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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.


Elvis a friend
Elvis, a friend.

Into my café, a young man who combed his hair
Elvis Priestly style and naturally got the nickname, Elvis
He didn’t mind; the name gave...

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© jan hansen  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: anti bullying, best friend,



The silence of yesterday
for abunic sheriff – a friend who battled sickle cell.

yesterday the bones in my friend’s body wrote me a note of grief saying that they...

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Categories: death, deep, for him,

IN MEMORIAM OF WHITNEY ADENIRAN
I only have a photograph left.
A preserved moment in time
To serve as a reminder of how things were 
When you and I were present.

In Paradise,...

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Categories: 1st grade, 2nd grade,

Sorry
I'm sorry for the things I said,
That cut so deep, I wish I'd fled.
Forgive me, please, and let me mend,
My heart, my soul, and this...

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Categories: 10th grade, 11th grade,

Premium Member Dead
I found him lying on his bed,
hair tousled and with a sweet smile.
I realized that he was dead.
I knew this was no show of guile.
A...

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Categories: elegy, death, death of a



Bite
I baffled why you furious mite
Sharing with me this half couch
And make my sweet dream forget
Disturbing and sucking from my pet

Claiming you and man share...

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Categories: body, bullying, crazy, endurance,

Elegy For Milt
Smiles and Laughter

I’d rather be noted for eliciting a smile
Bringing a ray of sunshine into your life
Than to have awards, trophies, and note
In a world...

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© Lin Lane  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: death of a friend,

Premium Member Memory Of A Poet
Shadow 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,

Premium Member How to Describe a Man
How to describe a man
met only through his words.

I believe he wore the cloth loosely
not allowing it to bind him
nor hide behind it.

His writings carried...

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Categories: eulogy,

Premium Member REE KO II
RIP RICO 
4/8/41—12/15/22
Spirit guide O spirit guide begin his journey
Take him through the colors 
Amber, presence of God, fiery passion, wisdom, 
and God’s anointing
Pink new...

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© I Am Anaya  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: appreciation, death, how i

MY GREATEST PAIN
Making ends meet, dad was always boxing mum
For all i can trace and gun
Mighty hand when will mum and dad stop punching in this ring...

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Categories: 1st grade, 2nd grade,

I Still Love You
Between life and death 
our love is dwelling.
Sometimes I am touching the horizon,
sometimes he is too.
Who has said his beats stopped at the ICU?
I'm still...

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Categories: elegy, best friend, i love

Loneliness
In the dingy room all alone
A awful solitary
Hold me in shallow opaque
I live in a claustrophobic world
I asked myself, am i a victim of life?...

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Categories: death, emotions, evil, fate,

Loneliness
In the dingy room all alone
A awful solitary
Hold me in shallow opaque
I live in a claustrophobic world
I asked myself, am i a victim of life?...

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Categories: death, emotions, evil, fate,

Loneliness
In the dingy room all alone
A awful solitary
Hold me in shallow opaque
I live in a claustrophobic world
I asked myself, am i a victim of life?...

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Categories: death, emotions, evil, fate,