Best Grave Poems
Below are the all-time best Grave poems written by Poets on PoetrySoup. These top poems in list format are the best examples of grave poems written by PoetrySoup members
Atlantis~ATLANTIS~ Featuring:) Kelly Deschler
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Can't be re-written by the Gods
The land and sands of time'
Destroyed by the fire of Poseidon's curse
Atlantis swallowed by:...
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Categories:
beautiful, fire, grave, imagination,
Form:
Epic
The Devils RiddleThe Devils Riddle
Dark is the night
Dark is the soul
Dark is the heart that used to glow
Empty are the rainbows falling from the skies
Empty of the...
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Categories:
grave, home, journey,
Form:
Light Verse
Caressed By Vines
Caressed By Vines
Like tender loving arms, they wrap around
old monuments of stone set on the ground;
those silent sentinels that stand their guard
...
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Categories:
bereavement, grave, tribute,
Form:
Iambic Pentameter
Season Of September
Sunlight falls in breezy dapples
across your lichened stone,
solace now I seek in chapel’s
old yard while we’re alone.
It brings my heart back, being here -
love; that...
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Categories:
appreciation, autumn, grave, grief,
Form:
Lyric
Nevermore Will Raven Return *Note: A 60-year annual tradition that involved a mysterious visitor leaving three
roses at the grave of writer Edgar Allan Poe on the...
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Categories:
mysteryhouse, loss, birthday, grave,
Form:
Narrative
Do you remember meThey walk silently along my hallways.
Floors littered with faded finery.
Do you remember my Granduer?
I had once been called the Queen of the sea.
Pulled down to...
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Categories:
grave, beauty, bereavement, eulogy, fish,
Form:
I do not know?
DaRK CloUds - A collaboration with Liam Mc DaidGrey clouds the innocent sky ambushing light turns dark
stumbling over a tombstone opening up cold graves
When eyes become frozen behind scenes in hidden truth...
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Categories:
depression, grave, storm,
Form:
Free verse
BecomeI close my weary eyes
I quake and tremble
The meaning of life losing its hold,
Losing its wonder
In this magnifying, mystifying Sadness
Where is the river,
Where is...
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Categories:
grave, age, crush, earth, emotions,
Form:
Free verse
Eden-Eden's Ending Eulogy-
Proceed here today, Eden's Ending Eulogy
Gentle gracious her garden, the guidance
I can't recall what was with the warm, sincere smile, and...
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Categories:
grave, beautiful, beauty, celebration, eulogy,
Form:
Alliteration
Poppies Red
November 11th is Remembrance Day in Canada
(Veterans Day)
When I was in grade 7 or 8 (I don't exactly remember) we had
to write...
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Categories:
freedom, grave, remember, veterans
Form:
Rhyme
Eternal BreathI think about you, every single day,
Since from me, you were taken away,
Your absence has left my world cold,
Now I am alone, with no hand...
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Categories:
absence, death, devotion, grave,
Form:
Rhyme
Whispering Old Cemetery
I came across an old cemetery today while exploring,
Full of broken, toppled headstones and tangled weeds;
There was a deep hush,...
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Categories:
death, grave, grief, lost,
Form:
Elegy
HEARTBROKEN CHILD CRIES FICTIONAL EMOTIVE WRITE
Since I was a tiny baby I was brought up by my grandparents and had a very happy childhood. I knew that they...
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Categories:
death, grave, grief, heartbreak,
Form:
Haibun
FAMILY SECRETSMossy vines served as camouflage for a decaying headstone
This was the first time I’d laid eyes on your final resting place
In front of me stood...
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Categories:
death, grave, loss, mother,
Form:
Free verse
Dinner Grilled and a land ForgottenYou are far away now
Off in fields of gold
Dappled with evenings hot velvety light
90 degrees of separation has dulled the sword
eased the pain
The grasshoppers...
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Categories:
fire, food, grave,
Form:
Free verse
Humanity MeltsLooking at you, they feel lust;
lust for the curves they say you flaunt.
The silver lining visible through your deep neck.
The perfect waist they say,
you show...
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Categories:
grave, abuse, bullying, depression, evil,
Form:
Free verse
ONE STONE COLD HEARTMy father’s funeral, a sad occasion
but his cruel actions go beyond the grave
My sister had organised a display
A silver frame contained a picture of...
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Categories:
grave, confusion, family, father, funeral,
Form:
Free verse
TAPESTRY OF LIFE, AN ELEGY
Tapestry of Life
In the still graveyard overlooking San Francisco Bay.
Her husband's young body...
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Categories:
bereavement, grave, husband, loss,
Form:
Elegy
winter haiku
geese migrating south
heading for warmer climates ~
honk and hink farewell
white frost at daybreak
sparkles as the sun rises ~
warm breath creates fog
an ice blizzard...
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Categories:
grave, snow, storm, tree,
Form:
Haiku
The Last WaltzLa dernière valse
From the skies
Clouds fall upon my dreams
I am up high, away from it all
I am far, but my tears still fall
I stand up...
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Categories:
grave, heart, longing, love,
Form:
Light Verse
Pemaquid Point ElegyScatter my ashes at Pemaquid Point,
Let the wind sail them home to the sea.
Cradle of life, be my cradle in death,
And set my spirit free.
Sun...
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Categories:
death, destiny, funeral, grave,
Form:
Elegy
I Found a GirlfriendTook me the breath of all my life
A soul mate who could consume my heart wither a smile
I found that Gothic girl after dark
A little...
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Categories:
beauty, cute love, grave,
Form:
Light Verse
The Butterfly DanceDance
Between the granite stones
Of the dead
Long ago last breaths do part
Memories seeping in dirt
Black birds and magpies
Lace and knots
Lingering thoughts
Swaying too and fro
Insane
Dancing
On top...
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Categories:
beauty, funeral, gothic, grave,
Form:
Free verse
Sister Please Forgive MeWe were both so young full of spirit and fun
She's the Indian I'm the Cowgirl as we move along the ground just fooling around
Running through...
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Categories:
childhood, death, forgiveness, grave,
Form:
Free verse
PalBob had been a lonely man ever since
His wife of fifty years had passed.
“Lord, let me join her.” he would pray.
“Let this day be my...
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Categories:
grave, age, angel, animal, bereavement,
Form:
Rhyme