Tribute Bereavement Poems

Goodbye, Odie

My little old cat is dying.
His steps are awkward, eyes unfocussed
and he cries when he can’t see me.
I’m not sure I want to be...

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My lovelight for you never shadowed,
my heart ascends into the flames of
the churning restless sun in
the soul wounds of the bereaved.

Forever you're in all my...

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I hope someday
when I have gone
and you’ve kept on your way
Every once in awhile
those lips wear a smile
for the days we loved away

All of the...

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A tribute to Marie,
Marie, you seemed to draw the short straw in life,
Again and again, 
Yet somehow you were able find a way to keep...

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sparkling true blessing cast neath nightmares blaze~~their dreams arise from ashes...

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Sharp eyes dimmed ,a last spark of life  

Looking puzzle and questioning  

Into my soul went his silent plea, 

As if to say...

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by Maxwell "Max" Sebastian Burchett

One Memorial Day made me consider
The many tombs to unknown soldiers,
In memoriam to the lost 
From wars then and now,
Unnamed ghosts.

Is...

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So much time since you left.
I still see you.
It does good for me.

LAST NIGHT YOU SCARED ME!
But before that you dared me
to find you now.

And...

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I remember it well- the old Broadway
My city celebrated years ago;
So nicely paved and lined with special stores
And curtained windows, seen in rooms above.
Where we...

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Big Dipper Little Dipper, I look upon the stars.
Then I look to the heavens above and ask myself how far to where you are?
I miss...

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I'll never forget the dog named Lou,
When he came to us he was no bigger than my shoe.
He was friendly to all , that was...

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A friend's niece was diagnosed with brain cancer and the prognosis is dire*. There is no greater loss than the loss of a loved one;...

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Sing a hymn for Georgie Radford
Who used to build ships on the Clyde
Watch them launch down the slipway 
With a worker’s quiet pride.
His last job...

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My cat is a rescue me,
The abandonment of loneliness
He had his Forever Home promise
My love and affection were his.

See, he turns out to be, 
Complete...

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Nós não sabemos
Quando dizemos adeus
Porque amanhã
Só pertence a Deus no céu
Nós não sabemos
Sobre o último olhar
Sobre a última música
Mesmo se formos jovens e fortes
Sobre a...

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