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PM	Poem Title	Poet	Form	Categories
	If I Were A Vinyl Record	fields, verlecia	I do not know?	abuse, anti bullying, celebrity, death, family, freedom, political,
	Mother's Name	Garcia Howard Bramble, Patricia	Free verse	appreciation, bereavement, death, dedication, inspiration, lost,
	Letter to Abyss	Makama, Funom	Lyric	death, dedication, depression, funeral,
	Don't Cry Daddy	Peers, Chris	Free verse	death, father son, grief,
	Taken away from me	Poole, Ashley	Lyric	abuse, addiction, anger, best death of a friend,
	School bully	Poole, Ashley	Lyric	abuse, anger, betrayal, bullying, death, freedom, violence,
	Do Not Go Gentle into that Good Night	Nguyen, Ngoc	Elegy	death, deep, light, night,
	Sarah	Walker, Andrew	Quatrain	death, i miss you,
	Acid Attack Victim	Parveen, Tahira	Free verse	abuse, beauty, betrayal, death, jealousy, love, voice,
	Play on Jerry Play on: A Dedication	GRASBY, DAVID	Free verse	death, death of a
	6 Months In 1992	johnson, curtis	Prose Poetry	anger, change, christian, death, hope, life,
	- Gentle Wings -	Smile, Sunshine	Tanka	death, heaven,
	Dirty Laundry	Robinson Jr., Freddie	Dramatic Verse	death, political, truth,
	Will You Kiss My Cold Lips	Leach, Alesia	Rhyme	death, depression, grief, sorrow,
	Men in Suits:	Garcia Howard Bramble, Patricia	Free verse	anger, betrayal, change, death, environment, humanity, political,
	Urban Decay	bruce, denis	Free verse	death, obituary,
	The Art of War	Hsi, Thomas	Haiku	death, rain,
	The Storm	Harvell, Steve	Narrative	death, nature,
	His Season is Now	Wood, Dean	Haibun	death, prayer,
	River of Blood	Robinson Jr., Freddie	Dramatic Verse	death, judgement, religious, truth,
	Reflection	kiran, ravi	Free verse	death, depression,
	- Death Came As A Cold Gust -	Smile, Sunshine	Couplet	death of a friend,
	How Far For Me To Go	Maier, Jieranai	Free verse	death of a friend,
	My Love Will Always Be The Same	Emery, Judy	Narrative	death, emotions, epic, love,
	Grandpa	Morris, Marty	Elegy	death, depression, devotion, grandparents,
	Last Breath	Smith, Jeremy	Free verse	death, life, lost love,
	but then I became a warrior	Floyd, John	Free verse	addiction, anxiety, bereavement, death, depression, mother son,
	How Dark and Dank That A Life was Taken	Williams, Marilyn	Blank verse	death, depression, farewell, forgiveness,
	Beyond Baudelaire's Misogyny	Cash-Powell, Marley	Free verse	death, women,
	When alteration finds	Hurlin Shelton, Mark	Romanticism	death, goodbye, love, truth,
	The Edge Of Life	Hossain, Md Shahadat	Free verse	anger, anxiety, bullying, conflict, death, dedication, heaven,
	For My Child	Sivey, Russell	Free verse	allusion, anxiety, child, death, life,
	Collaboration Contest	Daniel, Jo	Rhyme	death, faith, hope, winter,
	It's Hard to Believe with Heaven-Could Come This Much Hell	Shaudd, M.P.	Lyric	death, emotions, grief, hurt,
	JESUS GOT YOU, NO WORRIES	HAYNES, BRANDIE	Ballad	angel, angst, beautiful, birth, death, depression,
	The Spirit of Love	Parker, Frederic	Sonnet	death, desire, devotion, love,
	Collaboration Contest	Loo, Laura	Rhyme	death, faith,
	THE FINAL CEREMONY	POET, SOME-	Quatrain	death, life,
	A Deal With The Devil	Eddy, Jay	Verse	death, deep, devotion, heaven,
	A Million Reasons	Rodriguez, Christina	ABC	death, deep, heaven, i
	I'm Not the Scarecrow You See	DEY, NAYANIKA	Dramatic monologue	death, farm, father, murder,
	Mother Earth	grace, s.	Free verse	death, father, giving, heaven,
	That's Life	singer, b.e.	Quatrain	age, appreciation, cheer up, death of a friend,
	That's Life	singer, b.e.	Quatrain	age, appreciation, cheer up, death of a friend,
	rooftop wonders	Hopkins , Kennedy	Free verse	death, drug, night, purple,
	Four Years	johnson, randy	Rhyme	death, father,
	The Night Freedom Died	Robinson Jr., Freddie	Dramatic Verse	death, freedom, metaphor, society,
