Happy Eulogy Poems

Mama has left
She is no longer alive
She left Mother Earth
She is in the cemetery
Mom is further on
She is, here and there, really
Mother is gone
And no...

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Don't come, do not come
Do not come to my funeral
Do not come to my burial
Stay home in a quiet room
To read my God-given poems
Be inspired...

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Since forever I've wanted to disappear,
Death is something I long for not something I fear,
For forever I've been imagining how life would be,
If flames turned...

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One generic baby boomer, (a garden variety sexagenarian)...
offers his interpretation of critical race theory

I, (an articulate, charming, domesticated, 
erudite, friendly, genteel, humorous, intelligent,
kind, learned, male,...

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Tina Turner, a queen of soul,
Her voice is so strong, it takes a toll.
Her songs are a reflection of her life.
Full of struggles and strife.

From...

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The danger was seen and thus was not danger
The twilight moonbeam 
fires cresting a quintessential 
street light silhouette
No journey of despair
What is the human cause...

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You heard it ring a thousand times before 
However, this time it seemed like something more 
You dreaded picking up the phone 
As if you...

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Anytime I hear the story of how I was born I tend to tear up 
Cos I see not just a woman, I see a...

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Happy Birthday to my friend!
One third of the three,
in life’s twisted blend.
Unlikely in all ways,
but twined together till the end....

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I
July will forever be "America's birthday"
I try to recall why each month or holiday
Is special, but did forget, for days now
Nelson Mandela had been born...

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You're young
You're strong
Time will crumble
Time will humble
You, You and You.

You're beautiful
You're powerful
Time will fade
Time will get rid
Of You and You.

Enjoy your time now
Don't wait for...

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Gliding among stars
surfing spiritual unknowns
we exit as one...

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I loved, I laughed, I cried
I felt the ocean, watched the sky
I'm happy on The Other Side
Because I live, I did not die....

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Synonym for love ah this bench,
For many a dream dreamt on bench,

The refuge of a last resort—
Felt by all that sat on this bench,

Of two...

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Ancient Greek and Roman Epigrams

That country wench bewitches your heart?
Hell, her most beguiling art’s
hiking her dress
to seduce you with her ankles' nakedness!
Sappho, fragment 57, loose...

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