Sorrow Animal Poems
These Sorrow Animal poems are examples of Animal poems about Sorrow. These are the best examples of Animal Sorrow poems written by international poets.
Blessed LoveWhispers and sighs, softest of smiles
Reveal the music playing in the heart.
Beautiful rhymes, soothing the nights,
Stirring joy, faith and love –
Breaths of prayers, some...
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animal, appreciation, bird, blessing,
He'll Plead Insanity
In the stillness of a cool, spring morning,
A cardinal’s heart is heavy – he’s heartbroken.
Softly calling for the lover he is mourning.
Thumps noisily against the...
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animal, bird, death, grief,
JudgementFrom all the sorrow veiling this pith of Fire,
From all the greyness obscuring our martyr,
To all the shame Creations’ breathing satire,
Man, what do you hope,...
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animal, earth, environment, god,
Saying Goodbye to My DogIt wasn’t supposed to happen this way.
Yesterday she was running and playing.
Today she is lying on her right side,
head resting motionless on the quilt
...
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animal, death, dog, farewell,
The Monster and the ButterflyOne blissful spring morning
As the sweet sun showered the flowers below in it’s glittering presence
A small butterfly drifted from flower to flower
It surprised the monster...
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animal, butterfly, extended metaphor,
Oscar 2002 To 2015Before I knew the day, the time
He’d die,
I came home to him,
My little smile, knowing he’d
Be there, he was always there
Always aware I was...
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animal, dog, friend, heartbreak,
ScapegoatLeviticus 16:10 (KJV) But the goat, on which the lot fell to be the scapegoat, shall be presented alive before the Lord, to make an...
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animal, appreciation, beautiful, bible,
A Bag of Spiders
In shadows deep where darkness hides
There lies a bag of eight-legged horror
A bag of spiders where dread resides
Creeping and crawling, causing sorrow
With nimble legs they...
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animal, fear, horror, nature,
Zen Death Haiku XiiZEN DEATH HAIKU XII
These are my modern English translations of Japanese Zen Death Haiku.
Both victor and vanquished are dewdrops:
flashes of light
briefly illuminating the void.
—Ouchi...
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age, analogy, angst, animal,
Zen Death Haiku XiZEN DEATH HAIKU XI
These are my modern English translations of Japanese Zen Death Haiku.
Above the garden
the camellia tree blossoms
whitely...
—Uejima Onitsura, loose translation by Michael...
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age, analogy, angst, animal,
Zen Death Haiku XZEN DEATH HAIKU X
These are my modern English translations of Japanese Zen Death Haiku.
Forbearing the night
with its growing brilliance:
the summer moon.
—Tsukioka Yooshi (1839-1892)...
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age, analogy, animal, anxiety,
Zen Death Haiku IxZEN DEATH HAIKU VIII
These are my modern English translations of Japanese Zen Death Haiku.
Since I was born,
I must die,
and so …
—Kisei (1688-1764)...
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animal, age, allegory, allusion, analogy,
Zen Death Haiku ViiiZEN DEATH HAIKU VIII
These are my modern English translations of Japanese Zen Death Haiku.
Had I not known
I was already dead
I might have mourned
my own...
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animal, age, allusion, analogy, angst,
Zen Death Haiku ViiZEN DEATH HAIKU VII
These are my modern English translations of Japanese Zen Death Haiku.
Stricken ill on a journey,
in dreams I go wandering
withered moors.
—Matsuo...
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age, analogy, angst, animal,
Zen Death Haiku ViZEN DEATH HAIKU VI
These are my modern English translations of Japanese Zen Death Haiku.
Both victor and vanquished are dewdrops:
flashes of light
briefly illuminating the void.
—Ouchi Yoaka,...
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Categories:
age, analogy, angst, animal,