April Eulogy Poems

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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Lying face down, in snow and mud, 
A tragic tale, soaked with blood. 
The cost of war, a heavy toll, 
Leaving hearts burdened, with sorrow's...

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We do not know
When we say goodbye
Because tomorrow
Only belongs to God in the sky
We do not know
About the last glance
About the last song
Even if we...

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Wir kommen
Wir wandern
Und wir gehen
Das ist alles was wir wissen.

Wir kommen auf die Erde
Wir streifen umher, wir surfen
Und wir gehen mit nichts
Kein Geld, keine Dollars...

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I. April 6, 2022

Cows, fowl on road
Not by will, with pigs - business -
Of life and death

II April 6, 1652
From Holland, van Riebeeck
Europe's willing men,...

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We come
We roam
And we go
That’s all we know.

We come on earth
We roam, we surf
And we depart with nothing
No money, no bitcoin, and no ring.

We say...

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No mustard bombs are dropped
No audible or silent shots are fired
No planes are necessarily blown or hired
No flags are deliberately flown or flapped
No soldiers crossed...

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Professed paean pronounced
and adroitly produced
upon spirit of deceased
named Boyce Brandon Harris.

First year anniversary since
cremains distributed across four winds
his soul remains alive within me.

Impressed upon mine...

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You Thief

you thief
who stole my
simple dreams and
hopes
and dashed them
to pieces on the floor of our lives
while I watched
helpless in my efforts
to save them

you stole a...

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look in most mirrors -
the reflection is backward
and you dream of truth?


Krakatoa Kritic #007
April 25, 2021
Is it vanity to think we understand our own thoughts?...

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Looking back, one thing comes clean-glass clear
you were always there for me subduing every fear.

I tried to do my duty, be a husband strong and...

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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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April cold like an ice trap
the magnolia and cherry blossoms trees
have given up their blooms like the Holy Ghost

Because of the lock down
only the birds,...

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Here lies dear Eileen Tufar
Over the cliff in her brand new car
Passed suddenly without leaving a scar
Please tell my husband to get out of the...

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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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