	Artichoke	flats, lim'rik	Limerick	death of a friend,
	SHE IS DEAD	Alexander, Merson	ABC	death of a friend,
	YOU FOR NO	Adaletey, Atsu	Dramatic monologue	death, humor, life, longing,
	Gone But Always Felt	Bonnell, Kyle	Free verse	death, deep, emotions, life,
	i will not fail	himes, tia	ABC	death, stress,
	ps why	McDonald, jesse	Free verse	death of a friend,
	Babies Die	Pinet, Emile	Rhyme	death, feelings, hurt, imagery,
	Death bringeth forth peace	kiran, ravi	Free verse	death, deep, depression, dream,
	My Spirit Unbound	Behm, Kurt Philip	Rhyme	death,
	Obituary	Saaka, M Braimah	Free verse	death, obituary,
	Descent	Barden, Greg	Free verse	death, earth, life, philosophy,
	RIP BONDY	shakespeare, sammie	ABC	death of a friend,
	Bounce	Williams, Glennerd	Free verse	death, depression,
	ARE YOU RIBBING ME	Acquah, Vicki	Verse	death, deep,
	God Don't Turn the Light Off On Me	Lee Sr., James Edward	Free verse	analogy, bereavement, birth, blessing, death,
	OK	Lee Sr., James Edward	Free verse	analogy, appreciation, bereavement, christian, death of a friend,
	Death Carcasses	Flaherty, Christopher	Free verse	death,
	Hanging	Flaherty, Christopher	Free verse	death,
	R I P	Robinson Jr., Freddie	Rhyme	death, sad, word play,
	Better Off	Owens, Lynexis	I do not know?	allusion, anger, anxiety, death, depression, emotions, poems,
	Tribute to Kenrick Garcia	Garcia Howard Bramble, Patricia	Free verse	death, family, farewell, friend,
	Then It Will End	White, Darren	Free verse	death, life,
	Trust Me Baby This Is Love	Daniel, Jo	Sonnet	death, roses are red,
	For Ama George	Saaka, M Braimah	Free verse	death of a friend,
	In Thy Mourning	Wolf, White	Haiku	death, life, symbolism,
	When in Distress He Came Upon My Help	Gonzales, Jun	Sonnet	death, depression, strength,
	AUTUMN RAIN	Emery, Judy	Sonnet	death, feelings, longing, voice,
	The Vulture Circle	Welch, David	Rhyme	death, horror, scary,
	I saw you dance	Whiteside, Teidra	Free verse	death,
	How Tender Were Those Eyes That Loved Truly	Crisci, Andrew	Rhyme	death, desire, fate, feelings,
	ODE TO AUNT MILLIE	Cwiak, Dan	Couplet	absence, bereavement, death, family, for her,
	Transition to Death - Part II	Chavira, Sek	Sonnet	death, fate, night, remember,
	Transition to Death - Part I	Chavira, Sek	Free verse	death, leaving, raven, remember,
	IN MOURNING	POET, SOME-	Haiku	death, grief,
	The Bard and Emily Dickinson	Nguyen, Ngoc	Rhyme	death, destiny, fate, life,
	She Will Always Be There	Project, The Brooklyn Six	Free verse	death, inspiration, inspirational,
	The Death of an Enemy	Ibeh, Stephen	Sonnet	death, death of a
	I Will Love You To Death	Smith, Jeremy	Free verse	death, dedication, desire, love,
	No Longer	Osborn, Brandie	I do not know?	abuse, anger, angst, anxiety, death, depression,
	Don't Kill Love in Me	Theophile, Mugisho	ABC	death,
	Decadence Disease	Lorette, Alyssa	Couplet	death, feelings, grief, loss,
	Further I Must Go	Behm, Kurt Philip	Rhyme	death,
	The Dichotomy Prayer	MMcueeney , Matt	Free verse	christian, dark, death, death, death of a
	She is gone	Wilson, Roger	Blank verse	death, farewell, obituary,
	This Dying Light Some Life Ignite	Gonzales, Jun	Sonnet	death, light, prayer,
	A Prayer	Saaka, M Braimah	Free verse	death, hope, judgement, life,
	Harsh Fate	sid, el	I do not know?	absence, anxiety, betrayal, death, deep, depression,
	And the sun it still does shine	Hornby, Neil Andrew	Verse	death,
	Unconscious And Not Breathing	Sundelin, Kevin	Rhyme	death, depression, horror, sad,
	My Ode To Benito Mussolini	Crisci, Andrew	Ode	death, fate, history, nostalgia,
	Buddies of Fish	Spencer, Ralph	Free verse	adventure, beach, bereavement, death of a friend,
	A Story Of An Insignificant Mother	DEY, NAYANIKA	Dramatic monologue	death, pain, peace,
	Trail of terror	MacDonald, Scott	Quatrain	death, discrimination, racism, religious,