Write Elegy Poems

I was not able to write poems for a long time now
And on this dawn my thoughts of you urge me to write one
Papa, ...

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To whom it may concern,
For time will surely tell,
I write to my loved ones
To say that I am well.

I scarcely can recall
A time more I...

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Hear them pray for the last time,
their leather boots no protection still.
Listen to the church bell chime.
Hear the men ordering to kill.

Turn off the radio.
Stop...

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I sat down to write this for you
To tell your story all the way through
I struggled with the words
Each line a truth to be heard

Those...

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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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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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the stars weep ...
but not for heaven
they weep for vacant eyes
and hearts of parched desire
with tears untold ...
and uncounted

for where is the hunger -
the yearning...

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I'm still a captive of memory.
It's like I am re-reading an ancient diary.
That decade-old loss still haunts me,
in my dream every night I see
that I...

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Robert's cause of death will probably be:
Corona Virus, at age 20
~ Character Cause of Death Profile ~

Death
Probable age of death
20
Probably cause of death
COVID 19 
Other...

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Solitary rituals of mourning the write way, right?

Papa... bless his (your) heart and soul,
impossible mission your second born
sole male heir cingularly communicates,
viz his avocational crafted...

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with the corona virus upon us
I am bracing to hear the news
that so and so has died

I reflect back
on all the people in my life
that...

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May 1974

Why do you need to waste your time today
Writing an elegy no one will read?

Add the half-cent to the cent
And text to shivering text
For...

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I have deleted the 2 poems I posted earlier today, and instead I offer what will be my final write.  I have read the...

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Archaic Torso of Apollo
by Rainer Maria Rilke
loose translation/interpretation by Michael R. Burch

We cannot know the beheaded god
nor his eyes' forfeited visions. But still
the figure's trunk...

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She loves me she loves me not...

Just my luck that when juiced a lad
din grammar school, aye own every
rhyme and reason tubby mad
every friggin time...

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