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falling 
to my knees in grief --
solid ground

Today im not sad
Im in the next stage of grief
Today im angry

Big-gun emotions
Grief sounds a hole in the soul
Ears empty echoes

The mirror speaks truth
Her lonely eyes reflect grief
Another day gone

Emotions wet trail
Of laughter or grief, often
A mixture of both.

My shoulders are tired
of carrying so much grief
from a long hard week..

Oh gentle spirit
Set loose from life’s pain and grief
Flee to the heavens

It has flown to me.

And it has given me grief.

It was your sad smile.

What sign of grief
What endless smile
Is that
What makes
This heart denial

Old Father Time that master thief,
Will steal your dreams and pay with grief.

  Screams above the din

A moment of grief and loss

    A loved one passes

Faces in funeral homes
We noses display grief-
I'm lost in memory of death's entrance

In congested homes of slums
The poor people live –
No one listens to their grief! 

Pain and grief remains
   as thieves  in the dark of  night 
    rob  a heart of joy.

True Rest
Though grief is real
And problems still exist
The peace He gives is far greater
Jesus

Express Christian's belief
Satan up to mischief
Only path to relief
Instead of saying "Good grief"

Life wears
This mask
Of grief and
Happiness
Unveil this truth. again
At last, we remove this mask

My mind though blessed with wisdom
Carries with it grief of years gone by

Russell Sivey

Time is our joy and sadness,
happiness and grief.
Sometimes it flows so fast.
Sometimes it runs so slow.

	
	
	Melancholy
	
	rainy season 
	grief, white hydrangeas 
	hungry caterpillar


	A haikuette for “Haiku Wannabees”

Take me to my Halcyon,
The place where all my grief is gone
While I'm unsure if Peace is pure-
When all I do is wrong!

Windows wide open on the Oxygen of grief ..
And flowers of the depression on the table of silent  ..
It's the evening!!

intermittant storms
rage in the sky and my heart
my unshed tears burn
in spite of my grief
the sun shines and life goes on

Poor Charlie Brown,
a boy who always wore a frown.
No Valentines, no love, good grief!
Bald head hung low in disbelief.

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friend's fault stirs soul's grief
allied axe logs weak aura
grand tree ends landing




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The poet hears silence;

in the eyes of grief

within the clouds motif

in the falling leaf

of the haiku,brief

Families  bereaved
Epaulettes and sacrifice
And  valour  buried
Only this lone guest to sit
And rue, in avian grief.

Thinker,
failure,
soldier,
sailor,
airman,
dead man,
grief.
Politician,
preacher,
blind man,
teacher,
banker,
usurer,
thief.

Autumn eyes
Face new skies;
Ancient ears
Deaf to fears!

Grief is sin,
So you grin
At a child…
Time has smiled.

My father is dead

I kneel by gray winter seas

Fjords echo my rage

Grief swoops down from the heavens

Like hawks grabbing prey

Lady Mantle's grief

like morning dew drops 
her transparent healing tears
display so clearly 

@ Ellie Daphne

Tall pines, burnt forest
Devastation of soot and grief
Blackened bark, smokes
Winds whisper as time passes
Among the decay, seedlings

The woman in black:
Spirit haunting Eel Marsh house,
Detests the living,
Wasted, bitter, died of grief,
Terrifies the villagers.

At the house of grief ..
On the beat of groaning night,
 I continued to dance.
....
Everything inside me cry
Oh sadness flakes, whist.

heartbreaking aqua
tears tearing from lashed sighs
run in wakes of blue
endless fountain of grief’s fall
wipe salt filled eyes  

Depression rears its ugly head;
New grief for those in need.
Throw money at it 'til it's dead,
Yet place no check on corporate greed.

The fiery orb now grows in warmth slowly,
Liquid gold, limpid glows,
Gilds lank skies in godlike pose,
Dispels grief and human woes.

My Hopes renewed and doubts subdued,
Pray no grief comes soon intrude-
May Peace of Mind thus tell me true,
"The only one for me is you."

Lamenting Blossom

Shed not tears of grief.
Light forestalls your requiem.
Glorifying life.

© Dane Smith-Johnsen
April 18, 2010

What is the
seed I dare not spill?
Is it useless grief?
I have only so much
stored in my breath.
I dare not waste
a single tear.

A poisonous barb did depart
From her venomous mouth like a dart
Said with disdain
Caused much grief and pain
And embedded itself in his heart

In
his grief
for a child
despair crushes
love-
pain
erupts
into an
obsession with
death.

Ekphrasis on his series on death by Bocklin

If I permitted
I could curl up in a ball
in a dark closet somewhere
and weep my whole life
Too many tears are too much
Grief is a bottomless pit...

He
made a
map of sorrow-
in tribute to his
love,
his
journey
through the vale-
found him peace with
God

Ekphrasis -C Lewis-A Grief Observed

Sin is small word which is so obscure;
How much more of it can we endure?
Causing so much pain along with grief;
God please put in my site much relief.

Sadness
Pain
From tragedy remain
The grief we relive each year again
But
The spirit revives within us all
Remembering the purpose of our countries call

the sky is crying...
souls, climbing the rain's ladder,
try to find the sun...
grief sweeps slowly with its hand
the eyes of those who still are...

Lost in waiting full
of grief
my eyes dive into
your absense.
I cannot make my
heart understand
that the flowing
tears
are the only gift
from you

lift an angel to the sky.grief angel,grieve out tunnels of fortune and grab.sap 
sucker,routine affair,sap sucker,give care and thanks,i dont own a tank.

I kiss you not,
Sweet Jesus,
Upon your flesh
I kiss you not,
For I am weak
Broken by 
This seed 
Of grief
Why did I 
Trade you
For this 
Bag of gold