Brother Death Poems | Examples

These Brother Death poems are examples of Death poems about Brother. These are the best examples of Death Brother poems written by international poets.


Premium MemberA Place Called Happiness

In the night when all was still 
I felt my spine a tingling chill 
Goosebumps 'tween thy rising hairs 
When I saw a ghostly figure on my stairs 
My eyes not blinked when we stood froze 
That tingling chill crept to my toes  
I thought, "Dear lord- is that my brother?" 
And then, I heard a whisper from my mother
Son, your brother and I are in God's home 
Where all the good souls go and are free to roam 
Your aunts and uncles are all here too 
And many friends that you once knew
Friends you've known throughout your years 
That said good-bye and you shed tears 
Don't look down, lift up your head
Things aren't too bad when we are dead 
Our souls are free and full of bliss 
In this place we're at, called... "Happiness" 

*Dedicated to everyone.


Premium MemberNo Light, No Girl

In the course of the events of man,
a boy grown old could never understand. 
There was no more light, no more curl
in the events of an insect and a girl -
the boy, now gone, and the tot he couldn't save -
events, a boy, light, a girl, gone. 

inspired by "After Watching 'The Grave of the Fireflies'" , the poem, in double quotes by the author of this poem, the film, italicized, in single quotes, directed by Isao Takahata

Premium MemberAfter Watching The Grave of the Fireflies

In the course of the events of man,
a boy grown old could never understand. 
There was no more light, no more curl
in the events of an insect and a girl -
the boy, now gone, and the tot he couldn't save,
forgotten like a lonely firefly grave.

Premium MemberFor Todd

Fly brother fly
Those wings weren’t meant to be bound
Over the seas to heaven where grace does resound 
And as the bereft 
We shall visit you often where memories are kept

Premium MemberThe convict king '

There is a convict king..An omnivore
 Who eats the atrocious, yet showed
A brother the door' for lesser offences?
Though bad no doubt.' He's also put in the shade, by dark pontifs, where is the
Righteous shout ? The hue and cry.' The
potus's call.? The vigilant news corps
When did things fall.? Perhaps when the
Serpent slithered hugging the tree that
Held all knowledge, through as a mist i
See.? A form of growth a system that
Branches rich in foliage, yet that covers
Your chances..Lost in wonder of what can
Be by man-made.? Muscles become lax, as 
So dense the messaging under this type of shade.)


Premium MemberMemorable Moments Maybe

The rain is drumming on the rooftop,
tomorrow the river will flood. 

The morning news spews outrage
about sewage in the Potomac,
apropos somehow. 

Epstein
Iran
Tariffs 

Democrats 
Republicans

Jesus saves,
maybe not. 

LIFE is full of memorable moments:

My brother died
my cousin died
my friend died
my classmate died~

Seconds tick by silently
as my elderly mother
waits to die. 

My life is remarkably unmemorable
and that’s okay…

It's not 
as if you have 
a choice in the matter, 
but if you leave a poem it's 
enough.

Premium MemberThe Death of Timothy John

Henry Cross said to the frozen Herman
"Why didn't you go to Claire's?"
I like Cross mentioned Jenny's
Why didn't Timothy just go there?

From one brother to another 
"Later bro" and "so long"
Parting ways like Alyosha and Ivan in
"The Brothers Karamazov"*

Every memory every lesson
We learned along the way
For most of our lives we were kept apart
By the choices that we made

I don't know what it's like in Heaven
They'll welcome you there, I would expect
And until we meet again
Beyond the blue where I now reflect

Premium MemberThe dark valley



"O will you let me visit
the land of light and air
for just one day, to comfort
my friends and family there?

My mother must be weeping
against the courtyard door;
my sister goes in mourning:
though young, she sings no more;

my brother’s face is ashen,
and sorrow’s all his care;
my father’s age is withered
by grief too great to bear."

"No, girl, you may not visit
that land of light and air;
once come to this dark valley,
you’ve got no business there.

Your mother at her window
gossips of the town;
your sister’s plaiting ribbons
to deck her wedding gown;

your brother and his comrades
make long plans as they dine;
your father’s in the tavern,
smiling at the wine."



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Premium MemberVicksburg

The final resting place arrests the soul that's stirred to ponder
Unlikely calm, untimely psalm shall with these spirits wander
Now your tomb no more the gloom of morrow's peril pending
The will you brought, the peace you sought herein has found it's ending

	I cannot summon up the scale, the cry, the wail, of this sad tale 
	Where you in desperation drew that final fatal vision 
	Sunshine graces all that my eye falls on in this vale
	I search for hope that we won't follow on the sad division

That led us to the precipice where looking down on others
Would lead us to the place where we would choose to fight our brothers
Hope has many colors, complications, aspirations, and rebirth
But let us hope...   lest it should die...   along with our self-worth

Premium Memberwaves of purple

waves of purple met us when we arrived at her celebration of life
most were wearing it in some shade or another
there was grief
she had been twenty-five
young to be murdered

worse to be murdered while her children watched
they were three and four at the time
would they ever fully recover?
they were not in attendance
I had come for her twelve-year-old brother

he is Asperger, and has few friends
I am the school counselor
his classroom teacher and I had come together
to celebrate his sister’s celebration of life
short as it was

Premium MemberAngola Silence

Angola Silence  (Renku)


In a silent mood
Await the pure white horses
To draw the carriage 

Someday comes my turn
Laid amidst the other graves
Angola will reign 

Carry a brother 
Dispense final dignity
In this place of pain

Premium MemberAdam and Eve and the raising of Cain

Have you ever thought about the raising of Cain?
Where did that boy get a rage so completely insane 
that he ended up murdering his younger brother?

Did he learn it from his father and mother,
who must've been in such deep, psychological pain
for having caused Eden to go down the drain.
© Rio Jansen  Create an image from this poem.

Premium MemberA Twin in Heaven

”A Twin in Heaven”
Exactly 12 days short of two weeks, and thoughts of losing you fails to escape me. Debating if perhaps- all the while, a test solely for me?! A test- proving if my strength can not emerge to weak?! A test- to leave behind the visual effects of your flesh that night in hopes it no longer torments me?! Or… A test- to see who’s reaching the Pearly Gates first… you or me?! Sigh…(Crying) Well twin—41 years, 2 months and 12 days… you finally surpassed me. My only request… is for you to save a spot in line for me.
INK-U-SCRIPT Pace, G April 4, 2025

Premium MemberThe Ballad of the Pancake Brothers

two brothers hailed from the old country
from Donnybrook 
one more like an engineer
the other like a cook
they specialized in pancakes
the best, you can't deny 
Sean made them taste like heaven
Finn stacked them high

supplies came from all around
in wagons and in trucks
Sean whipped up the batter
and ol' Finn he constructs
with eggs from every chicken
and milk from every cow
maple syrup miracles
from the oats that they did grow 

when these flapjack masters
grew old and had to die
they made a stack of hotcakes
and they climbed it to the sky
kids, each time you eat griddle cakes
you should be like me
stack 'em high
and think of Sean and Finn McGee

Premium MemberMy Last Day

In the golden beacon of time.
In a shroud of darkness, a life will shine.

The rocky path was illuminated with a glow.
To show your beating heart in your soul.

A leaf gently swirls in the wind as it blows. 
Surrounding you with kind whispers as it flows.

The sinking twilight red sun embraces your sorrow.
As you wonder in joy if your life ends tomorrow. 

Singing crickets with their song enriches the starlit night.
As hope anticipates, tomorrow will be bright.

I woke up with a beautiful, loving face waiting for me.
As my brother Jesus hugged me warmly, setting me free.

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