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Dies Irae Poems - Poems about Dies Irae

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Premium Member On the Fifth Anniversary of My Wife's Death
...Dies Irae, Dies Illa: Day of wrath and day of doom. So begins the chorus Of Verdi’s Requiem Mass. Taut vibrations of the violins As drums roll in a crescendo of sadness. It had to be ......Read the rest...
Categories: dies irae, appreciation,
Form: Free verse



Premium Member Happening 118 Ear Candy
...stirring voices made aloud with joy, shout cry enjoy encourage all... to arise with such cries and go forth.. ..to live Inspired by clip ......Read the rest...
Categories: dies irae, inspirational, music,
Form: Verse
Dies Irae-It Has To Be
...Slack sails await winds. At first nothing...stillness, then a wisp. Awakening becomes triumphant, And he dares to have hope. Sails hoisted high, hands shield the sun, Squinting as the rays are i......Read the rest...
Categories: dies irae, courage, desire, destiny, hope,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member The Lay of the Best Man - Part 4
...The Lay of The Best Man - Part 4 I ask you this: Have you ever known a man to ‘buckle under stress’? Or have you never seen a man have a ‘moment of madness’? Have you not heard about the unfortu......Read the rest...
Categories: dies irae, bullying, character, corruption, discrimination,
Form: Lay
Premium Member Spoookeee
...SPOOOOKEEEE Lost in the woods On All Saints Night Chill in my blood Moon’s a fright Its ring around Is red as hell And distantly The doomsday bells Eerie bongs Tis truly said One sho......Read the rest...
Categories: dies irae, halloween,
Form: Free verse



The Broken Chalice
...The Broken Chalice It was way too early for me to move in, But love conquers all, or so Ovid says, But nothing could prepare me for the javelin. At first it was an electric lusty heaven, We ......Read the rest...
Categories: dies irae, heartbreak,
Form: Villanelle
Vigil Lights
...One, waiting at the outpost prison on the shore, Two, atop the soundless ship across the bay and nearly to the open sea, both still in sight and bound as one to the relentless motherland of Spain. ......Read the rest...
Categories: dies irae, angst, faith,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Mephisto Waltz
...MEPHISTO WALTZ Lost in the forest And worse – the night has come on Many strange noises Shivers up and down my spine Moon just peeking round a cloud Then this old farm house One window lit up ......Read the rest...
Categories: dies irae, fantasy, night, night,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Moo Ha Ha Ha
...MOO HA HA HAH! (with kudos to E.A. Poe) There was an eerie peal I knew When just a reborn child I sat listening Listening for that cast iron steel-gray midnight shattering clang CLANG......Read the rest...
Categories: dies irae, fantasy
Form: Narrative
Premium Member Moon Morgans
...MOON MORGANS On a clear night long about October’s end When the wind is wailing a dies irae And your brain befitting the season is newly webbed With la ronde des lutins (the round of t......Read the rest...
Categories: dies irae, funny
Form: Narrative

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