Death Elegy Poems
These Death Elegy poems are examples of Elegy poems about Death. These are the best examples of Elegy Death poems written by international poets.
An Elegy About a School ShootingPrologue:
A new kid joins an already troubled elementary school
He sits alone on the first day, and no one dares to sit next to him
For if...
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Categories:
cry, dark, death, deep,
At The GraveyardTears of fears drip from all that gather
A mystery lyes ahead as the coffin lowers
Sleep smiles on show to see
Some can’t hind...
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Categories:
bereavement, dark, death, farewell,
For The Lady I Never KnewI shed tears today for a lady I never knew
For so long my emotions faced exemption
My life, created in lieu of a tragic encounter, grew
At...
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Categories:
death, in memoriam,
The SurvivorsForever gone, forever we understand
The pain lingers on, stronger beyond
The thud of agony and the memory
Captures the groans of a desperate cry
Laid in a little...
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Categories:
anger, bereavement, death, emotions,
The etheral nightIt's darkness of the etheral night,
But still the lantern light.
I somber in my beloved's laps,
Who no longer "smells like life".
...
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10th grade, death, deep,
HeyHey
I’ve still got words to say,
I’m sorry I failed you that day,
And the guilt doesn’t go away.
I’d give my last dime-
To hear your voice...
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Categories:
anniversary, christian, death,
Gone With The WindGone With The Wind
Gone with the wind so many years ago
Your song plays triumphant
My heart still aglow
I've never forgotten
All the stories you told
All your...
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Categories:
betrayal, death, eulogy, faith,
My Twin PassedIn the years, I’ve walked this earth,
Half spent in service, a self-testament to worth.
Through war and peace, I stood my ground,
After combat tours, where courage...
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Categories:
elegy, bereavement, dedication, depression, little
Release
RELEASE
For loving memory
she must depart
forever lovely
forever apart
My lilac of beauty
white satin dream
in solitude and raindrops
forever it seems
...
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Categories:
beauty, death, flower, life,
JIMMY"WOW; What a task!", I had replied unto mine Master.
He had bid me; "Name Me one good n' pure, of recent human alabaster!"
I searched to...
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Categories:
angel, blessing, celebration, character,
SHANTAShãnta
On th' night that I saw her...
Darkness had been shunned into day
She turn'd 'round eyes bright enlighten'd...
"Oh, my gosh...Randall, you're here! I can hardly believe...
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Categories:
beautiful, beauty, care, dance,
The Earth - A silent ElegyIt is the Earth.
A living piece of clay, sculpted from stars and darkness,
A cosmic wound, silent yet full of echoes.
On its body, rivers carve maps...
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Categories:
elegy, space,
Dear Levester, Post-Humorous Letter
Dear Levester.
On last night, while in bed before falling asleep,
my mind became filled with thoughts of you, and
My eyes were filled with tears. The thoughts...
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Categories:
death of a friend,
Soul Storm
Do not listen for me in wind whispers
Or echoes down the lane,
My spirit would never settle
For such quiet and mundane.
I won't be found in...
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Categories:
bereavement, death, eulogy, meaningful,
Bourbon StreetMy beloved late husband and I
once strolled down Bourbon Street,
on a mild winter's afternoon.
The musicians enchanted the
atmosphere,
as sparrows lent their own songs.
We dined on gumbo...
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Categories:
3rd grade, 7th grade,