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Best Poems about departure (25)

Discover the top poems about departure on The Poet's Place.

Not that he goes—we love him more by Emily Dickinson · 6 ♥

Canto C by Alfred, Lord Tennyson · 5 ♥

Sail Out for Good, Eidólon Yacht! by Walt Whitman · 5 ♥

A Farewell by Alfred, Lord Tennyson · 4 ♥

Eden is that old fashioned House by Emily Dickinson · 4 ♥

Gone by Emily Dickinson · 4 ♥

As Nearing Departure by Walt Whitman · 3 ♥

She went as quiet as the dew by Emily Dickinson · 2 ♥

Your mother's mug was on the hook by Cass Ledger · 1 ♥

The Thing Nobody Used by Senamar

The exhaust hung thick and blue by Opal Hart

A life compressed into a suitcase— by Levanroe

Absence by beasai

The Echo of Empty by Mercy B.

Empty Threshold by spareweather

The fridge compressor has a rattle by Caleb H.

Cargo by Caleb H.

The back door went shut with a crack by Mae Grey

The Final Click by Jonah F.

Rearview Recede by Eva

The Edge of Departure by Heat Current

The Deposit by Sara

After He Left by Motel Violet

One-Way Ticket by tenderhugo

The truck idles heavy burdened with what’s mine by Maya

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