Short Dirge Poems
Short Dirge Poems. Below are examples of the most popular short poems about Dirge by PoetrySoup poets. Search short poems about Dirge by length and keyword.
A Dirge For Harambe
Something Wrong,
I Hold My Head,
Harambe Gone,
Gorilla Dead....
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Categories:
dirge, africa, america, angel, betrayal, black african american,
Form:
Free verse
Giza
pale desiccate strand
solemn dirge of the Pharaohs
shrouded by tourists...
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Categories:
dirge, history, places
Form:
Haiku
Haiku 5
Array of yellow leaves
swirl softly to Springtime dirge--
Autumn betides...
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Categories:
dirge, autumn,
Form:
Haiku
Death's Token Veil
solemn dirge wailing
black-cloaked pall bearers enter
innocent child smiles...
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Categories:
dirge, death
Form:
Senryu
Unwelcome Guest
The wren sings the dirge,
An unwelcome guest, we fear,
Goodbye my true love....
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Categories:
dirge, death, love,
Form:
Haiku
A Dirge
A dirge
He was not for me
He was not for you.
Stillness.
We miss his absence....
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Categories:
dirge, absence,
Form:
Prose Poetry
Death Is Not For Weak
death is not for weak
but for this week; and a dirge
of heartfelt breaking...
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Categories:
dirge, death,
Form:
Haiku
Broken Shell
We combed bushes
for dirge singing birds
foliage crackled
crickets feigned death
retired broken shell...
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Categories:
dirge, 11th grade, blue,
Form:
Tanka
Act of Evil
As you pass by my grave
all covered in roses
whistle a dirge
sit down and pretend you care
afterall you were the reason
i drowned...
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Categories:
dirge, 12th grade,
Form:
Free verse
Zuxian's Zest
A dirge made of the old year
while the new is the loops peered.
What's new 'bout polished bergère?
'21:01:01:22:14
Note: of yearning year....
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Categories:
dirge, new year,
Form:
Lyric
Life and Death
Don't let dread of Death's dour dirge drown out Life's lively, lovely serenade.
December 22, 2017, entered in Brian Strand's Late December Standard Contest...
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Categories:
dirge, death, life,
Form:
Monoku
Night Owl
From
Embalmed darkness
She toll
Her rhythmic dirge
Night's serene silent
Is gently
Deflowered
Written by Joseph Osita
For Dr Ram's septolet contest...
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Categories:
dirge, mystery
Form:
Verse
Tears
a dirge of tears flood
rivers of sad sorrows flow
as I moan in grief
lullabies are left unsung
my babe has flown to heaven
Written on 9/30/2016...
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Categories:
dirge, angst, loss, sad,
Form:
Tanka
Gargoyle
There a premodern smile does emerge
From a hymn and a funeral dirge
For it e’er hails the skies
With its wise stony eyes
Knowing heaven and earth soon must merge...
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Categories:
dirge, faith,
Form:
Limerick
Brahms' Lullaby
BRAHMS’ LULLABY*
A funeral dirge
Victrola dies mid-sentence
Edison tinkers
Kim Rodrigues © 2017
*Brahms’ Lullaby by Johannes Brahms...
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Categories:
dirge, death, music, , Lullaby,
Form:
Senryu
Trumpet Pitchers
With seductive guile, they play a mournful dirge for their unwary prey.
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5th December 2015
Contest: One Liner 2
Sponsor: Silent One
Placed 3rd...
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Categories:
dirge, flower,
Form:
Monoku
Melancholy Melody
tenuous strands
lithely tethering
the soul to reality...
strummed unevenly
by life
sharp notes
compose
a subtle dirge
of mournful
ambivalence
14 May 2023...
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Categories:
dirge, metaphor,
Form:
Free verse
Trees
" Despite its deep roots after its been cut down,
the unwritten dirge of a life giving tree, is bound to the wisdom of its rings from where it's fallen. "
Alfredo Gonzales ©...
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Categories:
dirge, life, tree,
Form:
Free verse
Autumn Chant
Autumn Chant
Grey autumn oaks chant sad airs
In the east of darkling day;
Dirge winds blow through barren boughs
Tuneless symphonies.
10-2-20
Writing Challenge - Dodoitsu
Constance La France...
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Categories:
dirge, autumn, nature, song,
Form:
Dodoitsu
The Women Lament
THE WOMEN LAMENT
(An Easter Story)
pillows soaked in sobbing
sleepless red eyes, trembling
a quiet dirge to the tomb
SuDDenLy SUNRISE!
Kim Rodrigues © 2017
Good Morning and Happy Easter!...
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Categories:
dirge, easter,
Form:
Verse
War Drums
war drums pounding dirge
`peace, peace, when there is no peace'
quicksilver madness
6/20/2022
Based on Jeremiah 6:14
Image created by Mark Toney on canva.com using iOS Big Sur Wallpaper...
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Categories:
dirge, conflict, peace, war, world,
Form:
Senryu
Hearing Dirge Had Caused a Purge
Hearing Dirge Had Caused A Purge
While baking bread was bothered by a dirge,
I had heard and that in pan caused a purge;
Breath taking;
More baking;
Decided making bread did need surge in urge.
Jim Horn...
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Categories:
dirge, allegory, analogy,
Form:
Limerick
Famous Bananas
The moment I start wondering what just happened
Is when I reevaluate things, check out my captions
If they read like a dirge
Could be on the verge
Of a career up yonder with those famous bananas...
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Categories:
dirge, anxiety,
Form:
Limerick
Famous Bananas
The moment I start wondering what just happened
Is when I reevaluate things, checking out my captions
If they read like a dirge
Could be on the verge
Of a career up yonder with all those famous bananas...
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Categories:
dirge, emotions,
Form:
Limerick
Eulogy 2
Death ends fest
Frames cold quest
Change clusters clot
Pain paints prized plot
Lavish last lot
Dark drowning dirge
Sad sultry surge
Prompt profound purge
~~~~~~~~~
Leon Enriquez
10 January 2021
Singapore...
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Categories:
dirge, change,
Form:
Rhyme