Mom 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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Take my mom to heaven, do it for me, so that one day I will find her there, waiting for me.

Take my mom to heaven,...

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A meeting of two moms can be a wonderful thing a meeting of two minds is a beautiful thing…

Shortly after we moved into our new...

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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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‘Twas he, ‘Twas he,
  Who fought for the free,
‘Twas he, ‘Twas he,
  Was how a man should be.

He was betrayed by his own,
...

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Thinking of you always reminds me of my youth, growing up in our small town
I recall my early teenage years were filled with fond memories...

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Final Lullaby
by Michael R. Burch

for my mother, Christine Ena Burch

Sleep peacefully—for now your suffering’s over.

Sleep peacefully—immune to all distress,
like pebbles unaware of raging waves.

Sleep peacefully—like...

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We hurtle down the last few hundred feet 
of steep lavender lined cobbled slope 
shaded by majestic umbrella pines - around
a last hairpin turn and...

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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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Covid 19 
Coronavirus
The reaper

Lives cut short
Families grow smaller
Children experience 
the unimaginable
Mom Dad have no answers
why is this happening
What does shelter in place mean, essential
Why cant...

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We all did cry when Father died, when pealed the bells
Landscape weary, our eyes teary, the earth stood still
Life bereft of meaning, withered plain of...

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You waved goodbye with a
               smile, 
 I couldn't argue because...

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SINGLE MOM DOUBLE HONOUR

Tears won't dilute your strength
Your mood won't make it less of who you are. 
You're not broken but a token that is...

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After El Cielo or Bust

I know time isn’t 
on my Mother’s side
for much longer

Her frail body like a delicate 
wine glass that has just tipped...

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Keeping Alive

Rock music plays
On the radio
Listen with tears
As I drive the road
Remember her ways
How she danced
Oh, if but I
One more chance

The boots I wear
Truck I...

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