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Memorial Poems | Examples of Memorial Poetry

Memorial Poems - Examples of all types of memorial poetry to share and read. This list of new poems is composed of the works of modern poets on PoetrySoup. Read short, long, best, and famous poem examples for memorial.
A November To Remember
Summer dreams sleep at the cusp of a cool November I am filled with hopes that at the font of my soul, tremble like autumn leaves when the wind blows they toss and sway ...Read the rest...
Categories: appreciation, memorial day, memory,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Ghost Bike
pink fireweed blooms through the spokes of the ghost bike beside the highway ...Read the rest...
Categories: memorial, art, beauty, creation, death,
Form: Haiku



Premium Member Nazi Footsteps in Our Streets
“Oh, not in my town,” you doth so loudly protest. But I tell you, they are even in your governments! The first sign is~ suppression of your free speech. We let them, outlaw words, while leaders sun at...Read the rest...
Categories: memorial, corruption, dance, death, freedom,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Loving Soul and Caring Heart
In sharing my thoughts about Nana... Where do I even begin? Her smile that lit up every room? Her sparkle? Her mischievous grin? Her rib cracking hugs have been mentioned a lot By the friends who she mutually adored. Many felt...Read the rest...
Categories: grandmother, memorial, memory,
Form: Rhyme
Fondest Childhood Memories
I was down the ladder, I was negligent in working harder, I couldn’t read and spell well, It was a menacing hell. I ranked fourth from the bottom in the end-of-session examination, This was a result of my weak educational...Read the rest...
Categories: childhood, me, memorial day,
Form: Rhyme



Premium Member My Brother
A picture hung upon the parlour wall Of a brother I'd never met at all Tony was the eldest child in the nest Loved, cherished, by parents truly blessed. Sadly Tony had lived for just four years His passing left...Read the rest...
Categories: brother, death, memorial,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member A Sonnet Bouquet for Soupers Lost
For Soupers lost – a beautiful bouquet: for Devonshire and our sweet Connie Wong (to name at least a few who passed away.) The list of those deceased has now grown long since I first came to this site...Read the rest...
Categories: memorial,
Form: Sonnet
Premium Member NINE ELEVEN MEMORIES
NINE ELEVEN MEMORIES Like the glorious Twin Towers that fell, I fear that day, was our descent into hell. Our American values seemingly dashed. Amongst all the rubble from the fiery crash. Giant spotlghts up to the heavens glared. The...Read the rest...
Categories: america, life, loss, memorial,
Form: Rhyme
only in death are we seen for who we truly are
-To all those who died believing they were failures Madman, fool, fraud, disgrace: Curse your insolent mind and set alight your life’s work— Forget about happiness; forget about fame When money and power is needed to get ahead...Read the rest...
Categories: memorial, appreciation, career, death, history,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Honouring Her Ghost
I wear the most fragrant of all fragrances called Champagne Toast, Because it was the specific scent she had loved the most, So I am also in a way honouring her very own ghost....Read the rest...
Categories: cousin, death, grief, memorial,
Form: Sijo
Sir Isaac Newton
Sir Isaac once sat in the shade, When an apple fell, so he swayed, He thought, "What a sight, This force must be right," And thus gravity’s laws were portrayed....Read the rest...
Categories: appreciation, hero, math, memorial,
Form: Limerick
A Loss
Fear usually gripped my nerves I dreaded broken bottles my heart perchance be served To a wetland I could lose you Little I thought of the deadwood Ready I to send to the urn any jostler Alas the...Read the rest...
Categories: memorial, anxiety, break up, death,
Form: Lyric
American Veteran
I stood my watch into the night Even though it was cold Even though it was hot In countries I could hardly spell I trained every day to be ready to serve On land, on the sea, and in the...Read the rest...
Categories: celebration, dedication, hero, memorial,
Form: Free verse
Robert Sherriff - Australian - War
Robert Sherriff - Australian - Poet -Author - Singer - Actor - American Historian – Photographer War Only one person can stop the world from heading into War, 'A Woman.' She does not let her balls get...Read the rest...
Categories: anger, emotions, farewell, memorial,
Form: Epic
I miss us
#I_miss_us In this maze, you've left me, I'm now stuck, holding tight to your warm moist palms touch in my hand, something that keep my hope intact that you will some day come back, not only...Read the rest...
Categories: memorial, best friend, change, feelings,
Form: Free verse

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