Death Iambic Pentameter Poems

They met aboard a cruise one summer day;
     their days and nights were filled with ecstasies.
     ...

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For the first time the carriage rides back and forth. The bell chimes at the end of every line. Whether a solo syllable or the...

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Winter
Winter glows, it's drifts, it's plains, soft and white.
It's cold belies a threat to all, fear it!
It's there come night or day death don't forget!
Wrap...

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To my love of nigh four decades of bliss,
I can't take you with me you've life to live,
live it, let love be your guide, be remiss!
So...

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You left your hollow horror buried deep...
a hollowness unfathomed as we think
about the impact that your strike would reap
and change the path of life in...

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The Essence of Soft Shadows


The essence of soft shadows on the wall
   that shelters where we'll rest when we are gone,
  ...

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I didn't have a chance to say goodbye,
to let you know how dear you are to me
and though my chance is gone, I still will...

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The Attic


Sewing machine, long idle, gathered dust
     in this old attic of dear grandma's home.
So dark, a lighted candle is a...

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Long ago in the short-time lively spring
In the grassy plains of a small island
Came from nonexistence a young sapling 
Nurtured by the love of her...

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A Realization

Once upon a time, a baby was born
In a small town near the green mountains. 
He was living life off from thorn.
Blessed! But he’s...

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I smiled at you as you sang Christmas song
you stood enthronged by others, bringing cheer
my heart was sad; it thought of all that's wrong
and why...

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      FETUS
She wasn't swayed from how she set her mind,
but in a way, her heart was of a kind
that loved...

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Sitting on the shower floor
Numb inside and not afraid
reflecting on the steelhead blade
soon I won’t feel anymore

I won't have to feel this pain
thoughts of living...

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        DEATH OF A BELIEVER
The death of soul steals slowly through the years
the fog of mind that's never...

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          Elixir
Sometime ago when you were bold
you dreamed your dream of earthly fare
expecting your life would...

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Although the smell unpleasant to inhale,
the blood no longer dripped from open wounds;
the nurse, accustomed to the sight of death,
remained unmoved as Grandma slipped away:
she...

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(blank verse)


Not long, but clear and strong, came Dad to me.
His death was tear-fresh grief most numbing new.
Dad's words steered me away from tragedy
And gave...

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I often wonder how death will begin
     and will there be a warning sign to heed.
Will I feel something way down...

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Everyone is born to achieve that goal
A goal in which most of us try to cheat
Life was never given but it was stole
A cycle in...

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I wait for you to come with open arms,
for pain that flays and sears me will not cease
though once I feared you, now I see...

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