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People Elegy Poems

These People Elegy poems are examples of Elegy poems about People. These are the best examples of Elegy People poems written by international poets.


Rest in Power Kamehameha
After school on my TV screen you were there
Giving me power from my bullies or scratching my hair.
How can I forget how you looked, orange...

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Categories: blessing, culture, devotion, farewell,



Premium Member No Time to Say Goodbye
She slowly began to slip away, 
Then suddenly she was gone.
At 1:00 am she could not stay
And died hours before dawn. 
She died too fast...

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Categories: death, lost love, wife,

Elegy to a promised land
In the quiet twilight, we gather here today,  
To honor my dad, remember him, and pray.  
From the promised land, he flew with...

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Categories: america, culture, dad, father,

Premium Member Funeral
I felt a funeral, in my brain
Somber people gathered
All in black
So many tears
The TRUTH revealed
People DID Care!!
Shovels of dirt cover me 
It's raining soil on...

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Categories: death,

Premium Member My Griffin
Dear 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,



Death of Morale
Death of Morale 


True, I do practice the act of introversion quite a bit,
But why should I be blamed? To what am I to admit

When...

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Categories: anger, corruption, death, hate,

Premium Member Jose Mendoza
Jose 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,

An Elegy For a Legend, In Memory of the Inspiration That Was Mehdi Bagheri, My Great Teacher
He is dead. My beloved teacher is gone.
Like the burning sun, with knowledge he shone
A man of letters, he would voice his thoughts 
Costing him...

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Categories: elegy, in memoriam, inspiration, mentor,

Amen
We are the last animals on earth,
Sneakily chasing elephants,
In the perilous bush, o Delight!
Eating frogs with forks
And sweet sour cream,
Reading books to dream about lazy...

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Categories: 9th grade, anger, animal,

The Bridge of No Return
Hundred steps I made
From soiled ground to the bridge of cursed shade

Three dungeons of heroic souls
Locked up over four hundred in shoals

Living souls of eddies...

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Categories: death, people,

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,

Aksum of the Covenant
Old Persian expedition of eight ships
Eight hundred soldiers on board with whips
Traveled and obliterated Aksumites of good gesture
People of worship, peace and humane nature

Aksum of...

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Categories: faith,

Premium Member Tyranny
A tyrant's reign is like a storm
That leaves a path of fear and dread
It brings destruction and despair
And fills the people's hearts with dread

The tyrant's...

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Categories: 12th grade, abuse, anti

Give It a Name Part 1
What 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,

Is Science a Coherent Discussion To the Lay Person
Is the thought of Science a scary premise mixed with some progress and
 a whole lot regret, like oh that science, what will they think...

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Categories: america, analogy, animal, appreciation,


Book: Reflection on the Important Things