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Memoriam Poems - Poems about Memoriam

Memoriam Poems - Examples of all types of poems about memoriam to share and read. This list of new poems is composed of the works of modern poets of PoetrySoup. Read short, long, best, and famous examples for memoriam.
Premium Member The best you can be
Beside where the railroad tracks bend, just as night gave way to dawn, where short pines and sage bough'd low, wind singing in morning dew' song Your words drift off in echo'd calamity warmth lost in a familiar...Read the rest...
Categories: in memoriam, words,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Her Voice Resonates
Her voice resonates Strongly in my delighted ear; My soul smiles - As if she'd not died years ago And been shut away in a wall ......Read the rest...
Categories: death, in memoriam, voice,
Form: Tanka



A Ghost
It lingers where the echoes fade, A whisper soft, a fleeting trace. Between the dusk and night's embrace, A shadow lost, yet unafraid. Its fingers brush the candle’s glow, A chill that stirs the sleeping...Read the rest...
Categories: memoriam, gothic, i miss you,
Form: Enclosed Rhyme

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A QUIET WEE HOUR CANDLELIGHT BREAKFAST POEM
SITTING IN A QUIET LAKEFRONT PARK LOOKING AT PICTURES OF MY MOTHER IN THE DARK THE ILLUMINATION OF VIVID MEMORIES CREATE A SPARK A TRUE HISTORICAL MILESTONE EXCURSION LANDMARK SHEDDING A RARE TEAR, BUT CALMLY SANE LOOKING AT PICTURES...Read the rest...
Categories: memoriam, death, i miss you,
Form: Rhyme
Mark Skip Stubbs
In loving memory of our Mark, Better known to most as Skip, Reunited with Clegg up in paradise now, Best friends back joined at the hip. From thrashing about on his motorbikes, Revving the **** out them in crickmere park, To...Read the rest...
Categories: friendship, in memoriam, meaningful,
Form: Free verse



Fresh Catch-In Memoriam
Dust shrouds the peeling varnish on the old church pew as Noah (first of his namesake, last of his namesake) thumbs an overripe orange in his patchwork coat pocket. The preacher, made an obelisk by distance and...Read the rest...
Categories: memoriam, america, bible, christian, corruption,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Teacher's comments on my poem
Those were my teacher's comments, as she handed me back my poem. And as I was dejectedly walking home, I ripped my masterpiece to pieces and flung my failing words ~ at the birds....Read the rest...
Categories: memoriam, 12th grade, anger, in
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member After reading Luigi Pirandello’s War
I truly believe that in paradise everything's perfect, everything is nice. Hell, there, even souls from Russia and the Ukraine can celebrate newfound friendship over a glass of pink, iced champagne, and laugh about their ultimate sacrifice....Read the rest...
Categories: memoriam, 12th grade, dark, death,
Form: Rhyme
The Candle's Glow Lives On
To really understand the concept of this work one needs to go back to that day, It was that afternoon in Dallas the year 1963 when in the blink of an eye a...Read the rest...
Categories: history, in memoriam, political,
Form: Rhyme
In Remembrance Of My Father
I use to hear premonition from others Until I experience once in this life One day I understand when there will be No more shadow of your father on your head I remember this scary words when I...Read the rest...
Categories: father, in memoriam, obituary,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member THE ECHOING DREAM
THE ECHOING DREAM King’s voice echoing: Despite Sisyphean trials, We’re overcoming– We’re as the waxing moon; Moving onto fulfillment:- ...Read the rest...
Categories: memoriam, 12th grade, allegory, dream,
Form: Prose
Premium Member THE DRUM MAJOR KING
THE DRUM MAJOR: MLK Reaping his harvest, Nourished spirits marching on– King's voice echoing:- With the Drum Major, Up the mountaintop we go; Our eyes on the prize:- King lies within us, Shepherding us on the way; Mountaintop climbing:- King’s nature blooming… Guided spirits blossoming… We...overcoming… ...Read the rest...
Categories: memoriam, america, appreciation, birthday, encouraging,
Form: Tazkira
In Memory Of Rod Serling
Crossing over into the realm of non-description reference and paradigm sleep alone Borders falling inward upon themselves leaving only what the mind forgoes —and the soul forbids (The New Room: 1-15-2025) ...Read the rest...
Categories: in memoriam,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member SOARS MY SPIRIT DOES
SOARS MY SPIRIT DOES Misguided colorful pageantry Near sighted, holy Jubilee Cross reference, glories grace Heaven Father’s forgiveness ---never dissipates Sparingly I fly Soaring through my Father’s skies Soaring I above all in awe Speechless though I scream Humanity sees what about us Soars our spirit...Read the rest...
Categories: memoriam, adventure, analogy, appreciation, bereavement,
Form: Dramatic Verse
Premium Member Shallow Hours
In Shallow Hours, graves are dug By words morose, Their hollow powers seem mundane, But are much worse. Being Lonely in a crowded room, With empty words Muttered by survivors; Whose frosty breath in time, With...Read the rest...
Categories: memoriam, cry, death, eulogy, feelings,
Form: Rhyme

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