Woman Funeral Poems
These Woman Funeral poems are examples of Funeral poems about Woman. These are the best examples of Funeral Woman poems written by international poets.
Mints At a FuneralShe died, so we're riding behind the hearse one car back.
"Would you like a breath mint?", asks a woman dressed in black.
Why at a...
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funeral, candy, death of a
Our Nile
"Do not stand by my grave and weep", they said.
Here's something she would have said instead.
"Hey, smile, all of your smiles are beautiful."
Hers was more...
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funeral, angel, cry, extended metaphor,
In Hospice CareTortured by the looming death,
Beloved, a mother… in hospice care
Difficult for her to understand, she breathed
A prayer, silently begging the Creator to give her
Another day,...
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funeral, appreciation, death, death of
Let the World SeeMamie Till Mobley demanded and open casket,
to let the world see,
the bloated, beaten body of her baby boy,
who was lynched in Mississippi.
His name was Emmett...
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funeral, 9th grade, black african
Old Bat EulogyThe minister paused, wondering what he could say.
She had been a mean old woman, an angry parishioner.
She was opinionated, he said.
Bossy! Someone yelled.
And she...
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funeral,
Ode To YseultWoman, woman that I loved uncommonly
Several springs ago
When the weather was good and callow
When the wind whistled swiftly, low and slow
Oh! Woman, you were young,...
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angel, eulogy, funeral, heartbroken,
The Nadir of LifeI wandered round the lonely graveyard.
The few mourners did not bother to look at me.
I ought to know the paths so well
Ah there it was,...
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funeral,
Skin Tight IiLeather boots
tight black suits
skin hot bound
in knots cutting
sweet the heat
Burns in between
the pleasure
of the pain
the sweat
of...
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funeral, allegory, allusion, angst, art,
Last Sigh
The woman lying on the hospital bed
Silent, intuition discerning
The last breath, last sigh, goodbye
Whispered beneath a soft cry
From the soul who she was leaving behind
She...
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funeral, caregiving, childhood, death, goodbye,
My Funeral GuidelinesAt my funeral they will be playing Helen Reddy
“I am woman, hear me roar!” Cher’s “Gypsy’s, Tramps and Thieves”
And Adam Lambert. I love all his...
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funeral, 10th grade, 11th grade,
After the FuneralDusk fell rapidly. Three women dressed in black
With their young lanky companion hurried back
To their rather small impoverished dark room.
Only an oil lamp that added...
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funeral, inspirational,
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,
NowhereNowhere
Unremembered moments,
"lived through" over the years...
trying to fit in,
to make sense.
Demands from the outside,
everyone looking in.
Someone is running,
around... but they...
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betrayal, feelings, forgiveness, funeral,
Sonnets Xlii-LiSonnets XLII-LI
Distances
by Michael R. Burch
Moonbeams on water?
the reflected light
of a halcyon star
now drowning in night...
So your memories are.
Footprints on beaches
now flooding with water;
the small, broken...
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funeral, bereavement, death, death of
Made Me Think About MusicRain poured down
Made me think about music
Like listen to blues
The droplets danced on the metal railings
Made me think about music
Like listen to jazz
It was the...
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Categories:
funeral, happy, how i