Long Death of a friend Poems
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Zen Death HaikuZen Death Haiku
Brittle cicada shell,
little did I know
you were my life!
—Shuho, translation by Michael R. Burch
Returning
as it came,
this naked worm.
—Shidoken, translation by Michael R. Burch
As dew glistens
on a lotus leaf,
so too I soon must vanish.
—Shinsui,...
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Categories:
death of a friend, age, autumn, bereavement, death, death of a
Form:
Haiku
EpitaphsEpitaph for a Palestinian Child
by Michael R. Burch
I lived as best I could, and then I died.
Be careful where you step: the grave is wide.
Autumn Conundrum
by Michael R. Burch
It's not that every leaf must finally...
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bereavement, death, death of a friend, depression,
Form:
Epitaph
Sonnets Xlii-LiSonnets XLII-LI
Distances
by Michael R. Burch
Moonbeams on water?
the reflected light
of a halcyon star
now drowning in night...
So your memories are.
Footprints on beaches
now flooding with water;
the small, broken ribcage
of some primitive slaughter...
So near, yet so far.
A Surfeit of...
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Categories:
bereavement, death, death of a friend, funeral,
Form:
Sonnet
Athenian Epitaphs IiAthenian Epitaphs II
These are ancient Greek epitaphs for lost family and friends, including dogs and other animals ...
Now his voice is prisoned in the silent pathways of the night:
his owner's faithful Maltese...
but will...
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Categories:
animal, best friend, death of a friend,
Form:
Epitaph
Gilgamesh
Story has it you used your power to run amuck
Putting fear into the people, and brides in Uruk
So the people of Unuk pray to the sky God Anu
To sort out Gilgamesh, without any further ado...
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Categories:
death of a friend, adventure, best friend, brother, character, death of
Form:
Epic
CECYL, SON OF OUR SOIL : CONSUMMATE REVOLUTIONARY{Poet’s Note : I wrote this poem for the passing of my very dear friend & comrade, Cecyl Esau, Umkhonto we Sizwe Commander in 2021, as a contribution to his memorial service. Cecyl was given...
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Categories:
africa, allegory, character, death of a friend,
Form:
Dramatic Verse
Mcgillicuddy's WakeTwo new crutches and two double shots of Bushmills Irish Whiskey enabled Joe Faherty to move from the back seat of Moira Murphy's 1976 Buick into Eagan's Funeral Home for Tim McGillicuddy's wake. At 87,...
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Categories:
death of a friend, fantasy,
Form:
Prose
Bruce Walker, ElegyMy teacher died.
His lungs failed him.
He taught me that the lungs
harbor grief.
His lungs are gone.
My grief has only just arrived.
He used his lungs...
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Categories:
death of a friend, love, teacher,
Form:
Elegy
JIMMYAfter my young wife died tragically, I decided to move away
Memories we made in our house were painful; I couldn’t stay
I’d often remember that phone call from her doctor who’d said
"John, you need to get...
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Categories:
america, boy, death, death of a friend,
Form:
Narrative
The Murderers CryHaven’t you had enough blood from the beginning of time?
Haven’t you taken enough lives before they should have died?
All around I can hear their cry
They want to escape from the under world
You spill blood...
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Categories:
death of a friend, betrayal, break up, bullying, conflict, death of
Form:
Dramatic Monologue
Rearrange The HurtKate:
Stand tall,
Light - Line falling
The sun is calling
So lets ride the rain and go
Let’s go
Lets ride, Michelle
Lets ride
Michelle:
Kate took control of every trip,
We took,
Buying into non-conformity,
She drove us,
She rode us,
She saved us
And once we were...
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Categories:
anxiety, death of a friend, friendship, growth,
Form:
Rhyme
The Soul Errand and Other PoemsThe Soul Errand
To Sir Walter Raleigh Tomb.
Since my soul shall though go
Upon a thankless arrent too
I fear not to touch the best so
The truth shall be my warrant through
I went since I need must...
