Best Valedictory Poems
Below are the all-time best Valedictory poems written by Poets on PoetrySoup. These top poems in list format are the best examples of valedictory poems written by PoetrySoup members
Aha HaikuMorning drizzle
Drops of rainbow;
Colours dazzle
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Weather contrast
Hot and dehydrating;
Sticky humidity
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Lonely songbird
Dawn epiphany;
Lost lover's lament
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New journal entry
Ring-bound folio;
Ink stain memory
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Sleepy distractions
Lazy Saturday weather;
Bakery fragrance
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Towering monolith
War memorial...
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Categories:
valedictory, change, , memorial,
Form:
Haiku
Bread FruitsAs I watched some bread fruits fall,
I thought of friends answering heaven's call:
Like flowering plants were the youth and rigidity-
Of these gems full...
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Categories:
valedictory, absence, best friend, death,
Form:
Elegy
I Have Seen the Stars FallenI Have Seen The Stars Fallen
The pageants veiled, and gnawed at gladness,
As prism from far inter-stellar space;
And they eclipse...
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Categories:
valedictory, introspectionsky, stars,
Form:
Rhyme
The NarcissistTurning into an angelic beast,
Here is the ugly Narcissist....
For others! She cared least,
Here's the ugly Narcissist.
When the plot of life got revealed,
She had a role...
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Categories:
valedictory, faith,
Form:
Rhyme
TerroristsTerrorism is a villainous violence,
Used by those who disagree,
Bloodshed breaks the somber silence,
Between those who feel unfree.
However, when one disagrees
With how the system...
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Categories:
valedictory, america, anger, freedom, political,
Form:
Rhyme
Commencement CelebrationsNostalgic about moving-on moments
my mind lingers at throwback scenes
milestones surpassing oblivion challenge.
1974... Kindergarten toga and cap propelled my steps
toward big brother’s elementary campus
midst anticipation of...
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Categories:
valedictory, appreciation, blessing, encouraging, god,
Form:
Tristich
In Her Twilight YearsHeld fast by poetry and Beaudelaire
in a pencil skirt worn on Sunday rare
she enrolls and returns to school...
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Categories:
valedictory, celebration, desire,
Form:
Sonnet
The Boy BeyondPrecocious boy, yon ere the age of twelve,
Parades vast knowledge, complexity swelled,
Our simplistic share was well understood,
Kept back of minds, preserves naive childhood.
Green imparts years...
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Categories:
valedictory, appreciation, boy, destiny, education,
Form:
Rhyme
ExecutionExecution
In the absence of complication,
intricacies of wayward living,
matters emphatically mitigated,
compelling conclusions, well-received,
extenuating circumstance accomplishes,
impressive consequences, be enduring,
proffers a conciliatory concession,
for toward said conclusion, we...
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Categories:
valedictory, allegory, moving on, muse,
Form:
Free verse
Categories:
valedictory, freedom,
Form:
Quintilla
I Wonder What You Look Like NowI reflect on what you look like now!
You were beauteous when I saw you last.
What precious gifts did time endow?
All those years of tranquil absence
As...
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Categories:
valedictory, absence, death of a
Form:
Rhyme
Best Boy BeyondVIDEO/AUDIO on YouTube above. NOTE: On the video; double-click to enlarge, and/or, right-click for the drop-down menu and click on 'Loop' for auto-repeat.
Best Boy Beyond
Precocious...
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Categories:
valedictory, boy, education, growing up,
Form:
Rhyme
Jealousy Sought My FameVictory neared but I had all but given up
Memory had slowly begun to abandon me,
Ivory towers no longer satisfied my needs
Trajectory found me kneeling on...
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Categories:
valedictory, fantasy, irony, jealousy,
Form:
Lento
Let Us Spread Love: the PurgeLiberated and confident she stood there,
Embracing the moonlight and fresh air.
Tears softly running down her cheeks.
...
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Categories:
valedictory, break up, celebration, confidence,
Form:
Acrostic
Money On the MatriarchShe is insatiable;predatory
In business always valedictory
Sees no conflict of interest in her position
Spurns financial disclosure requisition
She strides like a colossus, speedily
Eating smaller fry greedily
Using as...
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Categories:
valedictory, 12th grade, africa,
Form:
Rhyme