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The PassengerBorn in December on a cold winter’s day
I was baptised a Christian without any say
My life given direction before I could walk
A school then chosen before I could talk
I went through communion and was soon...
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Categories:
dark, depression, farewell, growing
Form: Rhyme
SleuthCan't Complain,
Oh what a Sleuth,
Show some shame,
Oh what a Sleuth,
Lurk around,
Oh what a Sleuth,
Surrounding Sounds,
Oh what a Sleuth,
Left behind,
Oh what a Sleuth,
It will be mine,
Some day,
Sleuth....
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Categories:
farewell,
Form: Rhyme
My Heart's DecreeI'm stealing a few moments from Father Time
to pen my thoughts on parchment pages.
I write of mirth we shared, sweet and sublime,
capturing it in recorded history of us for the ages.
As twilight broaches night, I...
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Categories:
farewell, sorrow,
Form: Dramatic Verse
Rest in Power KamehamehaAfter school on my TV screen you were there
Giving me power from my bullies or scratching my hair.
How can I forget how you looked, orange gi. Large biceps
It is unforgettable, common as commonsense
But oh, how...
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Categories:
blessing, culture, devotion, farewell,
Form: Elegy
Justifying For His RevengefulnessShould he justify himself
for his revengefulness,
which was the outcome
of a well-delivered response?
How bitter is the farewell to youth...
when one is close to scary death!
He wished that the portrait
on the wooden shelf
remained sparkless...
dusted by caring...
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Categories:
daughter, death, evil, farewell,
Form: Rhyme
A Crooked HouseThere was a crooked house
in a crooked part of town
Where you could down a pint or two
and let your life calm down
A place to relax and to de-stress
with friends and glass or two.
Yes we...
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Categories:
appreciation, environment, farewell, loss,
Form: Rhyme
SequoiaBorn to a land unspoiled and free
The mighty sequoia was on the ascendancy
Ancient elders stood erect and proud
Free from threats to pierce a cloud
Out of nowhere came a destructive presence
Little creatures with a cold, dark...
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Categories:
change, death, farewell, heartbreak,
Form: Rhyme
A Sad Side
A good man of great stature
A presence so strong
Head of a company, head of the family
The place he belonged
Now he sits in a care home
A toy cat cradled in his arms
Imprisoned in his...
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Categories:
family, farewell, lonely, sad,
Form: Rhyme
Tomorrow Never ComesSomethings are better
done to day – tomorrow
never comes
like mending fences
and pitching hay
meal on the table
and time to pray
grace in the morning
at the end of day
remind those special someones
just how much you love them
do it without...
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Categories:
farewell, fate, goodbye, inspirational
Form: Free verse
The Heartache of FarewellThe heartache of farewell
Comes in layers and degrees of torment and suffering
Some good and Bad, some may say it is all good in the end
But regardless of platitudes and positive thinking after reflection at the...
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Categories:
farewell, goodbye, heartbreak, loss,
Form: Free verse
I Remember that Farewell NightListless on plate waited the farewell cake,
So did most colleagues— eagerly to leave,
‘Pon vouching polite words, bulk of them fake,
I still recall that routine tedious eve,
When companies to old wards send-off give....
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Categories:
farewell, remember,
Form: Quintain (English)
A Friend for Years
A friend for years
a constant
Amidst those
who come and go ~
...
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Categories:
farewell, friend, friendship, write,
Form: Rhyme
Prior to the AfterlifeThe ceiling sparkled;
I saw the big dipper, then the little one.
The painters needed a bigger tip for their creative execution.
Without a warning to prepare, a requiem played.
The symphony corned all aspects of a...
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Categories:
anger, farewell, murder, pain,
Form: Free verse
Lost In The AbyssI am lost and can never be found..
I'm hidden away in the deep dark abyss.
I know you won't ever find me..
To you I never seemed to exist.
You were always taking advantage..
You took for granted all...
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Categories:
anger, betrayal, farewell, journey,
Form: Rhyme
The Song Of A PoetIt is a poet who sings
It's a writer who tells
His stories.
It is an author who expresses himself
He is a speaker of the highest esteems
Who review the sad memoirs.
He is a brave man who externalizes himself
It...
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Categories:
bullying, farewell, funeral, love,
Form: Free verse
Specific Types of Farewell Poems
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Poems Related to Farewell
adieu, goodbye, valediction, salutation, parting, sendoff, adieus, ciao, cheerio, adios, adieux, leave taking, bye bye, hasta la vista, have a nice day, so long, ta ta,