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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 Upon My Head
"So, he departed from there, and found Elisha the son of Shaphat, who was plowing with twelve yoke of oxen before him, and he was with the twelfth. Then Elijah passed by him and threw...Read the rest...
Categories: in memoriam, poetess, spoken
Form: Sonnet
Children Then And Now
Children were very good back then And were smart, hardworking Even if they had nothing to eat Now the children are stressed Because of technology And they tend to have High blood pressure....Read the rest...
Categories: children, in memoriam, perspective,
Form: Light Verse



Remembering My Past
My life during My younger years Simple but I've enjoyed Every part of it Because it molds me To who I am now Lessons learned From my parents Who disciplined us I know they're watching us There in heaven Missed...Read the rest...
Categories: in memoriam, life, parents,
Form: Light Verse


Harriet Harris nee Kuritsky
Harriet Harris née Kuritsky... Despite being a nineteen year old bride she wed Boyce Brandon Harris half a decade her senior, (where I ranked less than a twinkle in their eyes) during the month of June 1955, not quite half...Read the rest...
Categories: memoriam, america, anniversary, celebration, death,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Goodbye Old Friend
Goodbye old friend You've been such a part of us all Of every correct and incorrect call A diamond for the girls The boys made it to first base Heroes were born here Zeroes too A place with many faces The home of...Read the rest...
Categories: memoriam, baseball, culture, farewell, in
Form: Rhyme



Premium Member The Beginning of the End
No room in Paradise for Adam ...Read the rest...
Categories: humanity, in memoriam, sad,
Form: Monoku
HISTORY
Grave of Meriwether Lewis murdered...Read the rest...
Categories: america, in memoriam,
Form: Senryu
Sun Rose
Three years ago was only yesterday: at dawn I opened my eyes and the blinds. Bouquets you'd left before you passed away; those on my window daily I would find. From your consideration my sun rose, my very own, through...Read the rest...
Categories: memoriam, color, death, flower, grandfather,
Form: Sonnet
Di' Anno
The madman in the attic with his army of demons turned you into a drifter inside your own purgatory. You become a prowler in this strange world of blackness that consumes the children of madness,...Read the rest...
Categories: in memoriam, music,
Form: I do not know?
WE KILL THE WRONG PEOPLE
It happens all the time the wrong people die like this time I dont remember the minute But The government Killed a baby They shot her on the head They Named a street her...Read the rest...
Categories: memoriam, africa, black african american,
Form: Free verse
Cara
The wounded warrior can barely stand A beautiful speech therapist Now leans only on a flimsy , breaking branch The battlefield , a hospital. Diagnosis: cancer. A ribbon tied loosely around her skull Hides small wisps...Read the rest...
Categories: memoriam, cancer, death, death of
Form: Rhyme
The River Made Of Tears
I walk along the river bank to where my family home once stood There's nothing here but mud and rock and memories from childhood It wasn't time that wore it down but water on one fateful day Helene...Read the rest...
Categories: death, grief, in memoriam,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member The Rip
A line of waves begin their run to shore, lifting, rising up and flaring cobra like as if preparing to strike, gliding forward until the shallows down them and they fall, deflating to a withering crawl up the incline of a...Read the rest...
Categories: death, family, in memoriam,
Form: Free verse
Buried feelings
And then one day, I chose to start, A journey deep into her heart. To search for reasons that tore her apart, To heal the wounds, mend the scarred. To my surprise, a...Read the rest...
Categories: in memoriam,
Form: Rhyme
The Timid Baker of Our Town
In a quiet town, there lived young Tommy, Though folks called him “coward,” he was never balmy. His baked goods were famous, a delight to all, But when trouble arose, he would...Read the rest...
Categories: memoriam, confidence, conflict, courage, in
Form: Narrative

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