Burial Poems - Poems about Burial

...Went down to the river each time I sang and washed presumptively the flesh of kin down, down, down with knees bent unfolded and rent circled the floors each time I sang and raised the roof ......Read the rest...

...Elegy – 7-17-24 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Elegy for Old Growth Through measures of metered melancholy The tattered winds sing a rent elegy, A pensive wai......Read the rest...

...We began our day with breakfast at the Biscuit where the biscuits were almost as big as the dish… then on to Pike Place Market where they’re famous for throwing the fish. Since water plays a......Read the rest...

... *After my last post I thought it would be nice to lighten up a bit with some warm, happy (well, not so happy for Elmer) pest poetry. Who doesn't love bug humor? This one actually won first place in......Read the rest...

..."I have been a stranger in a strange land." Bible, Exodus 2:22 [X]X[X] * X[X]X * [X]X[X] * X[X]X * [X]X[X] Hungry eyes seek substance, food matters naught-- sees the unpleasan......Read the rest...

...Memorial Day – 2024... origin of holiday Strong and brave men and women gave their level best crème de la crème strongest and bravest leaving grieving significant others with emotional ago......Read the rest...

... While strolling in my garden something caught my eye, it was a little bird laying still on the ground; oh, such a pretty creature with bright yellow feathers, and a love......Read the rest...

...Here I lie in this cooler, this fridge where I would rather not be, but the truth of the matter is you’ve done it, you got the best of me I lasted as long as I could, and I put up a good fight, but ......Read the rest...

...CATULLUS TRANSLATIONS 4 Catullus LXV aka Carmina 65 loose translation/interpretation by Michael R. Burch Hortalus, I’m exhausted by relentless grief, and have thus abandoned the learned virgi......Read the rest...

...Chet Atkin’s life work was profound Mr. Guitar made Nashville’s sound There’s no one to fret Yet do one more set From around his burial mound......Read the rest...

...OTETS THE MANY DAYS AND NIGHT YOU LENT ME YOUR DIVINE EAR THROUGH PRAYER DURING HARDSHIP TIMES AND ILLNESS RAISING MY GRANDDAUGHTER KEEPING HER SAFE IN CATHOLIC SCHOOLS IN WISCONSIN OUR LADY OF......Read the rest...

... A dispenser of dishonest vice, a peddler of blatant lies, In his unscrupulous realms, nobility of truth sadly dies, Where righteous vibes of morality and decency agonize; Where benevolence cries......Read the rest...

...______________________________________________________________ There'd needn't be no digs of earth or clumps of clay that weigh my girth, ......Read the rest...

...Q: Does the single act of being baptized save people without first being saved? A: Being baptized is a work of faith and public testimony of our Christian faith, but it is not salvation. ......Read the rest...

...I Old Age, let me not be a fugitive, Renegade, nor an earnest votary, Yet, when ye arrive on one unknown eve, Let no stray doubts dwell on my loyalty. If youth’s relished, leaves a lifelong f......Read the rest...