Funeral Mother Son Poems
These Funeral Mother Son poems are examples of Mother Son poems about Funeral. These are the best examples of Mother Son Funeral poems written by international poets.
Villanelle: Remembering Not to CallVillanelle: Remembering Not to Call
by Michael R. Burch
(a villanelle permitting mourning, for my mother, Christine Ena Burch)
The hardest thing of all,
after telling her everything,
is remembering...
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mother son, absence, children, death, eulogy,
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...
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mother son, brother, death, death of
Walk TallI was born and raised in a little town by the name of Calder
That was just twenty miles south of the Canadian border
As a boy I...
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mother son, america, death, drink, drug,
MemnonAurora, the beautiful goddess of dawn
Mourned the death of her son now gone.
Memnon, by Achilles's spear, was killed.
His mother’s tears, by the fire, now spilled.
Aurora...
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mother son, cry, fire, love, memorial,
Long Into the NightA meeting of two moms can be a wonderful thing a meeting of two minds is a beautiful thing…
Shortly after we moved into our new...
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mother son, allegory, allusion, analogy, angst,
Three Brothers Playing SaxBrothers agreed on almost nothing
Except the sax, which bound them spiritually.
They came together to play at their mother’s funeral
She was watching, naturally, loving her sons
All...
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brother, mother son, music,
Homecoming
Hear her cries, her moaning
Silencing the night with a groaning
Breathless with her need, her yearning
For the child who has gone, returning
To the heavens, to God’s...
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mother son, child, death, grief, mother,
A Son's LamentWhen I found you in bed, you had just died.
I wept; my grieving went mostly unsaid;
you clearly were gone—I was...
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mother son, bereavement, death, funeral, loss,
Final LullabyFinal Lullaby
by Michael R. Burch
for my mother, Christine Ena Burch
Sleep peacefully—for now your suffering’s over.
Sleep peacefully—immune to all distress,
like pebbles unaware of raging waves.
Sleep peacefully—like...
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mother son, death, eulogy, funeral, Lullaby,
There For MeLooking 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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mother son, 12th grade, character, hope,
Papa's Condemnation of PrejudicePapa's condemnation of prejudice...
and subsequent grim statistic one
(among millions, or more)
tragedy with feted kiss
Yarraka Bayles darling son
hoop fully experiences bliss,
yet more vehement rage
against machinations (think...
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mother son, 11th grade, 12th grade,
And He CriedIn front of impending disaster
He stood there
Right beside the operation theater
Watching his parents
Going mad with pain
A thousand thoughts were flowing in his mind
What would happen...
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mother son, care, father son, feelings,
Still HereThe day that I felt the most pain inside
Was the day that my baby died
A month and a few days have gone by...
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mother son, baby, bereavement, heartbreak, mother
DrugsDrugs is part of our everyday life
Whether it cure our wife
Or give us the ability to strive
Children don't no good from bad
So they...
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mother son, abuse, addiction, death, drug,
Two Sides of DeathDeath was dreaded.
Rehearsed.
Experienced.
Dreaded more.
Being told,
Silence.
Empty.
Frozen.
Death.
The day arrived.
Surreal.
Nothing.
The bond was broken,
The memories ended,...
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mother son, care, death, eulogy, family,