Childhood Elegy Poems
These Childhood Elegy poems are examples of Elegy poems about Childhood. These are the best examples of Elegy Childhood poems written by international poets.
Elegy for a Kitchen Table
The kitchen table
was the centerpoint of childhood,
a place of gathering,
an easel for artworks, battleground
for homework and Eden
for the creation of lifeforms
moulded from...
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Categories:
elegy, childhood, poetry, time,
Erinna Distaff TranslationERINNA
Erinna is widely regarded, at least by those who have read her, as second only to Sappho among the ancient Greek female poets. Little is...
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elegy, child, childhood, death, death
Scarlet Roses
"But when you showed me what happiness looked like, I shook harder, sobbed, wailed and bawled; tore at your clothes, your perfect, perfect face, and...
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Categories:
death, grief, hurt, loneliness,
Brother Of Our SoulsBorn December 5, 1961,
blonde cherubic, lips of rose buds,
eyes of the bluest baby innocence.
Remember the 1960's brother,
Massapequa proud, Long Island.
Our Cedar Street,
lined once with what...
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7th grade, 8th grade,
Elegy To A MarriageShe told you she’s not the one for you
Unbothered, for you knew this to be true
So why must you treat her like this?
Spewing abuse from...
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Categories:
abuse, childhood, deep, family,
Gone But UnforgottenI will never be ready even though you signal your leaving
I foolishly keep the bright days since so much yet needs sharing
of long partings after...
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brother, eulogy, longing, love,
Ashes On the Snow by LM HankinsL Milton Hankins loved by all here on Poetry Soup
He kept true to himself and to us with authenticity
Daily poems intimate, inciting, true to the...
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Categories:
appreciation, character, death, death
My Soul“My soul”
“Feel trapped in a box of walls,
And my wings are chopped off with a sharp blade, bleeding,
I’m still silent,
From childhood to adulthood all want...
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deep, emotions,
Adieu Papa MadabeA patriarch, legend, family man,
A moral compass,
An arc of proprietary leadership
With octopus creeping advancements
Inducing pomiferous effects
Africa’s epitome of
Struggle against racial oppression
The Great Madabe :
An iconic...
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appreciation, eulogy, inspirational, leadership,
Lady Stetson Rides No MoreHer dried-up withering petals once shone lovely in the golden sun
growing older now in the mirror’s unforgiving reflection.
She’s lingering among the living, as if her...
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Categories:
farewell, for her, goodbye,
Where Did They GoOh, the one on one days of yesterday,
Of boredom and babies and waiting.
Of school mornings and tagging along,
Brown paper bags, school songs.
The blowing of wind...
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Categories:
how i feel,
Old Missionary Kids Talk About FaithAt Chefoo Reconsidered we did speak
Of faith as something we as children held
To be most precious, with our parents’ fierce
Example holding us to sacred truths
But...
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Categories:
age, devotion, faith, friendship
Athenian EpitaphsAthenian Epitaphs
Mariner, do not ask whose tomb this may be,
but go with good fortune: I wish you a kinder sea.
—Michael R. Burch, after Plato
Does my...
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Categories:
elegy, death, eulogy, funeral, grave,
Incomprehensible Space Time Continuum IntriguesIncomprehensible space/time continuum intrigues...
One insignificant, infinitesimal
incomprehensibleness cosmic speck,
who doth readily confess
swallowed within
infinite cosmic wormhole, nonetheless,
he feels mind boggled, fascinated,
transfixed... helpless to express
following concept suddenly
gripping his...
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Categories:
10th grade, 11th grade,
Nonpareil Les Belles Lettres SpellbindsNonpareil les belles-lettres spellbinds
Adherence regarding credo
to finish reading arbitrarily
self selected book beginning
to end silent promise made
otherwise, I experience guilt
analogous violating unwritten
law, said private oath binds...
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Categories:
11th grade, 12th grade,