Depression April Poems

April 9th, 2024 would be ninety fifth birthday poem for dearly departed papa

The following words crafted soon after the soul of me daddy set adrift...

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Deep down inside, I carry this constant self-loathing,
It's more than just a passing feeling—it's like a heavy burden I can't shake.
Some days, I struggle to...

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A single tree in the middle of my desert

An image that has faded in memories
I wake up at broken clock time
Looking for a reflection of...

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April 9th, 2023 birthday poem for dearly departed papa

Borne aloft into the netherland
the body bearing thee soul   
of Boyce Brandon Harris
birth name given...

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Awake in the morning,
It’s the beginning of the end,
Stretching and yawning,
Remembering when,
I found out the truth,
And you could no longer defend,
You knew it was over,
You...

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April

Your strayed eyes are blurred with tears
And famished heart, 
So smothered with fears,
You don’t see 
The lush green of the park
And the pink blossoming tree.

Sangeet...

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Solitude breeds malignant nemesis
couched as woe seated heavily
within mine angst
riddled quavering psyche
blinding clairvoyance 
debilitates enthusiastic frequency
wavelengths propagate unfounded
probable future destitution

predicated upon intractable lifetime mired
within groveling...

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vi. etching, detailing (ala fresco),
vii. plus trimming living room ceiling,
viii. shingling (while fiddling) on the roof,
ix. tiling the kitchen floor,
x. building a cistern for brethren,
xi....

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This poem is rather difficult to classify. Composed of couplets, written very much in the style of free verse, it might be called a "corrupted...

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“Just when he thought he’d had all he could take,
April arrived like a careless mistake.” 

From DRIVING DIXIE DOWN by Anonymous Brown
Smithstonian Folkways Recordings catalogue...

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April 9th, 2021 birthday poem for dearly departed papa

Elysian fields embraced dada's soul
which rocketed into aerospace
(courtesy General Electric satellite)
just a tad more'n six months ago,
nevertheless...

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Looking back, one thing comes clean-glass clear
you were always there for me subduing every fear.

I tried to do my duty, be a husband strong and...

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Another June day this second of October
Warm and breezy a single cloud hanging over
The summer he relished with pleasure is past
Despite its poignancy, he lingers...

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Direction or action fall on green waterfall
In the time wind is winding likely
Block the voice of thick hairs 
Love with consciousness after have arrived this...

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I used to love walking down Polk;
Watching leaves fall to the street.
I feel I've reached the autumn of my life.
Even though my summer has just...

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