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PM	Poem Title	Poet	Form	Categories
	Dead People's Things	Warren, Paul	Ballad	death, life, poems,
	September 1	sparks, Kate	Blank verse	allegory, autumn, change, childhood, death, flower, weather,
	Coping with the unknown	R. V., Ram	Free verse	death, fear, inspirational, motivation,
	Dark Empty Spaces - The Coma	Shaw, Kevin	Free verse	death, farewell, fear, life,
	Orville Redenbacher	johnson, randy	Rhyme	death, dedication,
	JUST ONE MORE CHANCE	Emery, Judy	Ballad	death, emotions, loss, miss
	It's Always Been You	Loo, Laura	Rhyme	death,
	Gravestones, poems that paint a picture 2	Webster, Jack	Free verse	death, death of a
	Alone by the Sea	Shaw, Kevin	Free verse	death, depression, grief, imagery,
	Suicide	Garcia Howard Bramble, Patricia	Free verse	bereavement, bullying, change, cry, death, dedication, depression, faith,
	I believe	De Vore, Jackie	Rhyme	bereavement, bible, caregiving, courage, death of a friend,
	The Words He Did Not Want To Say	Connell, Carol	Prose	death, faith, hope, lost
	Bad for Business	Robinson Jr., Freddie	Dramatic Verse	death, truth, wisdom,
	DON'T FORGET ABOUT ME	Demont, Missy	ABC	beautiful, cancer, daughter, death, heaven, miss you,
	Wings Made Of Darkness	Tortoza, Franchesca Mia	Free verse	death, fairy,
	Sometimes we don't get a chance to say goodbye	One, Silent	Rhyme	death,
	Stuck This Time	Tortoza, Franchesca Mia	Sonnet	death,
	My Brother	Dutta, Anisha	Free verse	death, grave, grief,
	The Maple Tree	Buhagiar, Victor	Rhyme	death, life,
	SOON -for contest FORM U	Gauthier, Line	Verse	death, grandmother, time,
	Strangers	vaso, arthur	Free verse	death, epic, history, imagery,
	Will You Miss Me	Redricks, Dana	Free verse	death, deep, depression, farewell,
	SAD FOURTH OF JULY	Emery, Judy	Sonnet	death, firework, grandson, july,
	Form U - U Pick The Form	Wings, Broken	Verse	death, lost love,
	LOST - Poem that paints a picture -2	Sands, Heidi	Free verse	death, grief, loss,
	In deep sorrow	Raina, Meenakshi	Free verse	death, feelings, loneliness, sorrow,
	Resurrecting Icarus	Folker, Rick	Classicism	death, growth, metrical tale,
	Tortured soul	Browne, Davina	Free verse	anxiety, bereavement, child, death,
	Angel	Parker, Amy	I do not know?	angel, beautiful, blessing, blue, death of a friend,
	SUICIDE	Dutta, Anisha	Free verse	death, grief, loss,
	Poems That Paint a Picture 2 - Shades of Gray Grief	Ashley, Susan	Pantoum	death, grave, grief, love,
	We'll Be Together Again	Sanchez, Pandita	Rhyme	death, love,
	Boarding Lost Ships Into Vast Unknown Seas	Lindley, Robert	Rhyme	death, family, life, loss,
	POEMS THAT PAINT A PICTURE - STILL LIFE	Rodrigues, Kim	Free verse	death of a friend,
	Here lies she	Gupta, Probir	Free verse	death, grave, green, life,
	Consumed life's winter frame	Sinha-Roy, Subimal	Free verse	death, grave, winter,
	Why Did She Die	Buhagiar, Victor	Free verse	death, destiny,
	Gravestones	Parker, Frederic	Free verse	death, perspective,
	Suicide Prevention	Michaels, John	Free verse	angst, anti bullying, anxiety, death, depression, divorce, suicide,
	Suicide Prevention	johnson, curtis	Free verse	death, family, love, suicide,
	La muerte te alcanza	Dunne, Maryanne	Free verse	death, missing you,
	Picture Of Painted Pain	Chiri, Brenda	Rhyme	death, heartbroken, mother, sad
	Morning Run	Verve, Zed	I do not know?	death,
	Abuse	Rodriguez, Tiani	Narrative	death, pain,
	a dying leaf, filled with red	A., Jake	Blank verse	absence, autumn, death, death, death of a
	Automated Termination	Robinson Jr., Freddie	Free verse	death, freedom, science fiction,
	One Unforgettable Cry 2	johnson, curtis	Free verse	death, family, fear, sister,
