Best Deceased Poems
Below are the all-time best Deceased poems written by Poets on PoetrySoup. These top poems in list format are the best examples of deceased poems written by PoetrySoup members
Death of the Poet Destroyer~The Untold Fatal Attraction Poem~
Mid-morning she sees the sun ahead
Her death flowed in a messaged bottle
Gazing into her brown eyes upon all open sores,
Her conscience...
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Categories:
deceased, birth, change, conflict, death,
Form:
Ballad
I Can'T BreatheIn memory of----
Solely in my room, I can't stomach the sound of my pulse
I sit here alone to forget the taste of air.
Overwhelm by the...
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Categories:
deceased, abuse, bullying, color, discrimination,
Form:
Free verse
Stars of ClarityClarity, clarity, surely clarity is the most beautiful thing in the world, A limited, limiting clarity I have not and never did have any motive...
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Categories:
deceased, analogy, perspective, poetry,
Form:
Rhyme
Wabi-Sabi
Cars are the wind on the streets
semi-truck wheels shriek thunder,
rain shatters against stone and brick walls
on dusty roads, oak trees fence with twigs—
wushu wooden clatters.
Dreadful...
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Categories:
deceased, analogy, appreciation, introspection, nature,
Form:
Free verse
I Can'T BreatheIn memory of---- all lives taken by unfair justice.
Solely in my room, I can't stomach the sound of my pulse
I sit here alone...
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Categories:
deceased, abuse, community, death, dedication,
Form:
Free verse
Java and MeA sonnet I will write with you today
Inspired by the beauty that I see
Beyond this pane of glass where snowflakes play
Beyond this pane where raindrops...
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Categories:
deceased, winter,
Form:
Sonnet
I Got a Letter From the Devil(Hello, my sweet friend!)
Speaks in unknown tongues
Nevertheless it will consume
Ask for food,
A sweet drink
The hunger and thirst are real
It's pitchfork aims at...
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Categories:
deceased, anger, anxiety, character, dark,
Form:
Dramatic Monologue
Christmas Miracle In the Ghetto (Co-Written With John Moses Freeman)Peering at the radiating faces of happy families
So much joy emanates from well-to-do children’s sparkling eyes
Wish I could replace the grief, put smiles on the...
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Categories:
deceased, family, holiday, hope, upliftingme,
Form:
Narrative
The GravediggerHe never did see a face though only a board width away,
yet remembers feeling privileged, spending those last few moments
while trying so hard to find...
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Categories:
deceased, pride,
Form:
Haibun
God Sees the Courageous At WorkStrangers are attacking me;
ruthless men seek my life—
men without regard for God. Selah
Psalm 54:3
GOD SEES THE COURAGEOUS AT WORK
Wild-eyed disregard for God —
The...
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Categories:
deceased, abortion, christian, dark, murder,
Form:
Free verse
The Hangover“The death lasts an average of 49 days, starting from the day the deceased realized his death”. Bardo Thodol (The Tibetan Book of the Dead)
I...
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Categories:
deceased, birth, death,
Form:
Rhyme
NirvedaNirveda (sansk.) - aversion to existence
"The existent there is no cessation". Bhagavat Gita, 2.16
Addicted to existence, I may slain
or, maybe, they may slain me. I...
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Categories:
deceased, death, life,
Form:
Sonnet
Sins of Ancestry
Burning in black flames of eternal woes,
my heart yearns to find answers it's needing.
Skin begins to wilt like a winter rose,
bruised from deep wounds of...
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Categories:
deceased, angst, life,
Form:
Sonnet
Salieri SoliloquyYou give me the desire
a love for composing
word symphonies
yet you give me
the cross of mediocrity
to bear
day by day to know
there are others
who are...
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Categories:
deceased, poetry,
Form:
Dramatic Monologue
Funeral FootlesDeceased
Released
Goodbye
I cry
Church pew
Hurts you
My bum
Now numb
No droppin*
The coffin!
4th March 2015
Written before dad’s funeral - I'll take my cushion to sit on lol
* not proper footle...
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Categories:
deceased, funeral, humor, sad,
Form:
Footle