Noun
The quality or state of being poignant; as, the poignancy of satire; the poignancy of grief.
Source: Webster's dictionaryAs we grow old, we become aware that death is drawing near; his shadow falls across our path; the realities of life seem less crude than of yore, they touch our senses less intimately, and they lose much of their poignancy. Stefan Zweig
But grace can be the experience of a second wind, when even though what you want is clarity and resolution, what you get is stamina and poignancy and the strength to hang on. Anne Lamott
There's no beauty without poignancy and there's no poignancy without the feeling that it's going, men, names, books, houses--bound for dust--mortal. F. Scott Fitzgerald
The poignancy of things A purple flower The blossoms of spring And the light snow of winter How they fall. Enya
The poignancy which all beauty has. W. Somerset Maugham
It's the poignancy and sadness in things that gets to me. Tracey Ullman