Funeral Death Poems
These Funeral Death poems are examples of Death poems about Funeral. These are the best examples of Death Funeral poems written by international poets.
CATULLUS TRANSLATIONS 4CATULLUS TRANSLATIONS 4
Catullus LXV aka Carmina 65
loose translation/interpretation by Michael R. Burch
Hortalus, I’m exhausted by relentless grief,
and have thus abandoned the learned virgins;
nor can my...
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brother, death, death of
Death stareI feel your cold stares
colder than my body in this casket
some cry
others gossip
at how I look
how I'm dressed
but it...
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death, funeral,
ReclamationAnd so it goes
from cradle to grave
From baby’s wail
to funeral laid
We reason, ponder,
dissent, and cry
As time repeats
and years go by
Sages offer
their grand excuse
In what’s left...
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death,
Bad News, Morose NewsIt’s like being hit by a meteor
Where there’s no tomorrow
It is like doomsday, really
Where everything is ugly
And absolutely nothing is pretty
I just received the bad...
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dark, death, death of
the day i woke up from my suicideit was cold, yet hot,
a fever.
i am surprised,
as though I didn't fill myself with poison
just the night before.
my arm is taped down,
attached to an iv,
four...
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death, mental health, mental illness,
Burial At Sea______________________________________________________________
There'd needn't be
no digs of earth
or clumps of clay
that weigh my girth,
...
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baptism, bereavement, death, funeral,
The Bucket List BluesWhen my doctor calls me in, says I’ve got complications,
let’s not blow our savings, on round the world vacations,
my pre-paid funeral, is all that...
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death, family, humor,
Sweet Yesterday - EphemeraLetter of the past,
Now a treasured piece,
Letter of gone years,
Now a keepsake.
She wrote it to show her love,
She wrote it to tell me how proud...
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death, grandmother, lost love,
DON'T FORGET THE SEEDS
A favorite memory of her grandma began before she could even say a word…
In her Grandma’s backyard, sitting on her lap…tossing seeds out for the...
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Categories:
bird, death,
Memory in SolaceThere is a grave with no name
That stands lonelier still.
It has no flowers nor despairing mourners
And the grass grows thick and bushy,
For this grave is...
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death, memory,
LorenzoUncooked grains of rice caked our apartment.
Dug themselves into my pliable plantar aspect
I welcomed you from the bottom of my being,
Into my soul,
A friend that...
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Categories:
death of a friend,
GhostI am cold and I drive myself away
From a grave made of clay
With yellow-colored edges,
And the earth as its lid.
I am cursed to accept myself...
A...
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death, evil, funeral, humanity,
Mama Has LeftMama has left
She is no longer alive
She left Mother Earth
She is in the cemetery
Mom is further on
She is, here and there, really
Mother is gone
And no...
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death, earth, funeral, goodbye,
Death by ClothingI worry that my coat will murder me.
Hanging on Banister’s Edge it’s a man lurking, dark.
I’ve seen rows of killers shadowed and waiting,
hidden in the...
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death, analogy,
A Father's Decree
In realms beyond, where shadows dance with glee,
Draw near, sweet child, and heed my decree.
Though my earthly form resides, in silent repose,
My essence endures, as...
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Categories:
death, beautiful, bereavement, dad, dark,