Best Commiserations Poems

we’re called upon to console
a friend whose spouse has passed
and so we faithfully play out our life role
as we have been by the universe so tasked

the stark truth is that we have all been lied to
for all that here appears and disappears 
is but a...

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vacuum of soul mate’s bereavement 
falling into a bottomless abyss
cannot be instantly healed 
by a mere platonic kiss

helpless yet rebellious
the wounded heart bleeds
yet tender touch of a friend
pained soul at such time needs

love, spontaneous and uninhibited 
plunges headlong into embrace
there is in it no calculation
and...

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IN THE SOUP

My late aunt was always getting herself in the soup,
Wanted to share this with my poetry group,
Good clients of ours we invited home for a Greek meal
But my aunt made a mistake she couldn’t conceal,
Angelina’s boyfriend was nineteen years younger,
Handsome son said my...

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Reclined under the shade of a snag tree,
A babbler piqued my curiosity.
Staggered by the companionship, initially.
Then pleased.

I discerned a lamenting warble...
The massif offered commiserations to him,
With an echo.
A lorikeet adjoined him, ensuingly
And, she twittered a novel...
Which was beyond my comprehension.

Nefarious humans are certainly not shaped,
To...

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