Caskets Poems - Poems about Caskets

our mouth owes a debt to your buried bones a hot lead cracked in a jiffy, and your brain splashed~ in the thick forest of Hanoi, with the stains sucked by soil as a flow thicker than water. many blood stains on our flags made too heavy for the wind...

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We’re joyful of the bassinet, And fearful of the casket. One, a place where life is new, The other where the body’s through. Bassinets, though temporary Start a life’s eternal tarry. Bassinets reveal new birth, And caskets case a family’s mirth. In bassinets, lie new creations, While caskets are a demarcation: A point in time when death imparts Eternity as flesh departs. In silence, contemplate the casket Then...

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A morgue has no master Death heeds not time Two empty caskets ~ Life less crime...

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They shouldn’t need to make caskets only four feet long Pediatricians shouldn’t have to specialize in oncology Scarves shouldn’t be worn by ten year old girls To protect their bald heads as caused by radiology Little arms shouldn’t bare puncture marks from IV needles Fifth grade homework shouldn’t be delivered to hospital beds Last rites shouldn’t be given before her confirmation...

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Walking around the marsh with caskets Floating in the air, Unknown hollow feelings Tears like rivers, raise the marsh to flooding levels Unable to see your face Muddy steps, bog down Wishing death was not a part of life, idle wish Like a child's tooth fairy Idle wish, Eternity of unanswered questions. Unable to see your face Wanting release...

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