Elegies/Odes/Epitaphs

Joseph Muscha Muller

Bio Poem

Matthew Odom

Joseph

Scapegoat, student, nice, smart

Who needs respect

Who feels treated badly

Who fears bad people and those who kill

Who gives respect and trust

Who would like to see life get better

Resident of Germany

Muller

Ode to Holocaust Kids

Ode

Riley Barger

The war is over

You can come out

There are not more horrors

That will try to hurt you

Dark days are gone

Light is on the way

If you still can’t stand it

Close your eyes and go

To your happy place

Where not one will come

And take you away

The war is over

You can come out

An play

Elegy to Mice

Elegy

Jolene Wiley

They run around

Without a fear

But worry a cat

Might be near

They run to escape

But to the cat – an ease

The cat ate them like

They ate last week’s cheese

Elegy

Nathan Plumb

Here you are resting

Not to be bothered

You chose yourself, rather than me

Forget the nightmares

That haunted you

Enjoy the dreams that

Inspire me

My one and only

Taken from this world

Rest for my sake

And accept death

                           

Elegy to Little Old Greybeard

Brianna Smith

Here lies little old granddad

Who ate nothing but stale crumbs

I can see him, but I never really

Saw him

Although those weren’t his words,

I will always remember him.

If only he could have lived

The rest of his life

Here like little old greybeard.

Elegy

Mirna Rosales

Late night sneaking

Early bird peaking

Late night adventures

Early morning questions

Late night lies

Early morning caught

Here’s to living on the edge

Sucks to be your death bed

Elegy to Mif

Elegy

Sariya Szymanski

Here lies Mif

So brave, so bold

To live in the darkest

Of places

The cannons don’t scream

Guns don’t bark

And not blood

Spills here

They wish to keep silent

But, now they can

Goodbye Mif.

Epitaph for Taylin:

Briannn Smith

She is outgoing

But she’s not going out

Epitaph for Shanna

Bailey Inga

A little dirt

Don’t hurt

Epitaph for Mrs. Oqueli

Ian Horner

Life is short

So was she

Epitaph for Nathan

Nathan Plumb

Here lies Nathan

Which Nathan???

Did he die?!

Epitaph for Nathan Hussey

Nathan Hussey

Here lies a

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