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An elegy poem is a form of poetry consisting of mourning, or sad and thoughtful feelings about the death of an individual, but there is more to an elegy. What is elegy in poetry (complete definition)?
Brother Of Our SoulsBorn December 5, 1961,
blonde cherubic, lips of rose buds,
eyes of the bluest baby innocence.
Remember the 1960's brother,
Massapequa proud, Long Island.
Our Cedar Street,
lined once with what now are
vintage Chevys, Buicks,
our lime-green Rambler.
1964-65 World's Fair in Queens
at...
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Categories:
7th grade, 8th grade,
Form: Elegy
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 told
Far-reaching and clamorous are these eyes
So much so that not...
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Categories:
angst, betrayal, bullying, dark,
Form: Elegy
Elegy To A MarriageShe told you she’s not the one for you
Unbothered, for you knew this to be true
So why must you treat her like this?
Spewing abuse from the darkest parts of you
Kindness lingers far apart from your...
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Categories:
abuse, childhood, deep, family,
Form: Elegy
Elegy to a promised landIn the quiet twilight, we gather here today,
To honor my dad, remember him, and pray.
From the promised land, he flew with no regret,
To the fifties U.S., a different mindset.
In...
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Categories:
america, culture, dad, father,
Form: Elegy
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 in demon form
terror enthralling those forlorn
Compelled I shuddered as I...
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Categories:
christian, death, death of
Form: Elegy
Satirical Journal Entry 1 Attempting Suicide: Just The BeginningSatirical Journal Entry #1
Attempting Suicide:
Just The Beginning!
If I killed myself today would anyone notice? Would anyone be at my
funeral?
If so, would they come just ot give themselves peace(piece) of mind over
all the things...
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Categories:
funeral, funny, humor, satire,
Form: Elegy
My Heart Will Meet You There
I will try to
hold onto the memories
when you were most happy;
most vital, most alive.
My heart will meet you there,
where the warmth of the sun
hits you always and your
gentle spirit thrives...
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Categories:
animal, anxiety, appreciation, beautiful,
Form: Elegy
Purity(for CFD, 1944–2023)
Something blinked inside my soul
I used to be half but now I’m whole
To me, the diamond ring is coal –
That’s purity of thought
A bend in the river, a chill in the night
A...
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Categories:
dad, death, father, loss,
Form: Elegy
Left Behind“How exactly, my love, am I to die well?”
The question croaked - a ghostly whisper;
from her lingering mouth
of rotten teeth and wretched lips;
broken by an end of thrist.
Eyes glazed at the edge of reality.
A...
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Categories:
death, grief, longing, loss,
Form: Elegy
Categories:
analogy,
Form: Elegy
When Leaving Morphs to GrievingThough it is time to say goodbye,
I will abide my heart and try
Not to collapse and maudlin cry,
For there is a burning need that I
Cannot sate which keeps me nigh.
During days you were my warming...
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Categories:
grief, how i feel,
Form: Elegy
For a Busy Geisha for another left over moonlightA streak of moonlight, a mystic long, narrow lonely light
A balcony, hung up with an absolute emptiness. No one. None.
I was trying to find coping in strumming, sensing, palpable clairvoyance.
A streak of moonlight, a mystic...
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Categories:
august,
Form: Elegy
FuneralI felt a funeral, in my brain
Somber people gathered
All in black
So many tears
The TRUTH revealed
People DID Care!!
Shovels of dirt cover me
It's raining soil on my casket.
©SamHarty...
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Categories:
death,
Form: Elegy
Matthew Shepard Of WyomingTwenty-one years old,
or should I say young,
with the fair coloring and
grace of a trumpeting swan.
Youth of intellect and
a goodness.
He attended an LGBTQ+ meeting
on the campus of the
University of Wyoming on
October 6, 1998,
afterwards he dropped by
the...
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Categories:
6th grade, 7th grade,
Form: Elegy
My GriffinDear Griffin,
I clearly remember the first time we met. Jim had brought you at all of
four months of age to my families summer reunion. You were shy with
those striking bi-eyes and those massive white...
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Categories:
animal, dog,
Form: Elegy
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Definition | What is Elegy in Poetry?