Best Bereaves Poems

"Amid the jagged shadows of mossy leafless boughs;”  
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i repudiate this clock on the wall
each moment frozen of time
lashes back in internal strokes
against my weary soul

its ticking erupts
like thunderous echoes
within the confines
of my tortured mind
on this darkened night

i slip 'neath the shadows of past
running in circles
trying to escape 
the grasp of hands
that taunt...

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For crying out loud, the flowers are gorgeous,
Fresh, happy, young, alive, and vivacious.
Regrettably, we, humans, cut their lives short,
From time to time, from events to events.

For God’s sake, let the flowers live like the monuments,
Let them enjoy a long life, like the statues in the...

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Tyrants of the Ruling Sun

Let the universe swallow my slaving soul
As the sorrows surround the sinking shoal
The light lingers before it falls on my face
Edacious echoes engulfed will embrace

Sisyphean stars of sadness will defuse
The barbarians of Babylon will bemuse
Silent screams slumber in nomadic night
As the...

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The whispers of indifference
dispel the glory of the hour
when tender moments meant so much
and roses blossomed on the bower.

we frolicked as the days grew long,
rejoicing in the innocence,
the youthful, gay exuberance,
when love was new and hearts were strong.

Then the shiver of the leaves,
the bitter cold,...

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Autumn brings colors to uplift "summer's soul"
"washing withered" greens with bright patina;
the eyesight delight which brightens and abets,
with "fiery fusion," new scenes old summer will accept-

highlights, imparted justly, as her season's last hurrah
while she leaves, bereaves her lost Xanadu,
in the brilliance of red/golds swirled with...

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"Amid the jagged shadows of mossy leafless boughs; " Samuel Taylor..

I stand amidst the stillness of the graveyard and browse
My unbearable anguish like drooping flowers surge,
Amid the jagged shadows of mossy leafless boughs,
While hungry birds fly round twittering a plaintive dirge.

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My heart's hedera [†]
Like two paragraphs
It breaks [selah]
     between you and I
It breaks [selah]
     and aches just to look at you
It breaks [selah]
     when we fight
And you leave for the night

My heart's hedera...

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The whispers of indifference
dispel the glory of the hour
when tender moments meant so much
and roses blossomed on the bower.

we frolicked as the days grew long,
rejoicing in the innocence,
the youthful, gay exuberance,
when love was new and hearts were strong.

Then the shiver of the leaves,
the bitter cold,...

Continue reading...

For crying out loud, the flowers are gorgeous, 
Fresh, happy, young, alive, and vivacious.
Regrettably, we, humans, cut their lives short, 
From time to time, from events to events.
	
For God’s sake, let the flowers live like the monuments, 
Let them enjoy a long life, like the...

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Compensation
Necessity lends wings
weaving silver strings.

Ways of the world
Not yet wise
learn to surmise.

Gamble
Roll the dice
pay the price.

Blind-man's bluff
Blind faith can
divinize a man.

'Till the end
Life is rare
tend with care.

Criminal
A barren mind
dark and unkind.

Fall
Cascading autumn leaves
my heart bereaves.


~09/22/18
~"Six-word couplet series"
  contest by Mark Toney...

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You have apologized to the world
Now apologize to me
For I did not give a swine my pearl
Nor put sugar in the sea

What this house on old foundations
The thinking group domain
What is a beginning without inventions
Where is the new path of pain?

We hear and hear again...

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I am left with the human wreckage of my life,
My baggage of bones and clutter, spectres and desire
To slaver around and haunt me until it ends.
To look back is pain, to look forward is fear and to
Stand still is not an option.
I am the pilot...

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How deserted lies the city, once so full of people!
How like a widow is she, who once was great among the nations!
She who was queen among the provinces, has now become a slave.
Bitterly she weeps at night, tears are on her cheeks.
Among all her lovers,...

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FALLS COMING

Falls coming sometimes when the leaves fall;
I envision them as colored paper shredded;
Wind is blowing cascading march to the breeze;

Quietly awaits the robin as it sees the branches waving;
Joyously bereaves as the trunk is surrounded by squirrels;
Chasing each other merrily around, around and around;
I...

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