In 55 Types of Poetry Forms, I want to try them all out by practicing on them - what other way is there to be better at something? I will not, however, take the Poetry Forms alphabetically, but rather pick one after mood.
Therefore I am, as my #1 going to pick: An Elegy.
Elegy
A sad and thoughtful poem about the death of an individual.
Example: Gary R. Hess's "1983".
Or as my inspiration:
Walt Whitman's O Captain! My Captain!
Only that Alèe is all about an alien captain shot and killed after trying to establish peaceful first-contact with me as the First Officer in ranks. I am in this poem a human being - the supposed bridge between the establishment of a peaceful and very wise race - and us.
Only that it didn't go quite as far.
lèe!
My breath is quite intense and raw, I shout, I scream; Alèe!
This was not how it was supposed to go, my Dear Alèe!
Oh God, what dreadful, vile disaster!
My one and Only; Dearest Master!
Lying there with eyes all clear
but pale, these dark membranes
do no more reflect those thoughts
of wisdom once conveyed.
What now, what now, what now?! I scream: what more is now to come?
all of the things we fought for – in a blink of eye is gone!
Oh God, he’s lifeless, Dearest Master!
Our work is silenced – vile disaster!
All we worked for, all we did
for Earth, for our future worth
this was answers for us all
but now it lies in dirt.
Alèe! Alèe! My Dear Alèe! I shout, I scream, I cry:
How could they break their savior’s jar! I sob, I weep, I wry.
My Dearest Master! Dearest Soul Friend!
How could this day be our tragic end!
While humans dance for freedom
a broken heart remarks
they’ve only ruined for themselves!
They’ve killed their inner sparks!
Dearest teemian,
Thank you for your moments of time, and thank you for reading!
As always, if you want me to write something special, you may only ask.
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