Short Posthumously Poems
Short Posthumously Poems. Below are examples of the most popular short poems about Posthumously by PoetrySoup poets. Search short poems about Posthumously by length and keyword.
Will
cadaver bled
lifeline spread
posthumously read
endearing stead
perpetuity fed
vanity shed...
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Categories:
posthumously, death
Form:
Rhyme
Pc Police Strike Again
Roy Rogers and Dale Evans
Together they sang 'Happy Trails'
Posthumously sentenced to P.C. Jail
~ Their song not available in braille...
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Categories:
posthumously, nostalgia, silly, song,
Form:
Clerihew
Emiline Richardson
Diggety Duggety
Emiline Richardson
Studied the Etruscans
Classically
Votive bronze objects, all
Archaeological:
What I dug up on her
Posthumously
...
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Categories:
posthumously, history, humorous,
Form:
Double Dactyl
Halyna Hutchins Epitaph
As a female cinematographer
she sought to capture the world for review...
and she posthumously did with 'Halyna's Law'
where real guns are banned on set, it's true!
Wednesday, January 12, 2022
A Celebrity Epitaph Poetry Contest
Sponsored by: Michelle Faulkner...
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Categories:
posthumously, appreciation,
Form:
Epitaph
Posthumous Fame
What, no applause?
No one told them they were supposed to like your work.
Like Dickinson and Van Gogh
One day your talents will surface
Posthumously, perhaps
Treasures uncovered
Would fate have it any other way?
*Inspired by Brian’s blog and written for his 1 to 8-line poem contest...
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Categories:
posthumously, on writing and words, social
Form:
Free verse
Vincent Willem Van Gogh
Dutch post-impressionist Vincent Willem Van Gogh
Misunderstood genius as we all know
Did not go gently into his starry, silent night
Posthumously famous in his own right
07/07/2022
Image courtesy of National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, via canva.com
Line 3 influenced by "Do not go gentle into that good night", a poem in the form of a villanelle by Welsh poet Dylan Thomas....
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Categories:
posthumously, art, courage, mental illness,
Form:
Clerihew
Death Row Blues
He’d spent nearly a decade on death row
Praying for appeals that were not bestowed
Had a solid alibi
One the courts would just not buy
A death sentence he’d have to undergo
DNA exam proved him no killer
But there’s a sad angle to this thriller
Tests performed posthumously
Executioners agree
Evidence came too late; what a chiller!
*For Miranda’s “Behind Bars Blues” contest...
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Categories:
posthumously, satiredeath, death,
Form:
Limerick
Notability
Best case scenario -
my fame walking into the future,
all my failed handiworks
recognized as avant garde – well before their time.
Honor and distinction heaped-up posthumously.
An unexceptional life
discovered to have been really ‘sui generis’
uncommonly so.
Applause echoing through the ages.
Most likely outcome –
a contrived eulogy,
slightly embarrassed onlookers
searching for right words.
Shrugs....
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Categories:
posthumously, poetry,
Form:
Free verse
Woven Worlds
Buoyant orange flames leap like a leopard stalking the sun. Posthumously, the mountain of smoke and ash collapsing on itself, selfishly stomping out joy, but for the Aurora Borealis, the joykill of skullduggery. Her light like song notes, tra-la-la-ing. Her beauty, unscrupulous, to the roaring volcanic beast.
northern lights
emeralds and pinks
disclosing
phantasm peaks
valleys of despair
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Categories:
posthumously, nature,
Form:
Other
Poets and Poetesses Never Die
They wove a wordily world
Out of space and sherds of imagination
They wove meanings in mere metaphors
Like spinning spiders
The seer just slept
The poem prospers posthumously
And rake in income post-humorously
S/he died poor but partly NOPE
S/he gave life to you and me
S/he gave a piece of life to us
S/he gave a smile to us
S/he enlightened our dark hearts
Poets and poetesses never die,
They live on shadows and ghosts
In dusts of lively libraries, helly hells and heavenly heavens...
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Categories:
posthumously, faith, inspirational, uplifting, life,
Form:
Alliteration