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Poem Title	Poet	Form	Categories
To Suffer	Gammey, Alexandra	Free verse	death,
Questions of Death	Gammey, Alexandra	Free verse	death,
When I see	Lynch, Martin	Sonnet	death,
Forever isn't always forever	Fox, Sadie	Free verse	childhood, cute love, death,
unpatched	Harvey, Eugene	Free verse	addiction, confusion, death, feelings,
Son Had Been So Sweet	Horn, James	Couplet	death, son,
The Redbud Tree	Roper, Eve	I do not know?	betrayal, death, emotions,
Regrets	Spencer, Mark	Rhyme	death, introspection,
His Last Kiss	Smith, Arlene	Rhyme	death, grief, love,
A Mother's Guilt	Williams, Marilyn	Blank verse	baby, betrayal, child, death,
Unborn	Williams, Marilyn	Blank verse	birth, child, crush, death,
Matches	Lynch, Martin	Free verse	death, funeral, humor,
Standing by the angel's grave	Browne, Davina	I do not know?	angel, baby, bereavement, death,
Three Souls at Heaven's Gate	Valles, Tom	Narrative	christian, death, devotion, eulogy,
Bloodshed	Chance, KamirynnAnd	Free verse	death, recovery from, war,
A vivid experience	McNabb, Ryan	Sonnet	dark, death, murder, violence,
In Dunkersfield Lies A Neglected Grave	Lindley, Robert	Narrative	conflict, courage, death, giving,
Simply time to go, a little brother's lamentation	Crenshaw, Kelly	Rhyme	brother, death, grief,
On the Death of a President	holmes, peter	Free verse	death, eulogy,
A Seat on the Bus	Flannery, Vincent	Rhyme	death, god, innocence,
waves	Browne, Davina	I do not know?	bereavement, death, dedication, depression,
AGAINST FORGETTING ART-WAR TRAIN 393	Vuy, George Dee	Free verse	betrayal, death, psychological, war,
Guns Don't Kill People	Schumacker, Earl	Free verse	abuse, adventure, child, death,
The Life and Death Paradox	Ben, Su	Free verse	betrayal, death, fire, god,
Falling	Browne, Davina	Blank verse	angel, break up, cry,
YOU ARE WITH ME	Carter, Tammy	Dramatic Verse	death, lost, love,
THE END	Carter, Tammy	Free verse	death,
Hidden Whispers	Twaddell, John	Free verse	bereavement, betrayal, birth, death,
The Path of Life	Six, Clockwerk	Rhyme	death, life, nature,
Lost	Cervenka, Janet	Free verse	death, grief, missing you,
THE ONE I MISS	Hollywood-Cutts, BONNIE	Rhyme	bereavement, death, family, i
SARAJEVO the anxiety	Bdosa, Vee	Sonnet	allah, anxiety, arabic, death,
HEART OF STONE	NASIR, HINA	Prose	absence, analogy, death, feelings,
Peshawar Massacre by Terrorists killing 134 school children	butt, mazhar	Marsiya	bereavement, death, mother, pashto,
Serena has died	Black, Scarlet	Free verse	death,
This Way Is	Ben, Su	Free verse	death, lonely,
Storm	Clarke, Erin	Free verse	death, depression, desire, grave,
Under The Poets Tombstone Spell	Schumacker, Earl	Free verse	adventure, creation, death, happiness,
Man gone	sibiya, siza	Free verse	death, father, lost love,
The Accident	holmes, peter	Free verse	death,
Bridges of Sarajevo	Bdosa, Vee	Sonnet	death, war,
Flirting With Death, Gods and Devils	Schumacker, Earl	Free verse	abuse, conflict, corruption, death,
We are travelers	Lynch, Martin	Sonnet	death,
A LETTER TO FATE	Matt, Phatt	Dramatic Verse	death, deep, depression, grandmother,
He Died For You And Me	Palmer , Melanie	Rhyme	christian, death, grave, jesus,
Transcending The Cultural Divide	Schumacker, Earl	Free verse	conflict, culture, death, image,
ISN Predator of the Skies	Hernandez Diaz, Ruben	Free verse	bird, death, horror, murder,
Assassination	Bui, Jennifer	Free verse	death,
Reunited In Death	Bui, Jennifer	Free verse	death, love, mythology,