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Categories:
death of a friend, africa, beautiful, beauty, child, death of a
Form:
Ballad
The Man At the Bus StopAfter I came home from work one day, and sitting down for tea
I looked out the window, and was surprised to see
A person sitting out there, as if waiting for a bus
The last one for...
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Categories:
bereavement, death of a friend,
Form:
Ballad
CladestineTHE CHIMNEY
The once fine air, refreshens with dust
Between the village horizon and crest
Since the sailing of a death chemical chimney.
Young green plants seedlings growing on slope
Are left to sip these carcinogenic dusts, sapling
And entwined...
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Categories:
corruption, death of a friend, depression, emotions,
Form:
Prose Poetry
Thanos As a Victim, Human Predicament In the Avengers: Infinity WarSpoilers ahead.......
Spoilers ahead .......
Thanos may be the villain but have you ever wondered why?. Nobody out of the blue starts to hate every entire race. He was the Victim of the theory of human...
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Categories:
death of a friend, anxiety, character, dark, daughter, death, death of
Form:
Prose
Today I Will Wander To the Brotheltoday i will wander to the brothel
those divine friends of Jesus
where i will intercourse
with the ladies in my growing Spanish
write some lines to ponder
while they wash clothes and bathe
i the balneologist with the brandy
we watch...
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Categories:
anger, death of a friend, forgiveness, friend,
Form:
Free verse
Blame[Non-Fictional Preface: Fictional Old Folks Home/Apparition] "This is the story of two friends, both considered themselves start-up writers, whereas, one who was a bit more of an upstart, was merely known as, Robert Frost. Frost's...
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Categories:
confusion, death of a friend, emotions, forgiveness,
Form:
Narrative
The Day Before You DiedRemember the day before you died? Your heart reeked of mania. The way you lied about your whereabouts broke my world into a mangling mess. Who cleaned up my mess? It used to be you....
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Categories:
death of a friend, sister, suicide,
Form:
Verse
The Battles the World Has Seenthe bombs
the guns
the blood shed
no humanity done
all is lost
under the strick and pain
of all the bombs
every day
WW1 WW2
the Cold War
nothing is new
death for nothing
revolution you say
killing hundred of...
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Categories:
dark, death, death of a friend, depression,
Form:
I do not know?
Like Rabbit In a Headlight CaughtPTSD
Like rabbit in the headlight caught
I want to move, i know I ought
But quicksand stuck, I’m petrified
My body still, arms laid by side
Stretched out on mattress, naked, soaked
From sweat in which my body’s cloaked
My eyes...
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Categories:
anxiety, death, death of a friend, depression,
Form:
Rhyme
All AloneI heard that you were dying, and I wanted to reach out, but it had been years since we had spoken and this in my mind planted doubts
I should have just gone against my better...
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Categories:
death of a friend,
Form:
Rhyme
My Mother's Death In Iii PartsPart I: My mother’s Voice.
“There’s something not quite right.”
My mother’s doctor said.
The murmur in your heart.
I think we’ll make a start,
to take a look, and book a bed...
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Categories:
cry, death, death of a friend, loss,
Form:
Narrative
A Tribute To Heather"A Tribute to Heather "
It all started 38 years ago
December 11
An angel was sent from heaven
From the time she came out the womb
She was special , she was unique
she was a queen
she lit...
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Categories:
age, death, death of a friend, friend,
Form:
Prose Poetry
The Difference In the Stories We Want To TellOhh I could have sat with my heart
--elevated with dribbled echoes--
ahhhhhh until it yet exhaled the tarnished seams
capturing only the quiet current lapping
and soaking dirty steel embankment
along the river’s edge beneath the...
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Categories:
death of a friend, music, nostalgia, river,
Form:
Prose Poetry
The Defiant Miniature Pinscher PuppyIt feels as though I have sing all the songs
It feels as though I have correct all my wrongs
It feels as though I have read all the books
It feels as though I have something...
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Categories:
death of a friend, america, anti bullying, betrayal, community, death of
Form:
Free verse