Best Memorial Poems
Below are the all-time best Memorial poems written by Poets on PoetrySoup. These top poems in list format are the best examples of memorial poems written by PoetrySoup members
I Touched the Wall Today (The Vietnam Memorial Wall)Emotions flooded my very soul as I viewed that Sacred Wall.
Etched for all eternity are hero's names who sacrificed their all.
I sensed that I was...
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Categories:
hopeprayer, may, , memorial,
Form:
Rhyme
Memorial Day Patriot's Blood and HisThe storm was wildest when
He walked on water
The vines were at their greenest
He turned water into wine
For faithfulness, union and reunion
When men would forsake...
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Categories:
memorial, celebration, jesus, philosophy,
Form:
Verse
Military Tunic~Homeless~
A lost guardian angel, sitting on the edge of everything
I push my shopping cart along the cracks of destiny
My house sits on...
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Categories:
memorial day,
Form:
Free verse
Never To Be MineNot with my arms but with a heart
that blesses your reveries, may peace reside
within your chest... is it possible to love you
less? Perhaps allow...
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Categories:
memorial, grief, i miss you,
Form:
Free verse
Golden Hearts - ::POTD::How does it feel?
It's hard to tell
Sad when I pause
Taking moments to dwell
It's the pearl that is lost
It's the half-empty shell
It's the un-told story
It's...
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Categories:
memorial, angel, bereavement, goodbye, grandfather,
Form:
Rhyme
One Stone - Unknownyou May-
think me odd perhaps strange
peculiar and off the wall-
but I
like to wander cemeteries
among rows ...
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Categories:
heartbroken, memorial, peace, sad,
Form:
Free verse
Categories:
betrayal, , memorial,
Form:
Rhyme
Bert's Will"A cappuccino would be nice
And thank you Anne dear friend.
Since Bert has died I've felt quite lost,
But time has helped things mend."...
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Categories:
funny, me, , memorial,
Form:
Rhyme
The Fading of CandlelightTheir candles burnt brightly long ago
Providing for us and watching us grow
But the years passed by and took their toll
And left behind gaps in our...
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Categories:
memorial, appreciation, death, dedication, family,
Form:
Rhyme
Wish For AcceptanceMy greatest wish is for humanity
Treating each other with civility
Regardless of each one’s ethnicity
All men should be treated with dignity
For when I hear of...
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Categories:
socialprayer, , memorial,
Form:
Rhyme
May May BeMay May Be
By Franklin Price
4/25/2015
May may be the nicest month
Of all the dozen best
You may ask why would I say this
Let us put it to...
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Categories:
memorial, may, cinco de mayo,
Form:
Rhyme
Lost My SongWhen in this life I felt down
You were the one that was around
Maybe it was the way you held my hand
I knew in my heart...
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Categories:
memorial, absence, age, angel, beautiful,
Form:
Rhyme
A Poem For My History TeacherI wanted to write
The best slavery poem ever written—
Perhaps win a Pulitzer or Faulkner.
I had every intention of conforming
To the...
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Categories:
memorial, assonance, forgiveness, history, holocaust,
Form:
Rhyme
The CutA country yearns industry
from assiduous minds revolutionary,
cities conceived with mind set and skill
yet lay insipid in the body of Britannia
those in need of life’s blood,
akin...
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Categories:
inspirational, memorial,
Form:
Free verse
The Black Hills Wept For TheeThe Black Hills wept for Thee
East of the Black Hills of South Dakota,
On the Pine Ridge Reservation,
Live a proud tribe of Oglala Lakota,
Part...
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Categories:
memorial, betrayal, blessing, children, december,
Form:
Ballad