Funeral Longing Poems

"Do not stand by my grave and weep", they said.
Here's something she would have said instead.
"Hey, smile, all of your smiles are beautiful."
Hers was more...

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I died and passed beyond the veil of life
Into a world of silence and of sleep
A place of darkness free from worldly strife
Where nothing stirs...

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333 
3 thirds of Me
1 ounce of Tea
The EACE that starts with P

My Christmas Gift 2022
was one I didn't expect
Though I've prayed for it often...

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Looking at you with saddened eyes
You lay in a death bed six feet under the ground
Even then I still feel you next to me
You embrace...

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Remember that kid who followed you around
Or sometimes led you by the hand? 
Who kept you up nights with impossible questions
About mysteries that no one...

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My Love,

The sky reminded me of you today.
The sun set in lilac with a teasing tinge of pink—
just the way you used to love it.

On...

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Down secret streets, I glide
Down boulevards that twist and turn
Down the lanes of lost imagery 
I have seen in vacant rooms
Of awakenings
Of wandering shadows
Your eyes...

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Last night, Libby, 
I dreamed you brought my little dog Okuni 
to visit me for a little while. 
Thank you. I'm hoping dreams are real....

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There are no words from poetry to purify the 
heart, can’t rock the mic with headache, the irony
of it all, its the beauty from women...

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cloud was acting weird all noon
like he wanna rain down 
wanna make earth wet 
but can’t  cause  earth denied 

don’t know what happen...

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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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Demolished by love
Demolished by love

My doors have been rattled
My cage has been rocked
The vessels are no longer
Moored to the dock

Thank you, love

My streets are abandoned
My...

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The three enigmas of Turandot

The well of souls run deep in fabled lands of old.
Of China's ancient dynasty and the lost Great Tartary, 
a ballad...

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To the man in the cloak
The drop of water in a glass of tequila
The moment of silence between cries
The kiss of sanity between storms

To the...

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We spent the Holidays together,
Jimmy was a great guy always
welcoming his guests at the door;
Barbara was his wife: a fine lady
with gentle and affectionate ways...
her...

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