Death
...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...
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Categories:
brotherless, death, depression, fear,
Form: Free verse
Death
...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 corrup...
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Categories:
brotherless, anger, anxiety, death, solitude,
Form: ABC
Brother, Victim, Criminal
... 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 ti...
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Categories:
brotherless, death, emotions, i miss
Form: Free verse
Uncle Jack
...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 hav...
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Categories:
brotherless, peace,
Form: Blank verse
William Watt
...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 longin...
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Categories:
brotherless, death, family, longing,
Form: Acrostic