Best In Memory Poems
In Memory Leonard CohenThe End of Love
A secret grief rips apart all that was
Slaves to the sexual caresses of time
Stallions in black gallop gallantly in fields
Of spring full wishes
Thou seeith the birth of love
Naked hopes surrounded by sweet perfumes
Seduced by the gods or by demon fools
Dancing, towards our...
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Categories:
in memory, death, dedication, memory, november,
Form:
Free verse
In Memory of My Mother
The gate of heaven opens wide
as angels on either side guide
her through, while we all mourn and cry.
Praising, she sits by our Lord's side.
12/14/2023...
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Categories:
in memory, bereavement,
Form:
Quatrain
Remission (In Memory of William Watt).Birth begins the tragedy in us. Life's
First sound is a blank scream
Against sorrow's hidden portends of strifes
All we know are mirages and dream.
Mother took the news staring at the sky
She must have cried inside
For I have no evidence else. There's no why
For it ... how...
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Categories:
in memory, brother, death, nostalgiaworld, time,
Form:
Elegy
In Memory of Milt - By Jenna LoganJenna no longer has access to her account, and she has asked if I would post this for her.
These would be her last thoughts to Milt ~
Gone is the glint of your smile and poetic words
No longer will they glow on your poetry...
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Categories:
in memory, friend, memory, tribute,
Form:
Verse
In Memorywhere we are born is a coin toss
some are lucky some are not
here we live a sheltered life
ignorant of the injustices in other lands
we take our freedom for granted
and don’t give it a second thought
it’s inconceivable for us to imagine
that many know only oppression
poverty...
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Categories:
in memory, abuse, corruption, inspirational, political,
Form:
Free verse
In Memory - a CollaborationThis tribute memorial poem Is collaboration between myself and Belle Bellevue - a new poet on Poetry soup. In respect to her late Mother.
Today 11th November 2020 would have been her mother’s 100th birthday.
Mother
1920 - 2008
Wherever I go, you go with me too,
always bedside...
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Categories:
in memory, appreciation, birthday, mother daughter,
Form:
Rhyme
In Memory
iron gates -
swing open on rusty hinges
the day cold and windy
the cemetery vast
...
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Categories:
in memory, grief,
Form:
Imagism
In Memory Ofjohn Denver
This picture is of the Columbine flower by John Denver.
(He was dead long before the shootings at Columbine.)
In my life, I was so blessed to meet you.
You cherished all people, nature, and I think
God designed His glorious sky just for you, too!
Besides your...
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Categories:
in memory, dedication,
Form:
Rhyme
In Memory of Backyards
Back then,
backyards were big enough
to nurture a growing soul
and provide a space
for the earth to play out
its seasons in full rehearsal.
There were wide tracks
of grass, trees to climb,
old sheds to rummage
with their interiors full of tools
and bric-a-brac
webbed in history.
There was food...
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Categories:
in memory, childhood, growth, home, in
Form:
Free verse
In MemoryIN MEMORY
twiggy
was just a cat
a dear friend
of sixteen years
for humans i’ve not shed so many tears
Child of God
she
has been put to sleep
the feline way
so they say
nor was any soul more loved
Dave Austin...
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Categories:
in memory, animal,
Form:
Elegy
In Memory of Chan Hurst-The Archaic Poet
Brother,you were a human torch
in a melanchonic orbit
of undefined wars
Now you are a pentagram star
mystical and magical
Pouring light and love
from a happier place
from behind heaven doors
Not so distant though worlds afar.
Through each verse and every stanza
you are.
Like Tolkien,your middle earth
was always the unknown,
Your...
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Categories:
in memory, absence, angel, beauty, bereavement,
Form:
Rhyme
In Memory of Tesslynn O'CullTesslynn O’Cull was only 3-years-old,
when they found her body in a grave near Sweet Home.
It was the worst case of child abuse they’d ever seen
thanks to Jesse Compton and methamphetamine.
This beautiful child was tortured to death,
and I vowed that until my very last breath,
I would...
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Categories:
in memory, abuse, child abuse, drug,
Form:
Rhyme
In Memory of Grumpy CatIt is so hard to say goodbye. The end has come.
I knew it would . . . someday. Such a good cat;
for twelve long years, my Grumpy, always there for me,
...
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Categories:
in memory, childhood,
Form:
Elegy
In Memory of Paris the 13thBattle Clans
They came in the night
Like twisted ninja’s
Selling their honor for terror and fright
Blood spilled on Mohamed’s hands
The Tower of Paris stands tall
Art and culture they shall never fall
They wounded the bodies
They murdered the babies
The symphonies of horrors in the key of D
Replaced by waltzes...
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Categories:
in memory, angel, death, dedication, evil,
Form:
Free verse
In Memory of Ancestors, Family and FriendsYou never write.
You never phone.
And there are strangers
Living in your home.
Where are you Loves?
You’ve disappeared----
Then come unannounced,
Dressed in memory,
And I, clothed in tears.
Immense Light
too huge to hold
Where I wait
Each day, blessed time grows old.
Without end
Flame cradles
All, I see
Add my Loves’
Beginnings and Forever
Be…...
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Categories:
in memory, memory,
Form:
Free verse