Song Elegy Poems
These Song Elegy poems are examples of Elegy poems about Song. These are the best examples of Elegy Song poems written by international poets.
A Dirge
(In memory of Uncle Thomas)
Bumpy breeze, like a blasting roar
That day when you did soar without an oar
Twenty-two years of sorrow, too long
For many years,...
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Categories:
dark, death, depression, sick,
RIP Junior PopeR.I.P JUNIOR POPE
~~~~~~~~~
In sombre silence & mournful melody,
A threnody for one who passed on sadly,
Who lost his life without a life jacket,
Crashed without precaution...
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1st grade,
Elegy to a promised landIn 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,
Our Beloved JessSharp eyes dimmed ,a last spark of life
Looking puzzle and questioning
Into my soul went his silent plea,
As if to say...
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absence, animal, bereavement, cat,
Sad Man's LullabyAs I've once have seen, tears fall down the face,
Of a lonely treasured man,
I meet realities with him through the swallow of the lament river,
Swarming...
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Categories:
feelings, lost love, song,
Don'T Wait Till I'M Dead and GoneDon't wait till I'm dead and gone
To shower me with praise and song
For the words you speak when I'm alive ...
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10th grade, 11th grade,
We MournEach delicious breath,
Every cooling drink.
I salute your passing.
Temperatures we enjoyed,
your breezes stroked my skin,
sunlight played softly,
green fields waved salutations.
I recognize your demise.
Unfiltered sunlight on my...
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angst, appreciation, beauty, death,
A Gentle SoulA gentle soul we remember well
Never a bad word said on which to dwell
As the years go by memories are made
And we recall them now...
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death of a friend,
Elocution To Bitter Cola IiiWhy slaying the stars
& rigorously binding their light
for listening ears under the mango tree
to frame folktales for midnight song,
make a geysers of yellowstone
carrying fresh fetch...
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Categories:
grave, murder,
For HarleyFor Harley
Love,
Aunt Meghan
*I wrote this poem for my sister, brother-in-law, niece, and nephews when their beloved dog, Harley, the sweetest chunk of marshmallow dog you...
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Categories:
animal, emotions, feelings, goodbye,
Stephane Mallarme TranslationsThese are my modern English translations of sonnets by the French poet Stephane Mallarme.
The Tomb of Edgar Poe
by Stéphane Mallarmé
loose translation/interpretation by Michael R. Burch
Transformed...
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Categories:
elegy, eulogy, extended metaphor, french,
The Last Hurrah of An Idiot BoxCall it a requiem, dirge or elegy,
Lament, funeral song of eulogy,
On failing, dying light and last hurrah,
Maybe the last polite vah vah!
Once, a focal point...
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Categories:
farewell, technology,
Elegy, Anniversary of My Fathers Funeral9/22/1983
I drove your shining,Cadillac, Daddy!
The lead car to the cemetery.
A stuffed bear, your Borsalino,
In the August, back window,fino!
You, in the hearse, a few feet behind..
Tears...
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Categories:
chicago, death, father daughter,
Lady Stetson Rides No MoreHer 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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Categories:
farewell, for her, goodbye,
Final LullabyFinal 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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elegy, death, eulogy, funeral, Lullaby,