Women Elegy Poems
These Women Elegy poems are examples of Elegy poems about Women. These are the best examples of Elegy Women poems written by international poets.
AmenWe 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,
TestamentWhen eternity’s tolling its summons
And my spirit must answer the bell,
Verify my reply to the devil,
Document my descent into hell.
Draft a suitably cynical scripture
As a...
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Categories:
allegory, death,
Rainer Maria Rilke: Second Elegy TranslationThis is my translation of Rainer Maria Rilke's second elegy from his Duino Elegies, which he began composing at Duino Castle in 1912.
Second Elegy
by...
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angel, art, desire, eulogy,
Rainer Maria Rilke: First Elegy TranslationThis is my translation of the first of Rilke’s Duino Elegies. Rilke began the first Duino Elegy in 1912, as a guest of Princess Marie...
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elegy, angel, beauty, desire, metaphor,
Perhat Turson: Elegy TranslationPerhat Tursun
Perhat Tursun (1969-) is one of the foremost living Uyghur language poets, if he is still alive. Born and raised in Atush, a city...
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elegy, brother, eulogy, magic, prison,
Deep Indigo MourningMy friend, how did he go so wrong?
Funny and jovial, was he, as happy as one can be.
Then, Paul shot his wife to death, mercilessly,...
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Categories:
abuse, christmas, death, memory,
Democricket HypocritesALWAYS BELIEVE A WOMAN...
and the ME TO....movement
BUT ONLY IF ITS COLORED BLUE …
CHIRP...CHIRP...……...……..CHIRP...
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Categories:
abuse, political, women,
There's No Need of a House HereHow can a man live
In a place where lives hardly thrive?
We earnestly wait in vain,
The things that will never be of gain.
So the weak becomes...
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poems,
You AreYou are the light of the edges
You are the salt of the river
You are the flower of the desert
You are the pillow of the chair
You...
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Categories:
appreciation, baby, beautiful, celebration,
Rainer Maria Rilke Translation: the PantherThe Panther
by Rainer Maria Rilke
loose translation/interpretation by Michael R. Burch
His weary vision's so overwhelmed by iron bars,
his exhausted eyes see only blank Oblivion.
His world is...
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elegy, allegory, analogy, animal, cat,
Archaic Torso of Apollo: Rilke TranslationArchaic Torso of Apollo
by Rainer Maria Rilke
loose translation/interpretation by Michael R. Burch
We cannot know the beheaded god
nor his eyes' forfeited visions. But still
the figure's trunk...
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elegy, art, body, god, life,
In Memoriam, Jones Fantastic MuseumJones, Jones, where are your bones?
I'd like to hear again your moans, your groans,
underneath loathed graveyard stones,
all with weird sepulchral tones,
me...
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Categories:
death of a friend,
Eulogy For An Unsung HeroEulogy For An Unsung Hero ©
The late John Sidney McCain III,
now flies with Arrow Smith,
Babbitt,...
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Categories:
12th grade, 6th grade,
Pleasingly Plump Praiseworthy Princesseswomen that tip weigh ling needle to spin vicious circle
akin to puppy chasing her/his tail
or...
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11th grade, 12th grade,
International Women's Day March 8th 2018less than half a dozen hours
remain here in Lake Woebegone,
an idyllic enclave, where legal tender,
liquid assets, minted monies
...
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Categories:
10th grade, 11th grade,