Family Elegy Poems
These Family Elegy poems are examples of Elegy poems about Family. These are the best examples of Elegy Family poems written by international poets.
Her Wedding DayBased upon an entry in the mid-19th Century autobiography of Presbyterian Theodore Clapp, who lived for several decades in New Orleans, Louisiana.
Of the many young...
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Categories:
death, family, grief, heartbreak,
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,
My Heart Will Meet You There
I will try to
hold onto the memories
when you were most happy;
most vital, most alive.
My heart will meet you there,
where the warmth of...
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Categories:
animal, anxiety, appreciation, beautiful,
My GriffinDear Griffin,
I clearly remember the first time we met. Jim had brought you at all of
four months of age to my families summer reunion....
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Categories:
animal, dog,
Our tribute to you MarieA tribute to Marie,
Marie, you seemed to draw the short straw in life,
Again and again,
Yet somehow you were able find a way to keep...
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Categories:
age, angel, appreciation, bereavement,
Jose MendozaJose Mendoza, was a young migrant farmworker,
he was harvesting sweet potatoes on
Barnes Farming property in Spring Hope,
North Carolina on September 5, 2023.
The temperature was...
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Categories:
7th grade, 8th grade,
Dreams Coercing Memory
“Dreams Coercing Memory”
You want cherries jubilee
with a little Krug champagne
but soft custard is just the same
when reality plays its game
by the spoonful
morphine comes
to...
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Categories:
death, family, life, love,
All That Matters
“All that Matters”
Heather left us today
lost poetry in music
there she sits
with Chopin
at her piano
playing solitaire
for a short while
waiting
to be collected...
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Categories:
death, family, loss, love,
American SonnetAmerican sonnet
Today is sunny with a few decorative clouds drifting idly about the sky and the mood is of optimism
When it is overcast and dull...
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Categories:
absence, allusion, angel, cinco
Pele the King of FootballThe king of football was born on October 23, 1940 in Tre's Coracoes, Minas Gerais, Brazil
The king of football full name is Edison Arantes do...
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Categories:
appreciation, bereavement, celebrity, funeral,
Memory of a PoetShadow of a poet
Writer I never met
Voice of a poet
Words on hearts etched
Beyond the shadow of death
Heavens and earth wept
Shadow of life
In a poet's soul...
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Categories:
death, family, farewell, father,
Give It a Name Part 2I can’t let them
Become foggy
Looking at them through glasses
That are smoggy
Talking of them with thoughts
That are groggy
Hiding in sentiment
Senseless and soggy
What name can I...
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Categories:
family, memory, missing you,
Give It a Name Part 1What name can I give
To a dream that is uncertain
To people who are unclear
To a feeling I am unsure of
To a message that is...
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Categories:
family, memory, missing you,
AdieuHowl fir tree, the cedar is fallen
From this narrow lane of time,
from this uncertain strait and burdens
from these enclaves of wearying vanity fair,
from this...
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Categories:
death, faith, family, grief,
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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Categories:
appreciation, eulogy, inspirational, leadership,