A Friend Poems - Poems about A Friend

Daylight shouts like madman lurking on the roof And I could hear the early morning train from a distance speeding like bullets down the track disturbing the village people with its thundering horn And the sprinklers lying flat on the garden lawn soaked the earth just before the break of dawn and the people could breathe fresh air. They set out...

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I’ve been transmitting on the frequency we talked about— the one braided with microwaves and half-truths about entangled minds and sympathetic resonance. I figured you’d catch the pulse once the white noise parted, once my kettle screamed or the dog stared too long at a corner that wasn’t empty. My mouth even watered with your name on the dough's first rise— I dallied in the kitchen with a low-stakes...

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This sentinel, with roots that grip the soil, A continuum witness of seasons' endless toil. Through storms and sun, a beacon in the breeze, once a life of strength, among the ancient trees. But time, marches, and its sharp axe will fall, gently splitting, as life begins to stall. The leaves, once vibrant, start to turn to gold, a final chapter of...

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These are my English translations of poems and epigrams by the ancient Greek poet Callimachus aka Kallimachos. His surviving poems come from various sources including the Greek Anthology and the Garland of Meleager. The epigrams of Callimachus were so admired in antiquity that they became part of the school curriculum. For Gail White, who put me...

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Everyone will sleep forever one day People will forget that you were here Inside your grave will you slumber alone in a pong To be born is to die halfway After that everything goes eternally black Prayers will be said on your burial Hovering in blackness will now be your new job ...

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How do you stitch a shattered soul mirrored in cracked reflections? Friends arrive too late, armed with needles, once the bleeding has stilled, sewing memories into a cloth of loss— stitched of sorrow, wearing grief's heavy gold, as if it were a crown above the stillness of the dead— enthroned in hollow solitude. Thoughts twist like barbed wire, fences no soul dares to...

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I will never forget the first time I lost someone to suicide. The deafening screams that I created, The shock, Followed by the aftershock. I will never forget you Matthew, I won't let myself forget you. As to forget is to accept, And if I accept your death, I’m afraid of how the system we fought for so long will continue to...

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There are tulips in the gutter perfect blooms, destined for dinner with a friend, they were meant for the table but alas she was unable to attend...

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She inhales the aurora, breath laced with frozen with light speed Pulsar fingers stretch through cirrus gauze, her bodice bending like solar flares. Astronaut A quasar shudders behind her lips, erupting across the event horizon. Space folds— she unspools like a nebula unraveling, luminous in the underworld aphrodisiac of your vanilla fragrance...

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Hear me out please, Lord, for to you I do pray. I’ve lost my direction lately, will you point the way? I’m trying to redirect myself as you asked me to. Now I need your help, I am counting on you. Should I sit here and wait for you, I don’t have a clue. I...

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Death, death, Oh! Old Death Old death makes everybody dry and sad Death even makes kings who are grumpy and mad Absolutely powerless, helpless and useless Death makes us mute, motionless, lifeless and deaf In the darkest, hottest part of the crater And deep within the brightest cell or cache of the chamber Where too much light Blinds the retinas and this is...

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In a small town nestled in Tennessee's embrace, Lived a man named Roger, with a wild, free grace. A rebel and a dreamer, a hippie at heart, With a spirit so vibrant, he played his own part. With a big heart that welcomed all souls in his way, He spread...

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How do you move on? When you’ve lost your entire universe In the blink of an eye they’re now gone When all that is left is painful memories How do you continue? When your mind starts to fill with regret And all you can think about is those last words you never ment When you wish you could just take it all...

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I heard that you were dying, and I wanted to reach out, but it had been years since we had spoken and this in my mind planted doubts I should have just gone against my better judgment and did what I knew to be right, but my life had changed so much since we had last...

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A tragedy occurred was the news A young boy died in a bus crash He was with other students too When the bus got a tire flat To send your child on a field trip And have it end his life is insane Parents hearts forever ripped Finally they released his name Maybe seat belts on busses may Void a future tragedy one day But...

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