Tribute Farewell Poems

Goodbye, Odie

My little old cat is dying.
His steps are awkward, eyes unfocussed
and he cries when he can’t see me.
I’m not sure I want to be...

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We find ourselves with you in time, 
Thoughts of you are roaming our minds
Angels playing music at the Gate
Heaven will be Home; let's call it...

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You left
After death
Knocked at your door
No need to say more.

We painfully grieved
We recited your poems.

We cried like grown kids
As you lay
Silently surrounded
By a dazzling array...

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I recall many brights stars
but no moon
for lack of guiding light
we will sink soon

I see ladies 
with much fancier clothes
lowered with room to spare 
in...

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As the clock strikes twelve, we bid farewell,
To the passing year, its tales we tell.
With champagne's sparkle, we gather 'round,
To welcome the new, with joy...

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In this adieu, you still occupy the frame,
On this two-forked road, you are quitting this sacred name.
We don't want to be our own casualty in...

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It was said “ good things never last"
 Last Last we lost her untimely 

It was said “gone too soon"
Soon enough you will live again...

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The Hawaiian church, our Hawaiian church that made our village alive,
   There's Uncle Bill, still saying his spiel, and he's just a little...

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The last breath
The last death
The last phone call
The last fall
The last funeral
The last burial
The last roll
The last poll
The last smile
The last style
The last flight
The last...

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sparkling true blessing cast neath nightmares blaze~~their dreams arise from ashes...

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A day
That I’ll always remember
A very somber DAY
A very sad day
A day to ponder
A day to wonder
A day
Not like any other day
A very unusual day
A...

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Even though you're not here, 
I miss your morning meows
I've ignored you parting from me
But, you haven't gone anyhow. 

I remember six years ago, ...

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I stand here alone, gazing up at the moon,
Wondering where you are, and if you'll be back soon.
But the silence around me is empty and...

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Butter me up
    Polish my apple
  Reverends praise me
    from the chapel

  I like 'em flunky
 ...

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You must have gone through hell,
The pain you suffered.
Yet you kept your sense of humour,
And still felt concern for others
Not half as ill as you.
You...

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