Mom Elegy Poems
These Mom Elegy poems are examples of Elegy poems about Mom. These are the best examples of Elegy Mom poems written by international poets.
Who Am I Now
I was your mom before i was anything else,
My name, before my plans,
Before the life i thought i’d have—
I was yours.
Now the world keeps turning,
But
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change, child, death, grief,
MOM
A empty page awaits the perfect words I hope will convey what I feel when looking back at the lifetime we shared.
But I
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Categories:
mom,
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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family,
Dear Mother
Father said I was two and a half to three. I'm not sure.
A serious illness, he said, which no doctor could cure.
Glance at your mom
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mother,
To The Dad I Once Knew
* Note My dad passed away today, a little over seven months since my mom passed. After a thirty year estrangement my dad and I
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1st grade, death, father,
Love Foever
It was a cold winter day
when you slipped away
sorrow settled upon our soul
we did not want to let you go
your days were numbered
we did not
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death,
Love U More
Snow fell softly coating the brown ground to white
hoar frost hung and decorated the trees
sprinkles from the trees fell upon us
deep coldness of the
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death,
Adieu
Howl 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,
My Hero
‘Twas he, ‘Twas he,
Who fought for the free,
‘Twas he, ‘Twas he,
Was how a man should be.
He was betrayed by his own,
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absence, analogy, christian, courage,
Let the Sadness Rise
~~ If fleshy ailment's a~
~~~~~ disguise, ~~~~~
~ this advice certainly ~
~~~~~ applies: ~~~~~
You gotta let the sadness
~~~~~~ rise, ~~~~~~
~up through your heart~
~~ and to the
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Categories:
death, depression, grief, heart,
Lady Stetson Rides No More
Her 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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farewell, for her, goodbye,
Final Lullaby
Final Lullaby
by Michael R. Burch
for my mother, Christine Ena Burch
Sleep peacefully—for now your suffering’s over.
Sleep peacefully—immune to all distress,
like pebbles unaware of raging waves.
Sleep peacefully—like
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Categories:
elegy, death, eulogy, funeral, Lullaby,
Me
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mom, dad, brother
mom, dad, brother
mom, brother
dad, brother
brother
brother
girlfriend, brother
girlfriend, brother
wife, brother
wife, daughter, brother
wife, daughter
wife, daughter, son
daughter, son
daughter, son
daughter, son
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me
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Categories:
allegory, bereavement, birth, death,
I Lost All
I lost all my favorite
people to death/
that is why broken smiles sleep
on face/
that is why i am always lonely in a
room full
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Categories:
12th grade, africa, dark,
I'M In Pain
You waved goodbye with a
smile,
I couldn't argue because
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Categories:
cry, eulogy, lost love,