18, 2015 at 5:00 AM UTC
1918
The Italian Campaign
The last days of word war 1
*He had made the journey
across the Swiss mountains.
The war was far behind him now
just Catherine lay ahead.
As he reached the hospital ward
the old nurse shook her head.
What of the baby?he asked,
her sad eyes looked down at the floor.
Catherine lay pale and weak
on the hospital bed.
Somehow
she managed a smile at his arrival.
"Oh darling,
I am going to die.
Don’t let me die.
Hold me in your arms!
Hold me tight.
Don’t let me go.
When you hold me
we cannot be parted
If you stay with me
I shall not be afraid."
As she left him the church bells tolled.
Declaring the Armistice
The war had ended for some.
He carried her in his arms
to the window.
The crowds below
Cheering the wars end
had released white doves into the air.
They fluttered by the hospital window.
As if to carry her soul to heaven,
He kissed her still lips
And whispered
peace, peace
at last my darling.*
Jan 24, 2016
Jan 24, 2016 at 12:05 PM UTC
I am sorry
Was I not supportive enough
In your desperate attempt
To gain attention
Via shockwaves attached to a tearjerker
Dec 16, 2017
Dec 16, 2017 at 4:57 PM UTC
We built the snowman with white bricks
and a sheet of blue tarpaulin
then it started snowing,
that's sod's law.
Ebeneezer, he's a geezer that we know
and not a character from some old
Dickensian tearjerker
stopped by to say hello and collect the
rent.
and then we waited for the sleigh bells
and we waited
and we waited
until all hell had frozen over
so
we went ice skating instead
Dec 22, 2018
Dec 22, 2018 at 10:48 AM UTC
A homeless man, I always see
Sitting on a bench in front of a church by me
Every morning driving to work
He sits there and I wonder what he’s thinking about...
Today, on my way to work, another man joined him
Not sure if he was also homeless or not
As I was driving past this is what I saw...
Two men, sitting together, at least one homeless
The one guy put his hand on the other guys shoulder...
Since I’m not sure what words were exchanged this is what it looked like...
“It’s ok buddy, all will be ok, I am here for you in whatever you need”
A calming feeling and a tearjerker even though I couldn’t hear what was said...
This Is what the beautiful picture that was painted while we drove past.
Whatever words were said or even not said brought tears to my eyes
Comforting moment between two grown men as we drove by
Never once saw this guy beg or ask for money
Keeps to himself and makes the best of his days...
May we all find comfort, even in the less fortunate
And may be pray for healing for all those in need...
One simple touch, word or phrase can change a persons outlook and complete their day...
Sep 13, 2018
Sep 13, 2018 at 9:09 AM UTC