Brother Loss Poems | Examples

These Brother Loss poems are examples of Loss poems about Brother. These are the best examples of Loss Brother poems written by international poets.


Premium MemberA prince; became a frog '

Just one more, for congress to in-log.'


Premium MemberRemember that time

Remember that time we found a dime and bought two ice cream cones at Thrifty? That may very well be the only time you and me shared anything fifty-fifty.
© Rio Jansen  Create an image from this poem.

Premium MemberWhen She Remembers

The sky was blue, a beautiful day.
The sun sparkled bright on the water beyond.
She sat in the grass, admiring the display.
She wondered if there were fish in the pond. 
Grey marble lined up in long, even rows.
Names and dates, husband, father, brother, son,
Wife, mother, sister, daughter; all of those.
She was still breathing but their lives were done.
Memories flood her mind like never before.
For twenty years they shared a life and love.
She lay on the grass, read his name once more,
With thoughts of him looking down from above.
I guess you know how much I still love you.
One day I’ll be there, to stroll heaven, too.

Premium MemberA Lost Brother's Wish for a Brother Loss

Being the oldest in the family
and surf the waves on top of a
longboard while having them
back in numbers, oh yeah,
never volunteer for NAM, again,
and be sure to kiss mom and
hug my family everyday and
make them proud with my
first of many guitar albums
and increase our family tree
and, remember not to tell
my kid brother to, "get lost."

|"Give me just a little more time"|
|(give me just a little more time)|
|Song by, Chairmen of the Board|

Premium MemberJanuary 4th, 2007

I turned ten two days ago,
I blew out the candles with a heavy sigh.
You were born today,
Still.

Your lips inherited 
The reddest hue of cardinal feathers,
Your rice paper skin
Pale and soft, fresh as silken snow.

I never knew what your eyes looked like
They never opened
Infinite iris colors
Never to be discovered

When I held you in my arms,
The guiding hand of God 
drifted away
I gave the coldest of shoulders I suppose.

I looked outside the hospital window,
A frigid breeze made 
The trees sway with unease
But all the leaves stayed in place.

A confetti of dust drifted
In the air conditioned hospital room
And time yet stood still
On my brother's only birthday.


Premium MemberGuaranteed Weight-Loss Program

   Vast sums of money
     enormous chunks of time
   All spent on losing weight ~
     usually ruined by dinnertime

   It's really quite easy
     now I know that sounds cheezy
   But here's the one thing that works, brother
     Sell your car today, and don't buy another

   You'll walk everywhere
     have little time to spare
   for banquets and luncheons
     or to lie around potato chip munchin'

   And even if this radical step doesn't work
     you have my personal guarantee
   I'll sell your car back to you for what you took from me
     ~ sure enjoyed driving it for free

Premium MemberTo My Brothers, I Go On

So much time since you left.
I still see you.
It does good for me.

LAST NIGHT YOU SCARED ME!
But before that you dared me
to find you now.

And now it is now, and I may
think the way you did,
when you were my heroes
and I was a kid.

This kid will soon be sixty-two.
How about that, brothers?
Look what I did!

Premium MemberAn Esau

An Esau lifts the carnal
And mocks the spiritual
Though he possessed the birthright
He pursued the physical

An Esau values his ways
"Satisfy the appetite"
Despise God's promised future
A dangerous stew to bite

An Esau rejects God's ways
His birthright he sold for stew
The cunning hunter is snared
A misstep he can't undo
  
An Esau forfeits blessing
God's promise deemed a dud
Prey to his own appetite
Addiction duped this stud

An Esau learns his fate late
He seeks now to recover
The blessing he once despised
Was captured by his brother

An Esau has space to repent
But it's not unrestricted
The Spirit strives for a time
To rescue the convicted

An Esau cannot repent
Even if he wanted to
Though he seeks with many tears
The Holy Spirit withdrew

Premium MemberA Soldier's Tears

drip, 
      drip,
      drip...
heartbreak 
      from sad of eyes. 
hushed teardrop 
      snakes down 
the side of 
      a fallen soldier's face;
lying moribund, 
      he's cradled by... 
brother in arms.


Brian Strand No.1175 Poetry Contest
Sponsored by Brian Strand
Date written: 01/25/2023

Premium MemberHe's My Friend

I lost my friend just the other day Just like a brother in so many ways I know he’s there waiting ‘round for me And I know one day I’ll see When life got tough, he’d help me through It seemed he always knew just what to do I know no one can ever be Like my friend waiting there for me There’s not too many like this friend of mine Never too busy he’d take the time When everything was wrong and I saw no light He was always there to help me make it right He was my friend, and I miss him so He was my friend, why did he have to go When the sun is shining bright, or on a starry, starry night He’s waiting there for me - he’s my friend.
© Andy Chunn  Create an image from this poem.

Premium MemberKolbe Responds

Mother: Oh Raymond, Raymond, what's to become of you?  :(
Raymond: I'll stay pure & give my life; Our Lady says it's true.

Jesus: Father Maximilian Kolbe, if you love Me... feed my sheep!  :O
Priest: And I'll even share my soup, and my Auschwitz brothers-- keep.

Nazi: Prisoner number 16,670--- who are you?! :O
Fr. Kolbe: I am a Catholic priest! I have no family, too.



[Inspired by:
A Man for Others: Maximilian Kolbe --the Saint of Auschwitz-- in the Words of Those Who Knew Him book by Patricia Treece, + the M.I. movie
(not Mission Impossible, but the Militia of the Immaculata!)]

Premium MemberWhen a Person Respects You Potd




Wow! Please do count yourself 
exceedingly blessed!
You need not meet their requisites,
to pass a friendship test.


They allow you a fragrant, flowered 
leeway.
It’s not the ice cold, rock hard,
pavement of “their”way!


Respect means giving your sister 
or brother, expressive room.
Not sealing them like death, in a “my
ideas only, allowed” tomb.


Friends, we seem to think, are there for
us to hurt?
You will feel their absence terribly, when
the friendship bubble, you burst! 




                                  11/18/2022



Premium MemberMirrored

You were born with me 
there were two of us
we were side by side
once upon a time
wished on a star

Both now with mom 
she holds you tight
gives you a kiss
every night

Reflections
your spirits
together
 
brothers
again

Twins
© I Am Anaya  Create an image from this poem.

Premium MemberThe Treasure Map of Our Family

Families, Legacies and History,
Things are known,
Rumors told,
And secrets hidden.
Yet hundreds of years pass in time.
The legend passes thru,
The lips and ears of the descendants.
The stories that are passed down,
From generation to generation,
Are given new light when,
One piece of a document is found.
All of the rumors,
All of the stories,
And all of the secrets are found to be true.
One ancestor who is known to be a robber,
A hero, a father and a brother.
He holds all the gold and buries it,
With a treasure map like none other.
Mother Nature holds all the secrets.
We call her Mother Earth.
She knows his secrets.
She knows who he is but not his name. 
But in our family we just call him Jesse.

He is my cousin and it's a true story.

Premium MemberWreck On the Highway

cold
sea fog
shrouds the road
corn whiskey breath
permeates truck/s cab
flashing lights dead ahead
break too late - crash certain, glass
shatters, blood splatters like red paint
I didn't hear nobody pray, brother

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