Father Death Poems

On that night the moon seemed hidden from her starry brothers
The kind of night not suited for the fighters nor the lovers
I ventured out only...

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“Sweet and Sour”


That’s what Love is…
Whether you are 
A brother,
A sister,
A mother,
A father,
A lover,
Or a friend.

We cannot sustain
The relationship
Without both
The bitter and the sweet.

We languish
In...

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Please take my friend to heaven
For this to you Lord I implore
Don’t let her at all suffer
I pray for this not to happen anymore.

She’s been...

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True stories are often the saddest, so go to another poem if you 
are afraid of this one.
Seventy-five years ago a Mommy died leaving a...

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I Reckon Eyes Personal Necessity,...
Sans Arduous Ordeal

To assess meager
cradling aborted efforts
miscarried ambitions, I now berate
myself plethora sans lack

of accomplishments to date
and admit painful truth to...

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A painted black audi, damaged in every possible way
A life taken away
Bottles of beer and shots of vodka going smoothly down his throat
Lonely, misunderstood, misguided,...

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Shopping bags


In a concrete building, there lives a man.
He has not moved in many days.
There comes a knocking upon his door,
And he returns to his...

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Glory and honour oh man of the North
Valhalla waits to welcome thee
Spend a night of passion with thy Lady
For tomorrow death or conquest await

Come into...

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As always when in the initial throes
of writing what I strive to concoct viz
pièce de ré·sis·tance, 
which grandiose whim fizz
hills with utter futility, nonetheless this
nondescript...

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To David …. The One With A Lion’s Heart

I never knew you...
At least this side of eternity…
In a way though….
I did know you….
I recognize your...

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My morning pierces my awake with grief’s thrust -
hitting me anew with the truth that he is gone.

Rising, I stagger thru cloudy bruises of disbelief
that...

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My shadow asks me to relate last night's dream
I say - No! I don't want to recall it
My shadow elongates longer and darker than
That of...

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A baby is a gift from god
But when a father decides
To sacrifice a defenceless baby
By throwing it in the sea
What can you think except that
This...

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For sixty-nine long lovely years
the Captain manned the helm;
he caused the boat to keep afloat
while guiding through his realm.

Through cloudy days and stormy seas
the Captain...

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He was her world,
She was daddy's little girl, 
All she had was him since momma died, 
She lost a mother, he lost a wife.

He spoiled...

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When the crowds disappear

Flashbulbs extinguish

Tears have enveloped back into a smile

I'll be here to comfort you

Say a kind word

Shoulder to lean on

Thy will be done.


Though...

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Praise the Lord, for our salvation comes from Him
He holds my salvation in the palm of His hands,
He makes my soul cleanse of all unrighteousness.
He...

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You were exceptional, son of Simon,
A Judean among Galileans.
You were beloved, son of Simon,
Dependable. Unfailing. 
You were trustworthy, son of Simon,
How ironic for me to...

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The winter sun rises,
A blade of light cuts across the sitting room.
It moves along the blue wall, a slow tide,
The ray reaches the oil painting...

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