Elegy Poems | Elegy Examples

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An elegy poem is a form of poetry consisting of mourning, or sad and thoughtful feelings about the death of an individual, but there is more to an elegy. What is elegy in poetry (complete definition)?

Harvest Time

In autumn, I came upon a garden of errant souls And saw several souls sequestered there. Some were well-known and some were fools, But others were only tarrying there. Though the sanguine souls were tall in bloom, there were stunted...Read the rest...

Prayers are Said

Tears fight their way back into their ducts for now moist palms clammy at my sides ...Read the rest...

Eulogy For A Loved One

Poem for Dad Of flesh and blood that nature gives to our breath must one day be given back for life was lent by Earth's hand and now it is returned Dad though lives always in us He is the movement of...Read the rest...

IN OUR LAMENTATION

In our lamentation midst your loss We trust God Who knows what’s best Trusting Him --- the Source of breath Who can quicken soul toward salvation eternally. In our grief because of your seemingly untimely departure We have faith in...Read the rest...

Elegy for a Dragonfly: A Sonnet

Its wings were double fronds of gauzy green, its fragile form a long and tapered flair— this fallen dragonfly I had not seen before, when I had walked out on my stair. I bent and saw that it was...Read the rest...

Missing You All

Those years, that flew on by one decade past, included twelve of us whose lives were fun. For sure, we felt those pleasant times would last to share as one until our days were done. We did not know...Read the rest...

Elegy for my Grandpa

“Goodbyes are only for those who love with their eyes. Because for those who love with heart and soul there is no such thing as separation.” Rumi Oils from my lantern of longing still burn, as...Read the rest...

When Summer is Gone

When Summer is gone along with substantial flowers, a lingering memory, I wonder “were you here at all?” It will only be, in each new Spring reviving, that the iris near the tear duct blooms. When Summer is gone...Read the rest...

Elegy for my late Uncle

“Grief is like the ocean. The waves ebb and flow. Sometimes the water is calm. Other times it's turbulent. In order to survive, I had to learn to swim. In moments when I...Read the rest...

Without You

Shadows of gray, dimming to dusk, then praying like a dark winged raven – still as twilight but pleading for the restlessness of afternoon storms, wishing and believing, starving for the distant glories – before the moments were spattered...Read the rest...

An Elegy

------- I feel your soft musk fragrances The laughter bouncing through the trees; As starlight drifts, my arms reach out When joy of tomorrow freezes-- And trill of teapot chimes of home Embracing dreams ...could we claim all? I pulse, ...Read the rest...

Death of a Poet

“When the pen falls silent that once danced to the muse’s command and when the poet’s heart no longer beats with rhyme, we realize that the poet in us is dead. It is a sad...Read the rest...

Candles Of Love For You

“In the void of grieving heart the candles of lasting love flicker in the wind of memory” – Quote by Poet I heard you sing for me the song of the spring birds, when the beguiled...Read the rest...

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