Best Brotherless Poems

Uncle Jack 
Was in the army 
We have the photographs 
To prove it 
Although the S badge 
Attached to the band 
Around his peaked hat 
Suggests blood and fire 
Rather than guns and ammo 

I should have realised 
Unlike our common forebear 
Scottish Montrose 
None...

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 Brotherless Man Perspective:

The world has ended.
Joel, my brother is no more.
Those startling blue eyes that will never pierce me again,
That wry smile that warmed my heart so many times,
Gone. Forever.

Feeling numb, replaying the moment, 
The policemen delivering a heavy knock,
The accusations,
Joel attempting to escape,
And...

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Death, you are everything ugly
Unavoidable doom you are
You are mean and unfair
For you rob the cradle
Scare everyone, young and old
So you claim your potency 

Death, you aren’t surely corruptible
Else kings and presidents would survive
You courageously knock at their doors
You owe no respect to anyone
And no...

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We gathered as a family this evening remembered you
Interesting how your name came up, 
Long after you were gone, those who came
Listening to old conversations of love
Inspired in themselves a longing to meet you
Asking questions delicately about your demise
Memory mentioned the poignant details

Willingly, what was...

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Death, you are everything ugly
Unavoidable doom you are
You are mean and unfair
For you rob the cradle
Scare everyone, young and old
So, you claim your potency
 
Death, corruptible you are not surely
Else kings and presidents would survive
You courageously knock at their doors
You owe no respect to anyone
And...

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