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Poem Title	Poet	Form	Categories
Tree	Eskridge, Shamya	ABC	beauty, death, epic, feelings,
Life and Death and Life	Shaw, Kimberly	Couplet	birth, death,
My Dreams of Her	Kramer , Kearra	Free verse	absence, corruption, death, mother,
Life and Death	beharry, john	Iambic Pentameter	death, farewell, inspirational, journey,
Guns	Turner, Anissa	ABC	anger, death, family, loss,
LAST LETTERS- 1914-1918	Gray, William	Free verse	courage, death, horror, war,
The Dark Side of a Coin	Lamoureux, Richard	Rhyme	dark, death, depression, youth,
Wasn't He	Marakalala, Mamelodi	Free verse	dark, death,
The Pain of Night	Escarlan, Reuben	Dramatic monologue	betrayal, break up, cry,
Spooky	Carter, Brandon	Lyric	beauty, dark, death, fear,
The Storm Of My Soul	Hunter, Adam	Sonnet	death,
Weight	Moon, Ap	Free verse	absence, age, cancer, celebrity,
Missing You	Born, Michelle	ABC	angel, christian, dad, death,
To The Wolves	van Niekerk, Emma	Prose	abuse, allusion, assonance, blue,
Only Shadows Remain	Wright, Tom	Free verse	death, death of a
NIGHT BEFORE DAWN musette	Anderson-Throop, Victoria	Rhyme	beauty, bereavement, death, war,
Kiss me Kill me	Cruz, Gretchen	Free verse	crazy, cute love, death,
Farewell To Mr Spock	Callaway, Kathleen	Elegy	death, earth, friendship, grave,
All For You	Bui, Jennifer	Free verse	cry, death, emotions,
silent words I speak	Donnay, Jennifer	Dramatic Verse	anxiety, beach, betrayal, bullying,
On My Birthday You Went Away	Born, Michelle	ABC	absence, cry, dad, death,
Life After Death	Born, Michelle	ABC	blessing, christian, death, faith,
How is Heaven	Born, Michelle	ABC	christian, dad, death, faith,
Drummer Boys	seal, george	Couplet	death, war,
Pain Has Been Here part 2	Hetrick, Serina	ABC	abuse, anger, bullying, death,
44 Drops of Blood	Abcede, Jasper	Abecedarian	death, evil, hero, religion,
100 Years Ago	owen, rhys	Rhyme	death, deep, inspiration, inspirational,
How will i die	Richards, Terrica	I do not know?	anxiety, death,
Gone too soon	hunjeri, njeri	Elegy	death, family, heaven, missing
Forever My Kindred Spirit	Parise, Rick	Lyric	death, life, love,
June Bells Flowering Under the trees	phookan, gautami	Verse	beauty, death,
BOKO HARAM	BENDER, IRON	Acrostic	africa, anger, anxiety, crazy,
EBOLA	BENDER, IRON	Acrostic	africa, creation, death,
KOUSSE THE DRUNKARD	BENDER, IRON	Elegy	africa, death, dedication,
War and Peace	Harvey, Eugene	Free verse	death, life, peace, war,
A Billion Lives	Harvey, Eugene	Free verse	death, war,
Burnt Verse: The Fiction-Broker	Keir, Dan	Verse	allusion, character, death, environment,
Body meet Avalanche	sheltra, kevin	Prose Poetry	absence, age, brother, childhood,
The Death of Winter	Meskell, Kaitlyn	Rhyme	death, nature,
Wretchedness	Donovan, Eric	ABC	age, anger, conflict, death,
A Life End	Polnik, Rozalia	Rhyme	dad, death, father daughter,
ELEANOR'S INNOCENCE	Crisci, Andrew	Rhyme	anger, betrayal, bible, death,
Dust Of Me	Nance, Casarah	Rhyme	beautiful, death,
Live Long and Prosper	johnson, randy	Rhyme	celebrity, death, tribute,
Thinner	michael, richard	I do not know?	addiction, anxiety, assonance, dark,
One day	Leteng, Mpho	I do not know?	death, death of a
Icy Death	Bankson, David	Italian Sonnet	death,
The First and Only Hunt	holmes, peter	Free verse	death,
Mutant	Michael, Lewis	Cinquain	dark, death, emotions, hate,
Grandma's Red Gem	Richards, Terrica	Narrative	beautiful, blessing, celebration, death,
Alone In Her Mind	Conigliaro, Corinne	ABC	death, depression,
