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Have you ever wanted to say you were sorry, but you didn't know exactly how to do it? Use this TabStart page to explore a curated selection of resources that present poems whose author apologizes for hurting a loved one. You can present these poems as they are to someone whom you wish to apologize to, or you can use the works here to inspire a poem or letter of your own to offer to someone special in your life. There is also poetry here that questions whether two people can remain friends after a relationship.
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"Sorry" - a Poem by Roddy Lumsden - The Poetry Foundation presents Scottish poet Roddy Lumsden's "Sorry." In this poem the narrator apologizes for hurting a lover. The poem references a relationship that has come to an end.
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"Sorry, I am so sorry my love..." - a Poem by Ravi Sathasivam - PoemHunter.com features "Sorry, I am so sorry my love," by Sri Lankan poet Ravi Sathasivam. The poem's narrator speaks of being sorry for hurting a lover, saying that the sight of his lover's tears is painful to witness.
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"This Is Just to Say" - an Apology Poem by William Carlos Williams - The Old Poetry website provides this short and light-hearted poem that serves as an apology for eating the last of the plums in the icebox. This classic poem is written almost as if it were an everyday note left in the kitchen for someone in the household. While the poet literally mentions eating plums, the meaning here can certainly extend to anyone whose impulses have driven them to make a decision that hurts someone else.
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"Gravity and Center" - a Poem That Says It's Sorry by Henri Cole - The Academy of American Poets presents "Gravity and Center" by Henri Cole in which the narrator apologizes for not being able to say "I love you" when it is said to him. The poem begins "I'm sorry I cannot say I love you when you say / you love me." While the narrator seems to be apologizing for his feelings, the narrator is ultimately concerned with the role of language in expressing profound emotions.
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"We Have Been Friends Together" - a Poem by Caroline Elizabeth Sarah Norton - The Academy of American Poets presents "We Have Been Friends Together" by Caroline Elizabeth Sarah Norton. This work explores what friends have been through together, and it contemplates how they could possibly let a small thing tear them apart now.
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"Can We Still Be Friends?" - a Poem - This sad but hopeful poem by Kathleen Sheppard speaks about remaining friends while a relationship takes its course between two people.
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"Can Friends Be More and Stay Friends" - a Poem - This poem from PoemHunter.com poses the question of whether friends can become more than friends and yet still remain friends. While the poem tries to answer the question, the verse--as in life--only seems to create more and more challenging questions.