The phrase "poignant feeling" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe an emotion that is deeply affecting or touching, often evoking sadness or nostalgia.
Example: "The movie left me with a poignant feeling that lingered long after the credits rolled."
Alternatives: "deep emotion" or "touching sentiment."
All this disgusts me in myself but does not fill me with the poignant feeling I should have to adore You with, to be sorry with or to thank You with.
And the poignant feeling of being singled out and included in the large and ever-increasing set of other people who were singled out, stacked on the bathroom floor….
His love of nature can be seen in Musashino (1898; "The Musashi Plain"), his search for idealism in Gyūniku to bareisho (1901; Meat and Potatoes), and his poignant feeling for the fate of wretched men in Gen oji (1897; Old Gen) and Haru no tori (1904; Spring Birds).
The Greeks have the word xenitia, meaning exile, and this state gives rise to the most poignant feelings of nostalgia.
Unfortunately, to protect ourselves from experiencing poignant feelings and fears of future loss, we become somewhat removed and can be emotionally distant from our children.
I have heard many people of color describe the flag as a sign of poignant intolerance, of feeling unwelcome in the place they find themselves.
If we hear the true and difficult, poignant, sad, vengeful feelings of our children, if we are witness to actual words, written or verbalized, we may feel or actually become implicated in any potential acts of violence committed by that youngster.
I later certified death, feeling particularly poignant as it was Christmas, a time of celebration for a birth and new life.
So parts of this diary are poignant with the desperate feeling of what might have been.
In 2010 the Pulitzer Prize board awarded Williams a special citation for "his craftsmanship as a songwriter who expressed universal feelings with poignant simplicity and played a pivotal role in transforming country music into a major musical and cultural force in American life".
The Special Citation, which has previously been awarded to jazz icons (Thelonious Monk in 2006 and John Coltrane in 2007) and rock bards (Bob Dylan in 2008), went to Williams for, among other things, "express[ing] universal feelings with poignant simplicity and play[ing] a pivotal role in transforming country music into a major musical and cultural force in American life".