Beneath The Gathered Dust	Haight, Sandra	Verse	death, love, memory,
Hidden Evil	Lote, Megan	Ballad	angel, anger, betrayal, corruption,
SHE HAS THE ANSWERS	jimmy boom semtex, nick armbrister	Verse	angst, conflict, dark, death,
Rest In Eternal Peace	Leiser, Laura	Villanelle	christian, death, faith, god,
The eternal sleep	priya, kanchan	Verse	death, freedom, mystery,
On a Soldier's Death	Pokrajac, Jovana	Couplet	death, fear, freedom, hero,
On Taking Life	Pokrajac, Jovana	Blank verse	absence, anger, death, feelings,
Adrift	Flannery, Vincent	Rhyme	absence, creation, death,
FOR SPOCK	Tidd, Jim	Haiku	death, loss,
HERE AND NOW-TODAY IN THE MIDDLE EAST-RAGE FOR PEACE	Walker , Verlena S.	Sonnet	conflict, death, faith, time,
Rage with Age	REAMS, TAMMY	Rhyme	age, anger, betrayal, body,
Pierced	Lamoureux, Richard	Pantoum	angst, bereavement, christian, death,
An experirnce	ussery, nicole	Free verse	break up, death,
To My Mommy	Godfrey, Tammy	I do not know?	absence, autumn, baby, birth,
Judgement Tree	Scribner, Michael	I do not know?	betrayal, death, hurt, metaphor,
Riding Into The Sunset	Kendrick, Sara	Rhyme	death, emotions, introspection, love,
My Wooden Home	Flomin, Michelle	Free verse	cry, death, farewell, funeral,
I'll Cast My Net No More	Rivenbark, A.E.	Rhyme	death, depression, funeral, sea,
Gathering Dust	Baviello, Debra	Ballad	absence, death, i miss
Erebus and Terror	Furlong, David	Free verse	death, history,
Stopping by Corpse between the Woods and Frozen Lake	Nguyen, Ngoc	I do not know?	dark, death, funeral, grave,
Vera	Atfield, William J. Jr.	Rhyme	death, wife,
Lady In Red	cook, Ezra	I do not know?	beautiful, death, horror, lost
Tree of suffering	Webb, Matteus	I do not know?	dark, death, depression, dream,
One Morning	Ben, Su	Free verse	death, metaphor, sleep,
River's end	Will, Dave	Free verse	death, fishing,
Columns and Ranks, Fog of War intermingled	Halliday, Mark J.	Quatern	beach, death, england, history,
On the Other Side	burton, ben	Rhyme	death, sick,
Slave	Lamoureux, Richard	Quatrain	courage, death, slavery,
A Pierced Heart	Johnson, Joyce	Rhyme	birth, death,
Beauty	Carver, Allison	Free verse	beautiful, beauty, body, death,
Help	Waterbird, Eden	I do not know?	dark, death, snow, storm,
Last Song of the Old Cowpoke	Enloe, Glen	Cowboy	cowboy, death,
A letter to my late Grandma	Leteng, Mpho	I do not know?	death, family, feelings,
Last Ride, The Crow	Scribner, Michael	I do not know?	abuse, addiction, death, evil,
Hero Turned Villain	Scribner, Michael	I do not know?	change, death, desire, evil,
Only Heaven Knows	Scribner, Michael	I do not know?	death, i love you,
The Spoon	holmes, peter	Free verse	death, heartbreak, war,
Home	Peterson, Mark	Quatrain	death, desire, self,
The day that last for ever	Scott, Tracy	I do not know?	angel, bible, body, death,
Captain Dies In Ship	Girl47, Country	Nonet	death,
My Sweet Angel	Richardson, Beth	Rhyme	angel, baby, death, good
Got me as Hard as a coffin nail	Plaster J.R., Pauly	Cinquain	death, girl, horror,
In my death	Plaster J.R., Pauly	Ballad	beautiful, bio, death, evil,
Sweet Plum	Plaster J.R., Pauly	Romanticism	anger, animal, betrayal, death,
Moments of clarity	Plaster J.R., Pauly	Epitaph	abuse, animal, betrayal, crazy,
Inside Ink	Nickle Read, David	Free verse	death, life, love,
Go Hang	Inside, Alys	Blank verse	absence, anger, anxiety, bereavement,
Loss of Heart	Olczak, Cheryl	Free verse	death, depression, emotions, encouraging,

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