Death Haibun Poems
These Death Haibun poems are examples of Haibun poems about Death. These are the best examples of Haibun Death poems written by international poets.
Zinnia____________________________________________________________
It
is the
persona
naught
beseech
favors from
those four
elements
Earth, Wind,
Water, and Fire
for the restoration
of life or to maintain
said life through merely
to being Native American
tribes symbolize Zinnias...
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analogy, appreciation, beautiful, color,
I saw God But Now What
Line Of Inquiry : "I saw God but now what"
It was Easter and I was kneading bread on my kitchen counter. A ...
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appreciation, faith, god,
Celebrations- Ethereal LanternFrom the beginning of a new year right to the very end of it, there's something that brings people together in ways that makes our...
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happiness, love,
A Lovers Plunge
She knew what kind of a girl went all the way on her first date. After all, she’d just met him earlier that afternoon. But...
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poetry,
A Box of Everything
"The question. If someone handed 'me' a box with everything
in it that I had lost, what is the first thing, I would look for...
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how i feel,
I beg death an honor"Forgiveness knows naught the hour to forfeit," ... Ere my time on this field of honor, be this my last decree, for within my final...
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analogy, death, forgiveness, friendship,
Last Night
Like he’d done for forty years he placed their breakfast on the table. But since the stroke his wife had little appetite for food anymore....
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poetry,
Golgotha
*I normally don't like notes with poems but, a couple of things: I thought it would be interesting to capture the moment of Jesus' execution...
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death, faith,
To Be Where She Is
Ghosts have all but abandoned this lonely place. It's just me here. The cold, drizzling rain is relentless, yet calming somehow. Marble stones lodged in...
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death, sad,
Musings On Faith
"I sought a faith that did not see death as an end but as another
beginning, much like the seasons that die to be...
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death, life,
Carpo, the Goddess of AutumnAutumn is at once symbolic of plenty, ripening, harvest, and abundance; and, at the same time, a symbol of letting go, decay, decline, old age,...
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seasons,
Death and DestructionHaving been a journalist for the past forty years, now ready to make my final accord, I had to cover this one last story. ...
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sorrow,
Immanent Yet TranscendentIn interludes of self-reflection, whether in the state of consciousness or meditative, I accept that I am an immanent being, layered with imperfections. I am...
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god, how i feel,
That Pesky FeelingI was not quite eight years old when I first became aware of fear. I was standing in line at the fairgrounds eagerly watching the...
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anxiety, fear,
Bottomless Depth
So often, in life I have found myself in bottomless, abysmal pits of sorrow.
My heart broken, my faith fragile and feeling hopeless and lost. ...
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Categories:
grief,