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Elegy Poems

Displaying 468 poems from the Elegy poetic form.

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Let me die — Tosher.	"Let me die" I'm not in the mood Oh! darkened deep! deepen as it could Let me drown blown forever In your deep eyes--ends never! Oh! Lemme die!...	1,542 views Rate it
Colin Powell: May He Be Given Grace — Karl Constantine FOLKES	Gone now, and yet forever here to stay, a giant among us, a soldier on display. This folklore hero, patriot. A veteran of the wars. A statesman of the...	1,148 views Rate it
Mom, I Miss You — Md. Shafiqul Islam Mamin	Mom, I Miss You Md. Shafiqul Islam Mamin O, Mom , to me you were the most dearest, I was a university student, you loved me the...	667 views Rate it
Portrait of The City in Gray — Don Stephens	Oh I have stayed too long with this mistress, over long in her arms have I lain for she no longer coos to console me. Her faded charms are now sweaty and...	349 views Rate it
Sun’s absence — Talia Garza Hernandez	Outside, the light of dawn is raising still early it can’t break the earliest darkness while you sleep with confidence you aren’t an ephemeral...	304 views Rate it
Dear Mommy (A letter from her unborn child) — Audra Caffrey	Dear Mommy, You don't know me, yet Because I'm brand new I'm that new life Growing inside of you. Every breath you take I take with you So,...	213 views Rate it
Cusp — Sãyandeep	Caught in a tide of raving acclaim Lest you be fretting over me, Assure you, I don't desire fame, Oh, but how do I part with destiny Coming from a...	193 views Rate it
IMMORTAL IBEX — Ahavel Aborishade	“I carry your heart with me (I carry it in my heart).” E.E. Cummings must have foreseen my rite. A river of current, silently bellowing; reduced to...	180 views Rate it
"All My Love For You" — CThornes	People they say I made a mistake, wanted me down a path I wasn't take, They said I didn't get a clue, but I sought out the message, I saw the truth, ...	167 views Rate it
Two-Thirds of My Dad’s Ashes — Ronn Huff	I scattered two-thirds of my dad’s ashes today A still June day Just into the woods Over a rocky ledge on the slope of a bluff in Monteagle, Tennessee ...	146 views Rate it
A Lady with burning urn — Basudev Karmakar	(18th Century's cruelty framed in my poem ) A lady with a burning urn I pestered my tender sole in a hamlet The marriage summoned wherein I...	138 views Rate it
The Rising Yellow Sun (Biafra Poem) — Abas Obot	THE RISING YELLOW SUN We all saw the lousy fearful storm, Up the sky of our newborn town, Everyone thought it’s a summer’s dawn, Where there couldn’t...	130 views Rate it
Pink and Black — Anne-Marie Addey	Have you ever though about life in pink? Not bland, boring and doesn't stink. A life where all is sweet and serene, other than black who is bitter and...	113 views Rate it
My friend's death — Mohamed Okab	The friend's house is in front of me. Now, here is the house, but where is he? He left without saying farewell to me. I wish I could listen to him...	112 views Rate it
UKRAINE IS BLEEDING — Francis Boakye	Ukraine is bleeding The world is screaming Tempers rise When a missile flies My heart trembles Knowing all these troubles But in it have I kept ...	111 views Rate it
Dying Promise — Siri Brady Schlaepfer	I’m not ready to say goodbye I don’t want to see you go I can see the pain inside your eyes That you’re trying not to show I know that it gets...	106 views Rate it
On Veteran's Day — Douglas Gillert	They hail our service On Veteran’s Day. For what we did Along the way. Then, they could all Go out to play And honor us on Veteran’s Day. We...	90 views Rate it
Childish Voice — Patricia Ruhaak	Childish voice Rough around the edges You didn’t have a choice A little girl who fell through the cracks Where self defense became your childish...	90 views Rate it
Time to sprinkle spices — Simona Nicoleta Lazăr	Tame herbs hem the sunset gold fades / air rusted in timid arms of my lover of the past (it's time for new elegies my darling) time to scatter...	78 views Rate it
Of all the cities in the world / only Venice — Simona Nicoleta Lazăr	Of all the cities in the world / only Venice has liquid streets palaces of tender light colourful stairs that bloom as if by magic under the step of...	78 views Rate it
Core Memories — Core Memories	Core memories in my understanding are ones you don’t forget. There are about 50 core memories in my head but the ones that will never be dead are the...	69 views Rate it
Croz — John Leinberger	Croz The day I heard you died I almost cut my hair Guinnevere echoed through the halls And drifted up the stairs. Now my nights are lonely And...	63 views Rate it
Barren — Edgar DeBoer	Agonize over a seed That did not sprout, did not breed That did no flower, did no tree That set no smile, only grief That got no rays, that sent no...	58 views Rate it
OUR Ten Commandments — Norman Gerald Stewart	We're put here on Earth by God to keep us true as the Rod So why should we destroy his True Word's that gives us Joy. Are we safe among man,if we take...	57 views Rate it
Rights of the free — Aaron "Kru Juice" Veverka	You preach no guns, You claim to protect the people's interest, Yet kill the innocent and young, Under the guise of the people's innocence. You are...	56 views Rate it