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Long distance relationships can be agonizingly difficult, because Longing for and missing someone can seem unbearable at times.. Sometimes reading a poem and hearing a voice that you can relate to helps alleviate some of the loneliness and actually makes you feel closer to your loved one. This TabStart page presents curated resources that offer poems about missing someone and yearning for their presence. All of the poems here are free, and several of them allow readers to leave comments with their thoughts.
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William Shakespeare's "Sonnet XLIII" - William Shakespeare's "Sonnet XLIII" famously begins "When most I wink, then do mine eyes best see thee." Because the narrator of the poem misses his love very badly, each day he looks forward to closing his eyes and seeing her in his dreams.
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"Annabel Lee" by Edgar Allan Poe - The narrator of Edgar Allan Poe's chilling "Annabel Lee" yearns for his love, but this is certainly not the traditional tale of longing for and missing a loved one. Poe's wicked mind plants several macabre seeds of terror and instability in the voice of the narrator.
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"If you were coming in the Fall," by Emily Dickinson - This beautiful work by Emily Dickinson thoroughly captures the sense of purpose that love offers those involved as they wait to see each other again.
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"Miss You" by Mick Jagger, Performed by the Rolling Stones - "Miss You," a classic 1970s single by the Rolling Stones, brilliantly conveys the frustration and anxiety of missing a loved one badly.
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"Longing" by Matthew Arnold - In this gorgeous poem by Matthew Arnold the narrator expresses the joy of meeting his love in his nightly dreams because he can't see her in the reality of the daytime.when he misses her badly.
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Poetry about Long Distance Relationships - This resource offers a number of amateur poems that convey the painful feeling of missing a loved on who is not present.
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Poems about Missing Someone You Love in a Long Distance Relationship - This resource offers a variety of short poems that are related to love and long distance relationships. Many of these poems are short, but they capture the helpless spirit of missing someone badly.
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Long Distance Love Poems - This fantastic resource offers a myriad of poetry about the pain of missing a loved one. This must-see page offers poetry from e.e. cummings, W.B. Yeats, and Khalil Gibran. There is a particularly moving poem that included here entitled "At Parting" that deals with the longing caused by military relationships.