Long Brother death Poems
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Do the Dead See With Their Own EyesDo the Dead see with their own eyes
for Thadchayani, my poetry-loving doctor sister : 28/08/1929 – 26/10/2014
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Categories:
brother death, bereavement, brother, death, sister,
Form:
Elegy
Old Myzie OLD MYSIE
“As crazy as Old Mysie” my grandma used to say.
Land company made promises, too good to be true,
To fisherfolk from Isle of Skye, it seemed the thing to do.
Cleared up land and new built...
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Categories:
brother death, brother, death, depression, endurance, immigration, loneliness, mental
Form:
Rhyme
Died By the Gun Where Have All the Johns GoneWhere have all the John's gone ?
they all been murdered by the ones
Who have the right to bear arms
It was 1963 and I was walking home from school going home for lunch
While in Texas something...
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Categories:
brother death, bereavement, brother, death of a friend, evil,
Form:
Ballad
Murderapolis Streets, Claim Two More Young HeartbeatsNative, Liteskin, sun kissed
smiles
sit, talk, get to know me
a while
for I am not my skin and
even though the tan pigment
runs deep
I am my heart, thoughts
and actions,reflection of
company
I keep
A car accident took
my Homies brother...
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Categories:
brother death, brother, death, family, friendship, introspection, loss, lost
Form:
Free verse
John Audelay translations by Michael R BurchJohn Audelay translations by Michael R. Burch. John Audelay was a medieval English poet who died circa 1426.
Dread of Death (excerpts)
by John Audelay
translation by Michael R. Burch
Lady, help! Jesu, mercy!
Timor mortis conturbat me. [The fear...
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Categories:
brother death, brother, death, fate, heart, love, lust, sorrow,
Form:
Rhyme
CATULLUS TRANSLATIONS 2CATULLUS TRANSLATIONS 2
Catullus CI: 'His Brother's Burial'
translation by Michael R. Burch
1.
Through many lands and over many seas
I have journeyed, brother, to these wretched rites,
to this final acclamation of the dead...
and to speak — however ineffectually...
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Categories:
brother death, brother, death, death of a friend, eulogy,
Form:
Rhyme
CATULLUS TRANSLATIONS 4CATULLUS TRANSLATIONS 4
Catullus LXV aka Carmina 65
loose translation/interpretation by Michael R. Burch
Hortalus, I’m exhausted by relentless grief,
and have thus abandoned the learned virgins;
nor can my mind, so consumed by malaise,
partake of the Muses' mete fruit;
for...
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Categories:
brother death, brother, death, death of a friend, funeral,
Form:
Free verse
Dear Black ManBlack Man, Black Man - Why do you kill yo Brother Man?
I don’t want us known or considered as “Less Than”
Black Man I’m asking you, please don’t kill your Brother
Don’t you know that when you...
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Categories:
brother death, black african american, brother, death, family, men,
Form:
Narrative
The StormThe storm comes less often now,
Come it does.
Cyclical… Circular… predictable in its pattern.
It’s been a while dear friend.
The sun so bright-
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Categories:
brother death, bereavement, best friend, brother, death, imagery, missing
Form:
Ode
Recorded EmotionsWith me, there were word sounds and expressions of grief upon being informed of the passing of a sibling. Each one's passing ignited a sound, brief words, or simply a voiceless stillness that seemed...
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Categories:
brother death, anxiety, bereavement, brother, death, family, sister,
Form:
Free verse
Randy Wanted To Be DashingStanding reverent in a dull cast mist
glazing my cheeks while prayers were said
so silent stood at Rand's memorial
My mind dashed to the self-drawn sketch
he staged as "The Youthful Raconteur";
profile, pipe, wavy cinema legend hair -
his...
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Categories:
brother death, brother, death, destiny, earth, family, fate, love,
Form:
Free verse
Justice For Juniorjustice for junior! justice for junior! justice for junior! your death has affected me deeply and I never even knew ya. 15yrs old you had ya whole future ahead of ya. Savages came for you...
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Categories:
brother death, boy, brother, death, evil, memory, mother son,
Form:
Rhyme
Remembering....RonEach of us has a unique set of memories when we think of someone. Each of us has our
own "piece" of him that we take through life. These few are just some...
