Grandmother Funeral Poems

Learning a heart beats makes life go fast
My heart beats twice as fast as you think
and half as fast as I remember


When the rainbow came...

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Ma,
Leaping off the crown of a candle,
A hot bead without hold or handle,
Blobbed as us all on the bee-smell body of a star.

Air,
Shushing from the...

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Found the words to say so now here it goes
I hope you don't mind I'm not very good at Prose
Younger than my mother, yet...

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Today I heard some news,
which made my heart sing blue.
Grandmother’s, most have two,
I did too and then I had you.

You raised me, with wit few...

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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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At a funeral we,                     ...

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My loving friend I could depend
Out for lunch, shopping and talking              ...

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I was saddened to hear the passing of our beloved sister Adele,
Now that she has gone home to the Lord.

She will be remembered by her...

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~~~~Concludes the poem "Dark Angel"

Tones

Speak to me in many waters
Wash away the dirt and grime
Lay my body upon the altar.
Transform me to another time.
May I...

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Grandma

My hands hesitate here… hovering over the keyboard…
Numb, hard to make do as I ask…
This should be happy, 
but I am…
crying.

I miss her. 

She smoked...

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Tears


Tears roll down her eyes
She trembles, shivers and sighs 
Goodbyes are forever 
Never again to be seen
Death breaks the toughest of hearts


Marckincia Jean
Tanka
10/11/19
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Today my heart feels sorrow
Saying goodbye is hard to do
But I will cherish every moment 
The memories I have of you

It's been the hardest thing...

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As the ravens fed Prophet Elijah by the brook
you brought gentle words to nourish our souls.

Like the paintings of Monet, Van Gogh and Degas
Your creative...

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I can’t ever know what flowers they gave her,
on that brittle coffin,
Because those flowers belonged in the garden she made,
(That after they let grow wild...

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Death was dreaded. 
Rehearsed. 
Experienced. 
Dreaded more. 

Being told, 
Silence. 
Empty. 
Frozen. 

Death. 
The day arrived. 
Surreal. 
Nothing. 

The bond was broken, 
The memories ended,...

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