I FOLDED MY MOTHER UP	Goldkind, Igor	Elegy	childhood, death, farewell, grief,
SARAJEVO - the Sniper	Bdosa, Vee	Sonnet	allah, conflict, death, god,
Knowing	Surina, Christine	Free verse	bereavement, death, god, grief,
God's Suicide Note	Ngoma, Thabang	Rhyme	death, god, life,
Will He	Smith, Bev	Rhyme	absence, death, loneliness, lost
WHEN I AM NO MORE	SAWANT, PRATIK	Free verse	death, emotions,
Return	Matthews, Autumn	ABC	absence, death, loneliness, longing,
Desert Tears	Schumacker, Earl	Free verse	cry, death, identity, image,
We Floated Through the Years	Yates, Bill	Free verse	death, grief, loss, love,
Oil Man	scratch, devil	Free verse	death, horror, memory, men,
Dreaded Death	Courtney, Ruth	I do not know?	death, death of a
Sister Please Forgive Me	REAMS, TAMMY	ABC	childhood, death, forgiveness, grave,
The Lone Dissenter	Flannery, Vincent	Rhyme	death, life,
Bryant's Necropolis Conceit	Bateman, Gary	Double Dactyl	allegory, death, grave, imagery,
Judged By Twelve or Carried By Six	Troiano, Jerry	Rhyme	america, conflict, death, family,
Faithful Shadow	Bordner, Justin	Ode	death, gothic, heart, introspection,
FALSE RELIGION	Man, Lyric	Verse	death, evil, god, murder,
Dorothy on her deathbed	Fox, Nigel	Free verse	death, love,
Criss-Cross	Biles, Trinity	Free verse	dark, death, depression,
Grave Digger	Farley, Samantha	I do not know?	death, farewell, goodbye, sick,
Out of Step	OMalley Polatnick, Jean	Rhyme	absence, death, heartbreak,
Voices	Vaughan, Sarah	Free verse	death, suicide,
ALLAHU AKBAR	AKINSOYINU, OPEMIPO	Verse	allah, anger, death, imagery,
Confessions of a Psycho Lover	Strauss, Lei	Narrative	angst, death,
In Mannequin Gardens	Yates, Bill	Free verse	creation, death, garden, imagery,
Death Stalks Us Unawares	Yates, Bill	Free verse	death, life,
WOE IS ME CRIES THE WEARY LAND	lowe, millard	Rhyme	angst, death, horror, scary,
What Do You Do With Your Dog When He Dies	burton, ben	Rhyme	death, sad,
Just 42	Leiser, Laura	Rhyme	death, life,
Welcome	Waterbird, Eden	Lyric	death, dream, spiritual, symbolism,
Darker than the deepest sea	holmes, peter	Free verse	confusion, death,
Train Breath Arithmetic	Lindberg, Brooks	Rhyme	death, dream, jewish, murder,
Last Hour	Palmer , Melanie	Free verse	anger, brother, dad, death,
The Woman with the whiskey bottle As her tombstone	L. , Pippi	Narrative	death, murder,
Hellhounds	Spencer, Bethany	I do not know?	death, evil, forgiveness, god,
Death In the Cesspool	Bdosa, Vee	Sonnet	absence, dark, death, earth,
When I am Gone From Here	Spencer, Bethany	I do not know?	death, heaven, religion,
Dad Died	Mve, Simon	I do not know?	abuse, addiction, dad, death,
Never Too Late	Me Not, Reveal	I do not know?	death, farewell, loss, time,
DESPAIR	Cooper, Shane	Footle	death, depression, lonely, lost,
The cherry birds are singing	holmes, peter	Free verse	angst, arabic, death, loss,
Freedom - Tongue Twister	Petersen Potter, Dorian	Verse	bereavement, courage, death, freedom,
The Cycle We Circle	Mims, Gracelyn	I do not know?	death, life,
FATHER TO SON	lowe, millard	Elegy	bereavement, child, death, emotions,
Fire to Ash	Wright, Tom	Lyric	death,
Dragon fly	Ngoma, Thabang	Monorhyme	death, fantasy,
hunt	Newman, Michael	Haiku	death,
I've Been Thinking About Buying A Gun	Macklin, William	Free verse	black african american, city,
Deathless	Struthers, Olivia	Free verse	cool, death,
Scrumptious Death	Strauss, Lei	Personification	death,
At the Wall	Sturgill, Robert	Free verse	bereavement, death, death of

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