Funeral Butterfly Poems

After her mother passed a blue butterfly stopped by
Flitted among her zinnias, landed on a yellow one
Rhonda paid attention, it seemed to be important
Was this...

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The yellow rose is filled with sunshine and joy,  
she says welcome back or good luck.  


The red rose tells a story of...

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For my very special birthday,                                        ...

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A Dull Day
It was a dull morning and since my old friends had married when I was at sea,
 I felt rather lonely and had...

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In my magical garden,                     ...

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I see the butterfly and I ask why
Why did you have to go?
If I know anything, it's that it doesn't make any sense to me....

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Looking back, one thing comes clean-glass clear
you were always there for me subduing every fear.

I tried to do my duty, be a husband strong and...

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At a funeral we,                     ...

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My loving friend I could depend
Out for lunch, shopping and talking              ...

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Severin 



The good ones are always the first to go
His reserved and dignified manner 
Struck me as a man of strength and integrity 
Of which...

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Use to Be

My best friend... 
I would bring things to you. 
You needed or wanted. 
I would talk to you for hours, 
about whatever you...

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Loss

How can I express, 
something that can not be written down, 
unless you can grasp lightening, 
harness thunder, shush a whisper…
or ask your self if...

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Boxes of Hope

In the attic there is tensile. 
Bright and lovely, reflective pieces
of fluff to begin the journey. 

One, two, three,
a dozen cardboard containers. 
I...

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California Cold 

Rented cars…
every month the cost?
Bread and milk.
Why? 
To go get my kids. 
I had to. 
My own car was bad, 
unreliable, and dangerous....

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Grandma

My hands hesitate here… hovering over the keyboard…
Numb, hard to make do as I ask…
This should be happy, 
but I am…
crying.

I miss her. 

She smoked...

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