Elegy Death Poems
These Elegy Death poems are examples of Death poems about Elegy. These are the best examples of Death Elegy poems written by international poets.
Adieu PapaDidn't know it would hurt this much,
I wasn't prepared for it. I loved your imperfections and the memories I
didn't think I had, flown...
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cry, death, family, farewell,
The Image of Him
The Mother Sun no longer embraced me
No more adrenaline rush that motivates me to get up
Breakfast seems bland, faded colors of rotten apple
Unfurled window curtains...
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death, 10th grade, 11th grade,
CATULLUS TRANSLATIONS 4CATULLUS TRANSLATIONS 4
Catullus LXV aka Carmina 65
loose translation/interpretation by Michael R. Burch
Hortalus, I’m exhausted by relentless grief,
and have thus abandoned the learned virgins;
nor can my...
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brother, death, death of
An elegy to Mr and Miss PuffyMiss Puffy when you died ,dead did I feel
Left my mind dazed with a hole in my heart
You had heart problems It felt so unreal
Wanted...
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death, grief,
HerLet the rain fall, let it pour,
Open all the windows and doors.
Slow the footsteps around the house,
Make all the voices quiet, just...
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death, depression, heartbreak, hurt,
Laughter in the ShadowsIn chambers filled with laughter, light, and carefree sound,
A discordant echo hangs, heavy and unbound.
A specter in the corner, draped in deep shadows,
A chilling truth...
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anxiety, conflict, death, feelings,
A Dirge
(In memory of Uncle Thomas)
Bumpy breeze, like a blasting roar
That day when you did soar without an oar
Twenty-two years of sorrow, too long
For many years,...
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dark, death, depression, sick,
Her Wedding DayBased upon an entry in the mid-19th Century autobiography of Presbyterian Theodore Clapp, who lived for several decades in New Orleans, Louisiana.
Of the many young...
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death, family, grief, heartbreak,
No Time to Say GoodbyeShe slowly began to slip away,
Then suddenly she was gone.
At 1:00 am she could not stay
And died hours before dawn.
She died too fast...
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death, lost love, wife,
An Elegy for a Fallen Bridge: Baltimore’s Night of TragedyAs night draped its cloak over Baltimore's sleeping form,
A cargo ship, the MV Dali, sailed to greet the dawn.
From the bustling harbor shores it had...
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death, horror,
I Demand Justice For Ryan Gainer DeathI demand Justice,
For the world's hatred, a blight,
Justice for the innocent's tragic plight,
Where evil prospers in the night,
Like shadows dark, obscuring...
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death, 11th grade, dedication, kid,
Villanelle: Remembering Not to CallVillanelle: Remembering Not to Call
by Michael R. Burch
(a villanelle permitting mourning, for my mother, Christine Ena Burch)
The hardest thing of all,
after telling her everything,
is remembering...
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absence, children, death, eulogy,
FOR IFY ON MAMA IFY
By Izunna Okafor
Dear, Ify, I with a heavy heart,
Join to mourn Ma Caroline's tender depart.
Her love, a warm sun, now dimmed from our...
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death,
Shanquella's Sanpaku TaleEyes! Doleful and lonely as they quietly penetrate my soul
In their silence, I can hear clamorous rumblings of a tale that pleads to be...
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death, angst, betrayal, bullying, dark,
Looking Through to TartarusHarpies shrieked and lost souls wailed
The cold wind stung as embers sailed
A fetid stench, eyes red with dust
When I looked through to Tartarus.
Black column’s rose...
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Categories:
christian, death, death of