	Too late for tears	One, Silent	Free verse	death, mum,
	Shallow Breathing	Ellison, Jack	Limerick	death,
	Faceless Fear	Warrior, Winged	Rhyme	death, fear, love,
	SLEEP	Enriquez, Leon	Couplet	death,
	Dark war	Kelvin, Sunday	Free verse	anger, conflict, dark, death, grave, grief,
	Dark wall	Kelvin, Sunday	Elegy	anger, conflict, dark, death, fear, grave, world,
	Letter from the Unknown	Harrison, Teria	Light Poetry	death,
	My Thoughts Unsaid	Haight, Sandra	Quatern	death, loss, memory,
	Damaged Me	Freeman, Angela	I do not know?	abuse, angel, betrayal, boyfriend, death,
	Now at the Hour	Giordano, Carmine	Free verse	death,
	Darkness Descends	Warrior, Winged	Free verse	death, destiny,
	A Coffin That Fits	Evans, Richard	Epigram	death,
	Nano-bots	Warren, Paul	Free verse	death, life,
	A Ghostly Apparition	Wings, Broken	Free verse	death,
	Pray For The Dead	Bradfield, Larry	Sonnet	death,
	the light of the sun	Sivey, Russell	Haiku	death, light, sun,
	DEATH BY MURDER	Acquah, Vicki	Ballad	death,
	condolences	Tsitsikroni, Klio	Monoku	death, death of a
	sympathy	Singh, Smita	Blank verse	death, feelings, friendship, sympathy,
	When A Friend Bids Goodbye	Fatima , Rida	ABC	death, death of a
	The Odor of Death	Rigoler, Maurice	Blank verse	death,
	Smiling Pain	Osaghae, Osayande	Free verse	death, eulogy, goodbye,
	Never Forget	Roberts, Kay	Rhyme	death, emotions, family, goodbye,
	From heavens tree	Tsitsikroni, Klio	Rhyme	death, death of a
	Lucy	RAMOS, BOLAJI	Elegaic Lyric	death, depression, emotions, funeral,
	Across a Night	Grasso, Francis J	Monorhyme	death, loss,
	Eyes of an Angel	vaso, arthur	Free verse	death, grave, introspection, sad,
	Too Many Nights	Emery, Judy	Sonnet	death, i love you,
	A Tear Falls	Parise, Rick	Verse	death, destiny, fear, flower,
	The Season Of Death and Life	Carber, L. J.	Free verse	analogy, beauty, celebration, death, environment, life, seasons,
	This is an Oath for you, my Friend	Knight, Sianna	I do not know?	death, deep, depression, encouraging,
	Nature Is Rebelling Against Man	Crisci, Andrew	Narrative	death, earth, humanity, nature,
	Why can't we live free	Chaudhary, Harshita	Personification	animal, beautiful, butterfly, care, death,
	Justify My Rage, or A Young Man Dying Angry	Welch, David	Rhyme	addiction, anger, cancer, death, drug, sad, youth,
	Hurricane Epic Flooding	Roper, Eve	Free verse	death, depression, hero, storm,
	Before The Gates Of Alahsar - 12 - Repost	Raven, Vladislav	Epic	death, dream, fantasy, light,
	Before The Gates Of Alahsar - 11 - Repost	Raven, Vladislav	Epic	death, dream, fantasy, light,
	Before The Gates Of Alahsar - 10 - Repost	Raven, Vladislav	Epic	death, dream, fantasy, light,
	The Carpenters	Smith, Gary	Rhyme	death, soldier, war, world
	Irma 9-9-2017	Price, Franklin	Rhyme	death, natural disasters, rain,
	Quasimodo Has Lost His Mojo - Part 3	Shaw, Indiana	Narrative	death of a friend,
	Quasimodo Has Lost His Mojo - Part 2	Shaw, Indiana	Narrative	death of a friend,
	Quasimodo Has Lost His Mojo - Part 1	Shaw, Indiana	Narrative	death of a friend,
	After, The Deaths	Wings, Broken	Verse	death, sad,
	Unsaid But Engraved	Connell, Carol	Epitaph	appreciation, beauty, death, jesus, love, miracle,
	A funereal Tanka	Strand, Brian	Tanka	death, imagery,
	Go Back to Sleep	Robinson Jr., Freddie	Dramatic Verse	death, dream, fear, visionary,
	Death	Cranney, Damian	Verse	death,
	grey	Senft, Ashlea	Free verse	death, family, murder, nostalgia,
	Words of a soldier	Kelvin, Sunday	Elegy	adventure, anger, confusion, death, depression, grave, hate,
	Elegy to old age	Kelvin, Sunday	Elegy	death, fear,
	FALL IN BEAUTY	Gupta, Probir	Acrostic	autumn, beauty, color, death, life,
	Face the Book	Gonzales, Jun	Sonnet	death, friend, jesus, truth,