Birthday Loneliness Poems

Originally Written on February 05, 2024; 12:13 AM
Written for my deceased grandmother: Purification C. Ferrer


In Manila, where work fills my days,
I’d visit for your birthday...

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Down in London 

Washed away in the gutters spent,
Like the vagrants and bums without a cent,
Everyone in a hurry, somewhere to go,
Someone to love them...

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We never made it to my birthday, but at least we made it to yours 
26 days before mine, 11 after yours; I think my...

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The bakery was closed
family only an echo of long ago
no mementos of love
loneliness built
into my spinal chord
musical notes exposing
a weeping child
within an old man
a broken...

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And here I am this lonely, moonless night
                 ...

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“Blindness separates people from things;
deafness separates people from people.”
– Helen Keller

She sat amongst the gathering crowd.
It was her birthday, you see.
The men were bespoke so...

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Rules

In life, it is a give and take. 
However, for some it is just take and take. 
For others, it is only fulfilling to know
that...

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I do not fear Death
It appears he fears me
I have sent him embossed invitations
bordered in black
bought the best bottle of wine 
I could afford
lowered the...

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Happy birthday, Sister Eula, 
This warm greeting comes from the heart; 
Let gladness be in your area, 
Let loneliness of life depart. 

Topic: Birthday of...

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E-xpression 
D-eploys 
E-ssential 
M-etaphor 
E-rasing 
E-motional 
L-oneliness 

Topic: Birthday of Edemeel E. Roxas (January 17)
Form: Vertical Monocrostic...

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M-y 
A-nnual 
R-emembrance 
L-ets 
Y-early 
N-ote's 

G-reeting 
I-solate 
L-oneliness 
I-nside 

Topic: Birthday of Marlyn C. Gili (January 01) 
Form: Vertical Monocrostic...

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Looking back, one thing comes clean-glass clear
you were always there for me subduing every fear.

I tried to do my duty, be a husband strong and...

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M-essage
A-bout
R-apture
I-nspires
C-elebrant
E-rasing
L-ife's

L-oneliness
O-r
S-orrow
A-new

Topic: Birthday of Maricel Losa (November 02) 
Form: Vertical Monocrostic...

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Laying on my bed
Listening to your favorite song
Tapping along to the beats
I almost forgot you weren’t here

I glance over at where you used to lay...

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Your bottle
of Wild Irish
Rose wine
is a potbelly pig
bleeding in the tender
over-turned dirt

gnats linger near it
like kids do a birthday cake
when it’s about to be cut

I...

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