Work Elegy Poems
These Work Elegy poems are examples of Elegy poems about Work. These are the best examples of Elegy Work poems written by international poets.
Rest in Power KamehamehaAfter 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,
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,
Jose MendozaJose 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,
Godspeed, HarryOn the wings of a Pegasus,
You've spirited away
To be with the Lord in heaven.
I wish I knew you better
During your living years,
But through your poetry,
You...
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Categories:
appreciation, death, farewell, feelings,
An Elegy To the Late Professor Enos Mwakha:Led by an example
Single-handedly laid down the foundation
A pillar that reflected the true yearning of the course
Selflessness anchored the strength to do good
Without seeking anything...
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Categories:
appreciation,
Is Science a Coherent Discussion To the Lay PersonIs 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,
AmosHow utterly shocking it was
To see his smile fading like a flower
Withering in summer's hot sun,
He who with his ‘Good Morn' would...
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Categories:
death of a friend,
Ukraine TuneUkraine Tune
(Inspired by Bosnia Tune)
As you get up out of bed
Fill the kettle, scratch your head
As you stretch your arms and sigh
People die
As you go...
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time,
ElegyThey brought their music to the hills,
brooked no softening,
yet in time, the Appalachian mists
grew softer, the work less dire.
Their tunes recalled one Celtic root,
one that...
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Categories:
elegy, poetry,
Deep In Newly Disturbed Soil, Lies My True LoveDeep In Newly Disturbed Soil, Lies My True Love
( “Our dead are never dead to us, until we have forgotten them” – George Eliot.)
Deep...
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Categories:
death, deep, depression, heartbreak,
Still My Bedsheet Smells Like YouI keep talking to you every day,
& never get bored by hearing you.
I keep laughing at your every joke
while teasing each other through.
I keep scolding...
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Categories:
elegy, addiction, death, loss, lost,
HauntedWhen Light is Dark,and Dark takes us to Forbidden Places.Were you Touch by Evil that is Lurking,From a Past you Can't let Go He...
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Categories:
angel, anger, betrayal, dark,
Benediction of MourningOh Lord above the Greater skies
Prayers stand before your face.
Heads bow, and tears in our eyes,
We grieve in solitude and silence.
Leave home and go...
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Categories:
death, farewell, memory, missing
Lost: For the Children of the HolocaustLost
for the children of the Holocaust and the Nakba
by Michael R. Burch
Something inescapable is lost—
lost like a pale vapor curling up into shafts of moonlight,
vanishing...
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Categories:
elegy, child, children, death, holocaust,
Deleted Poems and FarewellI have deleted the 2 poems I posted earlier today, and instead I offer what will be my final write. I have read the...
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Categories:
moving on,