Death Family Poems

It really doesn't pay
To take life for granted every day
Because it can all be taken away
In the blink of an eye.

Life seems to just drift...

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The Making of Cookies

The lost art of putting, 
flower, sugar, vanilla,
and cream together.
More than small cakes, 
a distance…
far past “home made”, 
to the sheer land...

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Our Christmas Wreath

At the door there is a big ring. 
It is made of pine and has several cones. 
There is one for each member...

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Today would've been Arthenia's birthday if she hadn't died.
Last year, I lost my aunt and my uncle lost his bride.
Arthenia died in 2018 and she...

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Bread of Life

His name is known all over the world. 
Some cheer, some do not. 
All will bow in the end. 
It is written. 
It...

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                       Family Massacre...

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DEAR FAMILY 

Dear Family, my life has come to an end on this earth, 
And my ashes will mingle within the dirt, 
What I have...

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The Fashion Zebra

I am a flake. 
That is the term for people that do not follow through. 
It may not be fair. I have spent...

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The New Preacher, 
“Hear My Words”

Are you listening. 
I am saying things very clearly. 
You need to keep trying. 
Are you talking to me?
Am I...

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The Garden at Grandma’s

The house is quiet, the chores are all done. 
We have gathered in the place out back. 
There is pit for a...

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Mirror Mirror

Do not lie. I know that you want to. 
I know that you may need to.  
I am broken, and soon…
You will be...

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Dark Times

Times we celebrate, to be who we are not. 
Bleak times, diseased remembrances. 
Why?
You know.
You know because deep inside…

You have hid under a blanket...

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A Wedding Day

Cleaning the church is a privilege. 
I go every Saturday, humbly to serve. 
It is not a boast, it is small gratitude paid,...

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Today is Enough

The morning came early. 
In fact I was up all night. 
I watched the coming and going…
of the stars.

God’s work ever at hand,...

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Rule Breaker

Risk taker, warrior maker…
Stand tall. 
He is with you. 
Do not fear, what they may say…
as they would say it any way, 
if you...

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One day my grandad slipped away,
His face sunk into a waxy, pale grey,
With a sudden stillness and a wave of your hand,
You have ventured off...

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Consider the turkey, a most noble bird,
A bird distinct of voice, impressive of size,
It is by U.S. families much preferred,
Therefore many of them go to...

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This is hardly a poem
Is barely a rhyme
But I have to tell someone 
What I’m feeling inside

I never had a dad
Just a beast in his...

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I am my name
If you remember my name, you have my attention
Pronounce it well, you have my trust
I am nothing but my name

My name is...

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Death is not the greatest loss in life. The greatest loss is what dies inside us while we live.
The fear of death follows from the...

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