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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.


Premium Member Elegy for a Fallen Comrade
The Coca-Cola lamp 
made a circle of light
on the nightstand—
               (soft...

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Categories: elegy, family, forgiveness, i miss



Premium Member The Family Gathering
Lamentable, the family gathering
on the other side of sunshine,
with possessions no longer bothering,
sans loving cups, draining of wine.

Great-grands, grands, aunts, uncles, cousins and unborn,
one mom,...

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Categories: family,

The Survivors
Forever gone, forever we understand
The pain lingers on, stronger beyond
The thud of agony and the memory
Captures the groans of a desperate cry
Laid in a little...

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Categories: anger, bereavement, death, emotions,

My Twin Passed
In the years, I’ve walked this earth,
Half spent in service, a self-testament to worth.
Through war and peace, I stood my ground,
After combat tours, where courage...

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Categories: elegy, bereavement, dedication, depression, little

Elegy For Kasiita
On a cold, dark night, I stand alone
In the graveyard, where shadows are thrown
Deeply mourning, I weep at the mention
Of your name, dear Kasiita, my...

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Categories: death, family, heartbroken, loss,



Premium Member At The Grave Side
At the grave side
Always a moment for 
 deep reflection 
About life and its fleeting
 nature
We are reminded that life
 is but a breath
We are...

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Categories: anxiety, bereavement, dedication, family,

Premium Member The Old Beggar Woman
Her struggling gait and wrinkled face 
Reflected grief for her dead mate.
She’d lost her family at great cost 
Before she entered society’s lost.
I passed her...

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Categories: culture, death, perspective,

Telma

Telma
People call me the firstborn  
But in the warmth of this cold, I know it was you  
The world wasn’t too kind to...

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Categories: 5th grade, 7th grade,

Year One
In Loving Memory of David Padilla Jr.

Taken by the unforeseen.
I share my birth month with
(K)Crystal. 
My Cousin must be
feeling phantom parameters and
missing links. 
Zoom.
Thumbing through...

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Categories: absence, anniversary, august, dedication,

Premium Member 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...

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Categories: dad, death, dedication, eulogy,

Premium Member Goodbye Dad
Quote By Poet: "Tears are rain from the eyes."

When the phone rings,
it is 1:30 AM.
A doctor saying,
your dad is gone.
How did I manage to say,
thanks...

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Categories: beach, girl, love, mentor,

GOD SAVE THE QUEEN
GOD SAVE THE QUEEN

Of course, in the end, her end was inevitable
Reaching such an age, even in such as this age
A memorable funeral of Pomp...

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Categories: age, appreciation, career, celebration,

Adieu Papa
Didn't know it would hurt this much, 
I wasn't prepared for it. I loved your imperfections and the memories I 
didn't think I had, flown...

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Categories: cry, death, family, farewell,

Premium Member Her Wedding Day
Based 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,

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,


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