Obituary Poems - Examples of all types of obituary poetry to share and read., obituaries. This list of new poems is composed of the works of modern poets on PoetrySoup. Read
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Bad News, Morose NewsIt’s like being hit by a meteor
Where there’s no tomorrow
It is like doomsday, really
Where everything is ugly
And absolutely nothing is pretty
I just received the bad news
That my sister-in-law had died
Suddenly and extemporaneously
Without being sick tremendously
I...
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Categories:
obituary, dark, death, death of
Form: Rhyme
William O'RourkeA patriarch falls
Clear summer morning fog stings
Family silent
...
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Categories:
obituary, death, family, father, i
Form: Haiku
LEGENDAs one grows old, when evening approaches, memories too lengthen like shadows. Now I remember more often my parents wondering how much sweat and toil they had shed to make their children comfortable, how much...
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Categories:
appreciation, inspirational love, obituary,
Form: Free verse
TombAncient tomb where a lady does repose
Guarded always by her most faithful friends
Sarcophagus carved with eternal rose
Always safe forever they will defend.
This tomb completely lost to march of time
Buried deep under eternal city
Floral smell invades...
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Categories:
endurance, flower, obituary, rose,
Form: Sonnet
Swamp deaths in FloridaEmmitt Till buried next to my father
also unearthed next to my father
bur oaks cemetery Chicago Illinois
I never dreamed my death would be sought
For my American poetry severe corruption
ABUSE of power...
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Categories:
obituary, anxiety, community, joy, love,
Form: Free verse
they've ruined everythingFantastic firms aka looters
Make polymers and are polluters
Their products break down
Spread all over town
They even serve plastic at Hooters...
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Categories:
betrayal, food, money, obituary,
Form: Limerick
Tests Results
My doctor had good news to give:
I won’t be needing surgery, he said.
My latest test results were conclusive,
in a week or two I should be dead.
Some would die at once from grief.
Not me; finally, it’s...
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Categories:
obituary,
Form: Light Verse
OmadaIt was said “ good things never last"
Last Last we lost her untimely
It was said “gone too soon"
Soon enough you will live again
Again nothing less of the lessons you've thought will forever...
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Categories:
obituary, death, farewell, funeral, heartbroken,
Form: Sonnet
Obituary
I recognized the name immediately
but not the face blurred by age:
the man I went to school with
as a boy dead at sixty-five.
The obituary, noted sparingly:
“Died at home after a long...
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Categories:
obituary,
Form: Didactic
Standing For the TruthPeople who tell it like it is
Are usually wrongfully targeted
People who tell the truth with ease
Are routinely are attacked or assassinated
The truth exposes the weaknesses of the oppressors
The truth empowers the victims who are weaker
The...
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Categories:
evil, funeral, international, obituary,
Form: Rhyme
ONE DAY
One day joy herein will not be found
Your sound mind will become unsound
Your friends will no longer be around
Your body weak will long for the ground
One day the beauty you admire...
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Categories:
absence, death, obituary, world,
Form: Rhyme
Al JaffeeAl Jaffee
He is missed MADly.
A rascal at heart,
smiles to impart....
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Categories:
obituary, crazy, fun, funny, humor,
Form: Clerihew
Poem To Renee : MasterhealerPOEM TO RENEE, MASTER HEALER
Perfectly proportioned Greek goddess
except her philosophies were
somewhat eastern
or eternal
Golden locks alight
magical medicine woman
aflame with Sakara heat
feeds us walnuts
wrapped in dates
Blond lashes thick as a
witches broom, crown...
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Categories:
obituary, angel, body, death, death
Form: Free verse
AutopsyYou gotta let the blood out the body
You gotta let it all fade away
Once the blood is out the body
Then the body can reawake
You gotta walk the streets at night
Watch the victims shining bright
Waiting for...
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Categories:
death, obituary,
Form: Free verse
The Soul Fills With Undeniable PrideThe soul fills with undeniable pride,
And the heart is inundated with love,
For I know that I can in you confide;
As I know that you closely watch above.
Alive with energy you move about,
Like a dove...
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Categories:
obituary,
Form: Sonnet
Specific Types of Obituary Poems
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