Life Elegy Poems

Elvis, a friend.

Into my café, a young man who combed his hair
Elvis Priestly style and naturally got the nickname, Elvis
He didn’t mind; the name gave...

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for abunic sheriff – a friend who battled sickle cell.

yesterday the bones in my friend’s body wrote me a note of grief saying that they...

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I only have a photograph left.
A preserved moment in time
To serve as a reminder of how things were 
When you and I were present.

In Paradise,...

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I'm sorry for the things I said,
That cut so deep, I wish I'd fled.
Forgive me, please, and let me mend,
My heart, my soul, and this...

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I found him lying on his bed,
hair tousled and with a sweet smile.
I realized that he was dead.
I knew this was no show of guile.
A...

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I baffled why you furious mite
Sharing with me this half couch
And make my sweet dream forget
Disturbing and sucking from my pet

Claiming you and man share...

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Smiles and Laughter

I’d rather be noted for eliciting a smile
Bringing a ray of sunshine into your life
Than to have awards, trophies, and note
In a world...

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Shadow of a poet
Writer I never met
Voice of a poet
Words on hearts etched

Beyond the shadow of death
Heavens and earth wept
Shadow of life
In a poet's soul...

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How to describe a man
met only through his words.

I believe he wore the cloth loosely
not allowing it to bind him
nor hide behind it.

His writings carried...

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RIP RICO 
4/8/41—12/15/22
Spirit guide O spirit guide begin his journey
Take him through the colors 
Amber, presence of God, fiery passion, wisdom, 
and God’s anointing
Pink new...

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Making ends meet, dad was always boxing mum
For all i can trace and gun
Mighty hand when will mum and dad stop punching in this ring...

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Between life and death 
our love is dwelling.
Sometimes I am touching the horizon,
sometimes he is too.
Who has said his beats stopped at the ICU?
I'm still...

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In the dingy room all alone
A awful solitary
Hold me in shallow opaque
I live in a claustrophobic world
I asked myself, am i a victim of life?...

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In the dingy room all alone
A awful solitary
Hold me in shallow opaque
I live in a claustrophobic world
I asked myself, am i a victim of life?...

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In the dingy room all alone
A awful solitary
Hold me in shallow opaque
I live in a claustrophobic world
I asked myself, am i a victim of life?...

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