Lover Death Poems

A soldier dies-a mother cries, a heart broken, words left unspoken,
So young a soldier laid to rest, a shiny medal upon his chest.

A soldier dies-a...

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Last night I dreamt of you,
I was sleeping and I could feel you whispering,
Putting your arms around me,
Telling me to go to sleep, 
Telling me...

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I walked to the cemetery today, tears falling as snow is crunching under my feet.
Grief grips me, but I am determined to visit your grave,...

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In front of the mirror I stare at my face. My cracks and my lines, tell me I'm fine. 

I look back at him, and...

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Ryokan translations of Zen Death Haiku and other Poems

First one hidden face is revealed,
then the other; thus spinning it falls,
the autumn leaf.
—Ryokan (1758-1831), loose translation...

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The pit barbeque 
 
The pit barbeque Just throw me in it When I die My hopes were dejected there all ready When my lover...

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We walked to the sand dunes
She whipped off her top 
We made love in the sand 
A co - worker and lover 
Gone from the...

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Memorial of a Loved One

In Memory of My Mother, Irene!

Some memories so terribly painful be, 
and will not leave my memory.
I took care of my...

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The Unwanted Glance

Look closely at my hand. 
Proudly I display a band. 
It tells everyone in the room, 
I am taken. 
I do not have...

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She snores under Night's somnolent veil,
Far from quiet throes of his teetering sail;
Her pulses come and go in silent throbs,
Attuned to trigger no lover’s salted...

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Tricks in the Dark

Evil does not need to be, 
ever in the shadow. 
In fact, it likes to walk, 
among us… best. 

It hides and...

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Needy

Wants!
They are so hard to handle.
Everyone has one, even if they don’t want one. 
Some try to hide theirs, but it shows. 
I hate to...

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I can hear the sounds 
cackles of the birds
drowning out the world 
the noise, the senselessness   

what does matter
does it matter
  
I've...

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Vision’s blurring around the edges now—
The perfect vignette for silent film;
The text screams bold inside your head;
The crickets wail from amongst the trees.

You’re the femme...

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Bleak and dark, no up or down
In your head, round and round
Memories from long ago 
That got stuck in and wildly grow

Do you remember when...

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Leaving her blue salty home,
she emerges from the sea 
changing her fish tail into human legs
within the times of the full moon.

Her bare figure exposed;
long...

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"EVACUEES."


when I woke up 
that morning, 
I knew you 
weren't next to 
me. 

I could've 
climbed the 
tallest 
of buildings 
and screamed 
it. 

why couldn't...

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Walking down this lonely road,
I remember walking down it before.
The road windles from my house, down past the lake,
Where the fisherman fish for more.

This time...

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O Romeo O Romeo

How foolish it was of you

Why you could have had sweet Rosaline

And a secret lover too


What madness possessed you

To drink poison and...

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I'm just the pieces of the person  I used to be
Too many bitter tears are raining down on me
I'm far away from home And...

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