Lyric Funeral Poems
These Lyric Funeral poems are examples of Funeral poems about Lyric. These are the best examples of Funeral Lyric poems written by international poets.
When Doves CryIce formed in craggy spirals
Upside down and billowed
on the outstretched arms
of a winter dead willow
still awaiting Spring’s charm
sunlight peered through
the glistening frozen crystals...
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christian, death, eulogy, funeral,
This Is a FuneralThis is a funeral
Why don't you accept
This is a funeral
And this is the death
The candles are burning
The red curtains drawn
The oak casket glittering
Like a...
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Categories:
funeral, death,
Reaching Eighty-FiveReaching eighty-five
All of a sudden I’m eighty-five
and start remembering of things past
and begin...
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Categories:
funeral, age, change, death, family,
Funeral Strut - Po' Boy On a Fat TuesdayHey there, little Buddha,
Let me join your Mistick Krewe.
Got my jazz hand clapping.
Gonna drop the other shoe.
I strut my yo-yo yoga every doo-da...
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funeral, allegory, parody,
Remembering Warren Zevon(1943-2003)
He was a renegade.
He was a rebel all his days.
Then something broke inside. And I, I --
I cried and cried when Warren...
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Categories:
death, funeral, grief, music,
Final LullabyFinal 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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death, eulogy, funeral, Lullaby,
Silent RefusalA little hidden, beautiful, and tranquil aquarium
With an amazing view of the subterranean dome.
The ache may be the sign of worsening emotion,
From a...
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corruption, funeral, hurt, introspection,
Flower of Carnage[Paraphrase-translation of the song from Lady Snowblood.]
Bright dusk buried in snow
Only the sound of a baying hound
And my wooden geta break the silence
I stride with...
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funeral, angel, anger, character, cry,
The Stench of DeathTHE STENCH OF DEATH,
It started in china, It started in Wuhan, It visited Italy,
It visited the mighty land of the POTUS, It is here and...
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Categories:
funeral, africa, allah, analogy, appreciation,
Our Friends From the UnderworldOUR FRIENDS FROM THE UNDERWORLD ©
Soul to soul, our echoes roll
Melancholy from the depth of my divine despair
And a rush of blood which causeth bloodshot...
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funeral, 1st grade, death, death
Leave TakingLeave Taking
by Michael R. Burch
Brilliant leaves abandon battered limbs
to waltz upon ecstatic winds
until they die.
But the barren and embittered trees,
lament the frolic...
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Categories:
funeral, absence, age, autumn, bereavement,
The Pain of LoveThe Pain of Love
by Michael R. Burch
for T. M.
The pain of love is this:
the parting after the kiss;
the train steaming from...
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Categories:
funeral, age, bereavement, death, farewell,
HorrorKill them all
Genocide
Progrom
Terorism
Kill him now
Murder
Manslaughter
Suicide
Poison
The killings of the killers
The death of the dead
The doom of the soul
The destruction of life
The...
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Categories:
conflict, death, evil, funeral,
Grave YardI am grave
I have all round destination
I have the best brains
I have the best talents
I have the best couples
I have the best of the best
Of...
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Categories:
funeral, 9th grade, dark, depression,
To My Son To My Son
My Darling new baby You are perfect and...
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Categories:
funeral, blessing, child, emotions, eulogy,