Burial Mound Poems - Poems about Burial Mound

Cold, Cold Ground

...The cold, so cold ground
Binding and pulling
And holding me down

Embraced by the crypt
Confined and restrained
And life’s breath stripped

Stygian inked
Such stifling dark
And soul’s light...

Intrusive Thoughts

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Written: June 07, 2025, for contest Sponsored by: Edward Ibeh

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The Phantom Choir

In the quiescence of last Sunday,
Prophecy heralded the hour p...

Ukrainian Poetry translations by Michael R Burch

...Dear God!
by Taras Shevchenko
translation by Michael R. Burch

Dear God, disaster again!
Life was once calm, serene...
But as soon as we began to break the chains
Of bondage that enslaved us,
...

Prince's Adoptees

..."I have been a stranger in a strange land."  Bible, Exodus 2:22

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Hungry eyes seek substance, food matters naught--
sees the unpleasan...

I'll see you in my dreams

...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...

Spectre of sex appeal

...The Spectre of sex appeal by Salvador Dali 1934
On the right-hand bottom side, we see Dalí as a 
child, dressed as a sailor, observing his monstrosity

I misunderstand, tell what is the plan
As ...

The Gift

...I see now
that the gardener has planted flowers
around my burial mound.
Last Spring
there were yellow and white daffodils
now in autumn
those blooms have their own graves.
The old man who look...

A Past Long Gone

...My father worked the land with
Both horse and tractor plough.
That family way of life is past,
We  are all city dwellers now.
My father and mother dead
My brother followed them on
I’m the last ...

Hoeing Stones

...Standing hoeing garden stones
Eyes awash with tears
As memories flood back from
More than sixty years,
To the little village churchyard
For which my dad cared
And which duty I, as a child,
So ...

Weasel - Nursery Rhyme

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Weasel was wiser than a coonhound
She weighed one pound, a foxhound
Traveled the campground and playground
Searched the fairground and all around
A sleuthhound, she would turnarou...

I Dream of a Mighty Oak Tree

...One of four acorns waits in the hatcher;
is he afraid of the cold air outside?
Others around him make gains in stature
while he shows strong signs of wanting to hide.
He almost peeked out but qui...

Death Penalty

...Death Penalty


Sonny Johnson’s home was on the street
   Sharing space with rats who nibbled at his feet
Until he moved his blanket to the county jail
   ‘Cause someone said he stabbed a white...

Halloween

...HALLOWEEN

it was no bump in the night
a ghostly hand on mine caused fright
the slow click of a bicycle wheel made me tight
the wind blowing it around with eerie might
my eyes won't adjust to l...

All Hail Medea

...Mossy vines served as camouflage for a decaying headstone.
The inscription is illegible, but that matters not to me.
At this centuries-old grave I place flowers and moonstone --
As requested by my...

Revenge

...Another day's sun
Lights the carpet of the earth
Where an evil that is done
Waits suspended in the dirt.

Unfortunately, the aura
That was fashioned from his life
Cannot be changed to flora
L...

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