He Is Risen Linking Pin SonnetHe Is Risen (A Linking Pin Sonnet in the Spence Style)
The stone was rolled—rolled far from death’s command,
Command could not contain the Son of light.
Light broke the tomb and touched the trembling land,
Land kissed His feet, awakened by His might.
Might bowed to love, for love could not stay dead,
Dead gave way when life began to...
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Categories:
in memoriam, appreciation, gospel, heaven, in
Form: Sonnet
Happiness in MemoriamThere is no pain so great as the memory of joy in present grief.
—Aeschylus
Happiness in Memoriam
Each neuron tingles with happiness, in unnerving vise.
Presently, the squeeze of brain, heart and grit, unbearable.
The lion’s faint, tin clatters, straw pieces pecked, crows gather.
...
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Categories:
in memoriam, grief,
Form: Sijo
POPE FRANCIS:POPE FRANCIS: A 5-7-5 EULOGISTIC TRIO
A man of mercy,
Teaching peace, love, and mercy;
Leaving his spirit behind:-
Timing and ready,
Said goodbye the day before;
Reflecting God's peace and Love:-
A Pope to us all,
A true Catholic Christian:
A universal shepherd:-
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Categories:
in memoriam, allegory, eulogy, faith, goodbye,
Form: Sedoka
My Son Was Born In HeavenI had a son twenty years
He wasn't like most teens his age
He didn't need many friends and girls
He's choosy though a bit introvert
My boy was born brave and joyful
Past that I know he was secretly sick
Alone, he made his way to heaven
In heaven, he watches over me
At night, I dream his voice and his face
Saying...
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Categories:
heaven, in memoriam, love,
Form: Free verse
Tell Me Who's That Person
Categories:
in memoriam, love, spiritual,
Form: Senryu
Categories:
in memoriam, lost love,
Form: Haiku
The HeartA gaping wound pierces my heart in the shape of my be-
loved.
Someday it will scab over.
Someday,
far, far in the future,
it will turn into scar tissue.
I will rub it and it will be soft and smooth and comforting.
It will be with me,
in the shape of my love,
for as long as I live....
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Categories:
in memoriam, death, eulogy, grief, heartbroken,
Form: Free verse
Her image in her eyes: Request for True IdentityHer image in her eyes: Request for True Identity.
She couldn't write about her mother-
Her young womb a cradle
for a different form,
Was her brothers'
Memorial wall.
When she was born,
no rebirth occurred.
No resurrection
for the newly buried.
They were the Heroes.
The Glorified Dead-
The sacrifice of one man's
bitter inner war.
She was the shadow
living in the shadow
their gravestone cast
on living grass...
In...
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Categories:
in memoriam, angst, brother, daughter, environment,
Form: Free verse
PRONOUNCED THE VESSEL DEAD-
The bright in the daylight beacons shine;
Beating hearts no longer a lined;
The doctor M.E. has pronounced the vessel dead;
Sorely he bled out after being pierced in the head;
Now a corpse no longer shall he rise
His spirit now with Father-God
04/03/25
Written words by James Edward Lee Sr. 2025©
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Categories:
in memoriam, analogy, anxiety, death, destiny,
Form: Elegy
Two years of a life in a nutshellShe’s gone, and now we’re worlds apart
What’s left is a hole in my heart
I know I must go on
Attempt to stay strong
And forgive, though it’s hard to restart
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Categories:
for her, in memoriam,
Form: Limerick
Breath of a Forgotten NightI don’t particularly remember it,
Yet when midnight whispers through the air,
—My heart aches.
A sudden hurt, a lonely ache,
As if the past is breathing near,
A moment lost, yet somehow known,
When the air smelled just like this,
And I was breaking too.
It feels like my heart is holding on,
Though my mind can’t trace the past.
Some feelings don’t need...
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Categories:
in memoriam, deep, freedom, imagery, immigration,
Form: Free verse
The Ballad of the Part-Time LoverBeneath the glow of neon light, where secrets love to hide..
Two shadows meet in whispered steps, forbidden side by side.
A game of passion, sly and swift, where hearts and caution blend..
A dance of stolen glances.. where the night will know no end.
The city hums, the streetlights blink, a world of hush and heat..
And in the...
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Categories:
in memoriam, jealousy, lust,
Form: Ballad
Reminiscence of Coleridge
"Memoir for a listener's ear."
Quote by Brian Strand
Let me share a reminiscence of Coleridge's life with you . . .
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Categories:
in memoriam, tribute,
Form: Spoken Word
Yes I agree I killed her#Yes_I_agree_I_killed_her
Diabolical thoughts runs amok,
In this room, adrenaline takes over,
Nothing makes sense, right now.
Trying to compose self.
Her griping nails, peircing through my neck, blood paints my shirt red, the gripping stiffening.
Gasping for breath, begging and pleading through my eyes, voice choked inside me.
My face turns blue, body start shutting component to component, wrestling off her...
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Categories:
in memoriam, absence, anger, death, imagination,
Form: Free verse
When someone diesI want you all to rejoice, this is not my end.
I'm starting to transition, to see family and friends.
All my sorrows and my pain will soon be left behind.
Any suffering is done here, I will soon be fine.
Soon I will begin to see people gone before me.
My Lord has blown the trumpet, that will set...
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Categories:
in memoriam, 10th grade, death, death
Form: Rhyme
Specific Types of In Memoriam Poems
Definition | What is In Memoriam in Poetry?