Best Elegiac Lyric Poems
Below are the all-time best Elegiac Lyric poems written by Poets on PoetrySoup. These top poems in list format are the best examples of elegiac lyric poems written by PoetrySoup members
My Father, My DadMy voice is weak, my hand falters
As I attempt to speak of my Father.
Each night sleep takes me, then truth awakes me –
My Dad is...
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appreciation, dad, father, love,
AN ELEGY FOR A NEW BORNIn the world of all comforts,
In the world of absolute care and affection,
In the world of motherhood.
Ten months I was basking, in my mother's...
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absence, anxiety, grief, loss,
Death - Not My ChildInspired by and written for my heart, my smile, my son named Kyle
A kaleidoscope’s blossoms are not as awesome
as my child at every turn; watching...
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Categories:
death, grief,
VIETNAM VICTIMLeaving for a year
To nightmare and fear
He came to say goodbye
Or at least to try.
I did not speak,
Didn’t open my eyes,
An unknown fear
Had me paralyzed.
My...
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daughter, father, war,
Pygmy Forest SongI lost you out there.
You never came on home.
I called for you and I called to you,
but you never came on home.
I lost you out...
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death, farewell, goodbye, grief,
Requiem for a SeahorseOn a sultry, sizzling July day
I swear it happened just this way
In a tidal pool, a lifeless seahorse lay
He’d not galloped to meet his fate
But...
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animal, inspiration,
Crocked RibsThey have command on me
my posture has been so
since birth and even now
a grown up, no change
The back has followed
the legs are going there
why can’t...
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fate, humanity, metaphor,
These little onesThese little children seen around
Have something in them mysterious
That thing adult cannot understand
‘Cause they are too child-like to impress
These little children play and conflict
They cry,...
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children, satire, song,
Didn't Mean ToIt was a heartfelt indulge of an act
The night like knights we lighted
Like a king yah served my want
Like a deal we moved on and...
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art, heartbroken, lost love,
The Statue of Liberty(for my personal twist read the last stanza];)
Stands tall and hovering this great green landmark lady
The world's most famous gift and token
Welcoming all...
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celebrity, creation, usa,
Requim for UNUnited Nations, United Nations
What an oxymoron!
What an oxymoron!!
The platitude goes-
‘United we stand’
In the UN,
How erect we stand!
How erect we stand!!
We are homo erectus
Aren’t we?
This genocide-friendly...
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Categories:
sorrow,
GUNS AND ROSESGUNS AND ROSES
Another rain of bullets in the dead of winter.
A terrorist runs through like an Olympic sprinter.
Another candlelight vigil glows from the steeple.
And...
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Categories:
death, grief, tribute,
DESIGN OF A BEAUTIFUL LIFE
What would twice be without; the moon and the sun
The men and the women; that brought creation to the earth
The sun and the flowers; that...
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deep,
Nod to Dylan ThomasDo not go gentle into that good night
of blight, decay, and disease;
rage, rage against the dying of the light—please!
With all of your might
until I...
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Categories:
death, deep, flower, light,
HaitiJanuary twelfth two thousand and ten
witnessed near annihilation and destruction
of the Haitian nation
whereby countless/ nameless individuals
...
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Categories:
abuse, anger, black african
ASHURAH(Every year in the lunar month of Muharram we Shia Muslims commemorate the brutal martyrdom of the grandson of our Holy prophet Muhammed (s.a.w) and...
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Categories:
history, islamic, remembrance day,
Life is KnifeLife brings knife to our dreams
Injecting us with pains and dooms
For in it resides sorrows
Enclosing us in death rows.
In sadness we curse the day thou...
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Categories:
bereavement, death, emotions, life,
I Miss Them AllThe laughter, cheerfulness and playfulness,
I miss them all.
The smiles, tenderness and that hot shapely body,
I miss them all.
The time spent, emotions shared and experiences created,
I...
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Categories:
emotions, feelings, i miss
Ethan Frye*Ethan T. Frye
*Died at age 15.
*Place of death Grand junction,IA.
*Thurs. 3/19/2015.
*Place when died at NBA's Final.
*Cause of death when leaving got in car wreck...
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death, father, girlfriend, heaven,
I am not a moronNow, When I turn back
I realize
The depth of my love for you.
It was easy to bid bye
But it’s difficult to endure with a sigh
Memories pile...
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Categories:
absence, emotions, feelings, for
An Empty VaseAn empty vase on the counter,
reminds you of the beautiful lilies that bloomed one summer...
Time quickly passed and the petals began to wilt...
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Categories:
courage, death, love, memory,
Theory Of UsThe theory of us, the collective
Amid this climate as thus, suggestive
The passion, the fire, our intuitive desire
Becoming more, undoubtedly, known assure
Glimpses of your inner...
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Categories:
humanity, philosophy, truth,
SHOOTING STARSHOOTING STAR
The Shot...
They killed.
Their hate...
They willed.
The blood...
It spread.
From heart...
To head.
The gun...
Was pressed.
A scream...
Was stressed.
Wild eyed...
Prayer said.
and Bang...
You're dead.
The Shot...
Their hate....
The blood.....
From...
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Categories:
death, faith, loss, rights,
What if:What if…
emotion was fake.
No smiles or frowns,
with nothing at stake.
Living worry free.
But to what degree?
What if…
we didn't feel pain.
A bite from a bee,
with no harm...
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Categories:
addiction, cheer up, confusion,
Mr TimekeeperA dusky sky becomes night as I lay here in bed. The
thoughts are Endless, as they run through my head.
I dream of sweeter days, oh,...
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Categories:
cancer, child, death, emotions,