Posts Tagged ‘heartache’
July 3, 2019
My oldest son had to have his feisty little rescue dog, Veruca, put down today. He said “It was one of the hardest things I’ve ever done.” As a Dad (who also loved and appreciated her), I’ve had a surprising amount of sorrow. (Even now, it’s hard to post through all my tears). These poems reflect my feelings.

Why No Dogs
My son,
now a dad,
has to put down
his good old dog today.
Now I understand
why I,
as a dad,
never wanted to have dogs
when my kids were growing up.
Saying goodbye
is just
too damn hard.
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Dog Gone Hidden Crying
If I go take a/
shower no one can see the/
sad tears I’m crying.
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I’m Proud of You, Son
We all can avoid/
doing what we should./
It takes a real man/
to do the hard things.
Or, in haiku form:
We can all avoid/
doing what we should. Only/
real men do hard things.
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Not What I’d Wish For Any Dog
His dog was put down./
All said: “Rest” In Peace, but that’s/
not what I’d wish. “RUN!“
Tags:a boy and his dog, a real man, all dogs go to Heaven, crying, CyranoWriter, dog, dog life, doing hard things, emotion, Emotional poetry, good dog, heartache, hurting, Not Rest in Peace, Poetic Lament, real man, rip, Run In Peace, working through issues, www.cyranowriter.com
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February 3, 2017
It’s hard for me to/
fathom why my heart hurts for/
one I don’t know well.*
OR
*someone I just met.
AND
Why/
do I/
empathize?/
Is that a surprise?/
Or just me/
and charity?
Tags:big heart, charity, CyranoWriter, dance, Emotional poetry, empathize, empathy, fathom, haiku, heart, heartache, hurting, I don't know her well, I just met her, IMprov haiku, IMprov Poetry, kind, Kuhns, my heart hurts, poems, poet David Kuhns, Poetry, revolutionary poetry, rhyme, rhyme scheme, Suffering, surprise, sympathy, who I am, why do I empathize, working through issues, www.cyranowriter.com
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January 12, 2017
I won’t ruin their /
paradise by telling her/
about my heart ache.
Tags:CyranoWriter, Emotional poetry, free trip, haiku, heart, heartache, hurting, ImproVerse haiku, Kuhns, married man vacation, muse, pain, paradise, pity party, poems, poet David Kuhns, Poetic Lament, Poetry, romance poetry, romantic, romantic poetry, ruin their paradise, selfless, Tahiti, two tickets to Paradise, won't ruin her trip, working through issues, www.cyranowriter.com
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December 29, 2015
I once had been her/
first outreach and comfort. It’s/
hard to not be there.
Tags:can't give comfort, comfort, CyranoWriter, Emotional poetry, father's passing, friend no longer, friendship, giver, haiku, heartache, hurt, I can't help, it shouldn't be about me, Kuhns, let her mourn, not be there, not that friend, outreach, parent passing, parent's passing, poems, poet David Kuhns, Poetic Lament, Poetry, revolutionary poetry, things change, when you want to be there, working through issues, www.cyranowriter.com
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March 10, 2015
There are women who/
feel heartache even as they/
make men’s hearts take flight.
Tags:CyranoWriter, feel heartache, haiku, heart, heartache, heartjoy, IMprov haiku, IMprov Poetry, Kuhns, make men's hearts fly, poems, poet David Kuhns, Poetry, romance poetry, romantic, romantic poetry, take flight, women, working through issues, www.cyranowriter.com
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May 22, 2014
He saw his phone break./
He felt his heart ache because/
he couldn’t hear her.
Tags:broken phone, couldn't hear her, CyranoWriter, Email poetry, Emotional poetry, felt heart ache, haiku, he felt his heart, heart, heart ache, heartache, hurting, iPhone black screen, Kuhns, lack of communication, phone break, poems, poet David Kuhns, Poetic Lament, Poetry, rhyme, rhyme scheme, rhyming email haiku, rhyming haiku, romance poetry, romantic, romantic poetry, silence, www.cyranowriter.com
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May 4, 2014
My soul and heart ache./
I am frightened about what/
I must do with her*
Or
*to grow.
Tags:breaking up, ConTEXTing Haiku, ConTEXTing Poem, ConTEXTing Poetry, CyranoWriter, Emotional poetry, fear, following inspiration, following with exactness, frightened, haiku, heart, heartache, inspiration, Kuhns, my soul aches, pain, personal growth, poems, poet David Kuhns, Poetry, revolutionary contexting Haiku, Revolutionary ConTEXTing Poetry, revolutionary poetry, romantic conTEXTing Haiku, Suffering, text message poetry, text messages, what I must do to grow, what must I do with her, working through issues, www.cyranowriter.com
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June 10, 2013
Am I the only/
man who drowns his sorrows in/
root beer and cheddar?
Tags:ache, cheddar, cheese, CyranoWriter, dinner, drowns his sorrows, haiku, heart, heartache, hurting, ImproVerse haiku, Kuhns, only man, poems, poet David Kuhns, Poetic Lament, Poetry, revolutionary poetry, root beer, sad, sadness, sandwich, sorrow, Suffering, unique man, working through issues, www.cyranowriter.com
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May 20, 2013
Just when you think you/
can’t get any more heartache,/
you learn that you can.
Tags:children, CyranoWriter, Dad, Emotional poetry, haiku, heart, heartache, hurting, Kuhns, learn, parent, poems, poet David Kuhns, Poetic Lament, Poetry, revolutionary poetry, working through issues, worry, www.cyranowriter.com
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February 27, 2013
Now that the full moon’s/
gone, I can open my blinds/
and not fear heartache.
Tags:CyranoWriter, Emotional poetry, full moon, gone, haiku, heart, heartache, hurting, ImproVerse haiku, Kuhns, not fear, open my blinds, poems, poet David Kuhns, Poetic Lament, Poetry, relief, romance poetry, romantic, romantic poetry, Suffering, waning moon, window shutter, working through issues, www.cyranowriter.com
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