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Categories:
brother death, brother, death, dedication, family, love, sadme, education,
Form:
Blank verse
Busy BrotherGrief is so strange it catches you by surprise
One minute your laughing, the next tears in your eyes
A song on the radio, the sun going down
It's all so unexpected, when grief makes you frown
A...
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Categories:
brother death, brother, death, grief,
Form:
Free verse
The Gatekeeperthe skyline holds time as shadows vanish
darkness claims the sunset like an avalanche
faint sounds from the passing of the sun
wake aging prophets
an old street shines like half a moon
stops signs and streetlights bend for...
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Categories:
brother death, adventure, brother, death, grief, i miss you,
Form:
Prose Poetry
Remission (In Memory of William Watt).Birth begins the tragedy in us. Life's
First sound is a blank scream
Against sorrow's hidden portends of strifes
All we know are mirages and dream.
Mother took the news staring at the sky
She must have cried inside
For I...
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Categories:
brother death, brother, death, nostalgiaworld, time,
Form:
Elegy
To a Never Receding EchoODE TO A NEVER RECEDING ECHO
For Onyebuchi
Day and night in an eternal combat.
A truce : the eternal cycle of night and light
Lost in the ruse of an eclipse.
Where...
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Categories:
brother death, brother, death, death of a friend, dedication,
Form:
Elegy
Alphabet Soup"NATALIE REALIZES HER FAITH WAS TRUE AND UNCONDITIONAL"
January fifth was the last day NATALIE saw her b e l o v e d mother,
Keeping secrets hidden was always her mother’s greatest weakness-
Looking through old...
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Categories:
brother death, brother, death, god,
Form:
Rhyme
8 Timesed 10Blank Page
Clean Slate
Untouched
Somewhat
Once Great
Tho Not So Great Enough
Back Again
Here I Am
Here Again
Unfinished
Tinkered
Tailored
Soldiered Too Fit
Sailors Despise
Redundance
Repitition
Without Point
Without Goal
Without Role
Without Cause
Without Baseline
Without Ship
We All Crash
We All Drown
Why Am I Here
Why Do I Seek Ground
What Is Rich
What Is...
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Categories:
brother death, absence, addiction, brother, death, devotion, miss you,
Form:
Free verse
Beyond MeBEYOND ME
The latter part of twenty twenty was promising
with the Corona vaccine, that I was looking
forward with twenty twenty one, anticipating
slowing down of the pandemic will be happening.
Can I ever imagine that fifteen members
of my...
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Categories:
brother death, brother, death, family, how i feel, niece,
Form:
Free verse
Forever Love - On Valentines DayIn my life’s poem, my best moment begins with your smile crushing the ramparts of my discontent. It was then my heart recognized Love did exist. Has there ever been such compassion in anyone’s demure...
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Categories:
brother death, for her, happiness, love,
Form:
Prose Poetry
BelovedI always knew the day will come, but never did i imagine it would
feel this way, neither did i think i will hurt as much,
i still wish you would come back, I still wish...
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Categories:
brother death, brother, death, depression, goodbye, heartbroken, sad,
Form:
I do not know?
Ground ZeroGROUND ZERO
Today as I stand here,
With your name engraved not just on stone
But in the hearts of millions who thank you
For not letting them cry,
I feel proud that it was you…
We wish you were here,
There’s...
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Categories:
brother death, angst, brother, death, family, hope, loss, peace,
Form:
Free verse
Lets Eras HateTake my hand victims of hate don’t be afraid
I’ll pull you up and away from this place
Come with me into the night
We will walk down lanes of soft moon light
Come to me lonely souls
Fight...
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Categories:
brother death, brother, death, depression, education, family, fear, forgiveness,
Form:
I do not know?
August EighthChapter One
Boy into the West
Dawn upon my cloak
Urged and so converged were the guns
Seeding myself with the rest
I broke in the eye of the Sun
Settling my mind on the...
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Categories:
brother death, adventure, angst, brother, death, father, mother, wife,
Form:
Prose Poetry