Death Melody Poems

They loved me when I sung
My songs of jubilant tune
I poured out both my lungs
They'd listen till the rising moon

But one day inspiration left
My instrument...

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Are those tears on my cheek, in my eyes,
at their peak? The melody speaks
so simply of love, of Sonny and Cher.
I share this idea that...

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Oh dear Rain, in measured drops you fall,
I am bound to you since my tender years,
Thy music, I long for, to grace my ears.
You cleanse...

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It’s been two years, three months, and twenty days
since tender music left my life for good
and turned my days to somber shades of grey
which left...

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Quote by IRVING BERLIN



I knew you as a brilliant light
Shimmering joy, hope and insight
Laughing with wonder at the stars
Breathing a smile through our memoirs

Your song...

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Rain that slowly pelts
on the roses in sorrow,
don't make them weep any longer,
instead whisper the last melody
that they learned from the merry lark
that helped them...

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A Devotion Poem, FATE
(Written for my husband, Jim)

My beloved and I, with our hearts not only 
aligned in love, but also in the empathy and...

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Jazz piano scale skip quick notes implore me
Siphon symphony verve blurred by saxophone sass
Floated lilly pad leap frog spring legged surety
Splats on brass buttoned soldiers...

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Patience
by Rabindranath Tagore
loose translation by Michael R. Burch

If you refuse to speak, I will fill my heart with your silence and endure it.
I will remain...

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THE MELODY OF DEATH 

Should I play a melody that pulls on your heart strings
Then stand back and watch the emotions that it brings

An inner...

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Melody




Raise my head up to the sun
Let it web out
The rhythm to my drum
Old days brought flowers and gems 
Black clouds and ocean rain

I ponder...

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I hear a song from the sky,
A light-hearted melody...
 
Light from the heavens above,
Please pour down your holy love.
All I want is to feel your...

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MELODY OF NIGERIANS


In the market, the Government sells verities 
of rumour of future change, we dance well
through the night and when morning comes, we 
saw...

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You hear the call of the dead 
They welcome you in their embrace 
Giving nothing but goodwill of no pain no misery
Their words sound so...

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We are a Melody,
We are what no one can see.
We sing together in perfect harmony,
We rise and fall,
Our souls are big but sometimes small.
The evils...

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