Memorial Death Poems | Examples

These Memorial Death poems are examples of Death poems about Memorial. These are the best examples of Death Memorial poems written by international poets.


Premium Memberfor you

for you who fell, god be with you….
you are certainly not forgotten


Premium MemberHe Died on the Field, to Live in the Heart

He died on the field, to live in the heart,
Lifted are nations by heroes that fall;
Never we’ll know on which ground he took part;
But then, the truth is, he died on them all.
He held, on that day, “No evil shall pass!
No, not today, though I die at my post!”
Courage is not just a word by the crass,
But rises with flames, when duty calls most.
What shall we think of a life cut so short?
There once died a rose, that others might bloom;
What shall that death to the living report?
There once rose a call, that lives past the Tomb:
To face every danger, never to lag,
And to embody what’s meant by the flag.

Premium MemberThere Is a Hyphen Waiting for My End

There is a hyphen waiting for my end,
To close that form engendered by my birth;
That year that shall its long imbalance mend,
And mark the measure of a life on Earth.

One may take pity for that broken bar,
Well-grounded left, but rightward hanging bare;
An absent fact a symmetry doth mar;
But it has patience, time shall make it fair.

O, such a little thing it is to see!
Two numbers with a hyphen are too dull;
But think, before you pass, that there go we,
And once, within that hyphen, dwelt a soul.

Premium MemberTwo Of Two Things

Since the second of the two of you had died,
I finally reached the day I no longer cried.
It was one of the last mornings of December,
I started laundry after waking from slumber.

I gathered all the towels around the house,
Walked down the stairs quiet as a mouse.
After I began the washing machine, I saw:
Two dimes, I knew it was you and grandpa.

I smiled, went to water your memorial flowers,
But as I carried a pail in dawn's sacred hours
Suddenly two big drops had fallen to floor,
I knew it was you two approving every chore.

I texted my partner I no longer have loud cries,
But I would still helplessly well-up in my eyes.
I know you two are watching over me though,
I know you two shall see how I'll further grow.

Premium MemberThe Mourning Meadow

The shimmering rill stones 
The clear babbling waters 
The yellow meadow flowers 
Dancing in the breezy dawn 
He passed this way, he passed away 
As thus, the bearded years pass on 

The buried bones 
The grieving daughters 
Passing years fade like hours 
On the grassy knoll, a memorial stone 
Wreathed with yellow flowers 

Below the hill 
Lay his daughters still 
In everlasting silent repose 
The passing years fade like hours 
Upon their graves, each; a yellow rose 

None to hear them sing 
None to marvel their glittered wing 
As they’d lay midst, the meadow flowers 
The passing years fade like hours 
But they still remember 
The morning dove, flying 
And mortal love, undying


Premium MemberGettysburg Addressed

  
     bullets… tears… blood… shrieks

       mortality’s cries intrude…

         clover found them rude

Premium MemberWhy Did You Kill Me?

Why did you destroy my heart?

Someone loved you. Just an ordinary person. A European lonely guy
My life’s desire was unknown, but the desire brought a beautiful flower
Your life created a new one. Wishing your heart. Don’t forget this mood

My life is yours. My life is the depth of my grave for you. Black marble
Silver letters, antique style, just a memoir, silver black tulip, and a white
“This is a Stone for a Lost Love, in this Memorial Park. Rest in Peace”

Rest in Peace
Peace find him
I love the Peace
We live together

My love on Earth
Be at rest in peace
I am waiting for you
We will live here
Together, forever

Premium MemberBearing Bad News

Each year Memorial Day causes much lament, and today will be viewed as another life recap. A day we honor heroes whose lives were spent, who, for freedom, willingly stood in the gap. Too many families are attached to someone, who served country and didn’t return intact. Body bags, their ticket home to a loved one, today, they remember that door knock’s impact.
© Tom Wright  Create an image from this poem.

Premium Membersandstone

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   sandstone  g r a v e 
                                markers eclipsed ~ 
     by contorted 
                       b e e c h
© Sara Jama  Create an image from this poem.

Premium Membermemorial day

blitzed blackened skies 
hail of bullets ricochet ~
crimson fills trenches 

screams of the fallen
reverberate through scorched earth ~  
laid waste to ruin 

dog tags dot stained sand 
identities reduced to ~
scraps of twisted tin

empty caskets draped
in red, white, and blue blankets ~
return to home shores

heroes are buried
a day for remembrance born ~
respect for the slain
© Sara Jama  Create an image from this poem.

Premium MemberAnother Soul

Another Soul just got his wings
Another Angel gloriously sings

From this land a soul flies free
Burdens are lifted, rise does he

To new adventures, no pain just Love
where he can watch from stars above

Time was up on this Earthly plane
but happy memories will always remain.

Premium MemberTHIS IS HOW IT ENDS

No story
Breathless deceased body alone
No Friends nor family
No observation
No memorial nor choir song
Loss words
No remorse
Spotlight none
Remembrance totally forgotten
No tears only shame
Bearing a name
Lifeless tongue
No orchestra
Uncaring Earth
Soulful flight
Decayed body
Ashes to Ashes
Dust to Dust
Grave none
Heaven’s uplift
The promise
Aspect
Moment
Time
Darkened background
Heaven’s reward
The descend
Heaven bound

Premium MemberIn Humanity

Imagine if you will
attending a holocaust memorial
at the very same moment
you support today's slaughters

this is inhumanity

hypocritical all
poets and politicians

to say I am disgusted
an understatement
to say I am filled with tears
a truth

inhumane
insane
your hatred ingrained

the inhumanity, raining blood

against all odds
I will always stand with the oppressed
not with those wearing masks
of Zionist deceit

Premium MemberMy Brother

A picture hung upon the parlour wall Of a brother I'd never met at all Tony was the eldest child in the nest Loved, cherished, by parents truly blessed. Sadly Tony had lived for just four years His passing left enormous grief and tears Though I'm one of five sisters, ever dear How I wish that my brother was still here. We’d visit the grave often on Sundays Where sweet smelling flowers each sister laid We all said prayers asking the Holy One To gently care for our brother and son. Now Tony’s sitting on my parlour wall And my sisters, so that I can recall The memories we made along life's way Though none of Tony, so sorry to say. I often wonder how life would have been If my brother had remained on the scene.

Premium MemberHonouring Her Ghost

I wear the most fragrant of all fragrances called Champagne Toast,
Because it was the specific scent she had loved the most,
So I am also in a way honouring her very own ghost.

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