Life Elegy Poems
These Life Elegy poems are examples of Elegy poems about Life. These are the best examples of Elegy Life poems written by international poets.
Harvest TimeIn 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...
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Categories:
forgiveness, growth, heaven, recovery
Eulogy For A Loved OnePoem 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,
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...
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Categories:
appreciation, blessing, christian, faith,
Missing Grandma"The loss of a grandmother is a reminder that life is fleeting. But it is also a reminder that love is eternal." ~ Gabriel...
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Categories:
grandmother, loss, nostalgia,
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,...
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Categories:
grief,
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...
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Categories:
death, pain, poetess,
Little Sister“I see a white dove fly across the sky everyday as it wears a dazzling rainbow halo; one day as the morn unfurls...
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Categories:
bereavement,
Elegy for Old GrowthElegy – 7-17-24
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Elegy for Old Growth
Through measures of metered melancholy
The tattered winds sing a rent elegy,
A pensive wail for pristine old growth,
A drifting chant in...
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Categories:
death, life, nature,
An Empty HuskDeath has drained my life of joy;
my heart is an empty husk.
I cannot muster a single smile
from the many I've stored in memory;
to come to...
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Categories:
angst, bereavement, death, emotions,
My Angel
' Angel does not appear from heaven but comes to rescue in guise of stranger or associate
...
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Categories:
angel,
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"But when you showed me what happiness looked like, I shook harder, sobbed, wailed and bawled; tore at...
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Categories:
death, grief, hurt, loneliness,
ULUTATE MOURN-Mourn person’s loss or death;
Person was lost in life, fleeting breath, taken left;
Now found in death sorrow, wail, and moan;
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And groan sore, weep, cry, sob...
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Categories:
analogy, anxiety, bereavement, depression,
Elgy - for my wifeIn the realm of grief, my heart lies,
Bound to my wife, love's eternal ties.
Her memory, a sweet melody,
Echoes within, through the years,...
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Categories:
eulogy,
Goodbye DadQuote 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,
The Lament of the LighthouseNo screeching seagulls circled around
The dilapidated forlorn lighthouse.
Its searchlight had long been broken,
A useless artifice for safety
Of ships that plied the ocean near.
The absence of...
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Categories:
death, life, storm,