Death Narrative Poems
These Death Narrative poems are examples of Narrative poems about Death. These are the best examples of Narrative Death poems written by international poets.
The Silent ScreamsThere are voices all around us
Not loud, not obvious,
But aching to be heard.
Within this poem lies three unheard stories
Three souls, each silenced by society
A woman...
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10th grade, angst, anti
The beginning or The end?
The wind stood still, the stars held breath,
Two voices rose in life and death.
One whispered start, one thundered close,
Each pulled the soul where no one...
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Categories:
inspirational, judgement, sorrow, truth,
Love is war
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## Love is a War
I know what happened when the love that couldn't stay away from me for even a moment became distant. In that...
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death,
Nuclear WarThe alpha males
stand at the precipice of power
each attempting to prove
They are the greatest
Resting on the backs of stupidity
a nuclear...
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Categories:
conflict, environment, planet,
Saturday morning RoutinesSaturday Morning Routines**
The familiar smell of wood smoke slowly filled my bedroom, wrapping around me like a comforting blanket. Through my window, I caught sight...
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Categories:
allusion, care, missing you,
Beyond Grief's Rusty Gateso harrowing, life journey from radiant light to pitch-darkness - quote by poet.
a (groaning) dread
...
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Categories:
birth, confusion, death, grief,
Without Regrets What Have I LeftThe end of days is a term
Dark enough
To make men squirm
And real enough
In a way
To make one consider
His final day…
Without regrets…who’s to say
And doing so...
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Categories:
death, humanity, life, philosophy,
The Wicket Keeper**The Wicket-Keeper**
Today, I learned that a lover I once cherished has passed away. Just yesterday, he was alive, and I never imagined I would feel...
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Categories:
allegory, angst, break up,
Way of the SpiritThere's days, my time grows older to darkness
My breath as if my last I give for peace
Patience, long waited death; time counting the...
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Categories:
absence, anxiety, character, death,
SurrenityWe never knew that death was so close.
And when our grand daughter was dying,
Before her passing we began to pray.
Something erupted deep inside of...
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Categories:
family,
Flower Chide II,the bloomquakeThey will not honor your fragrant breath
They’ll use it as ode, or veil, or death.
Not love, but lack—will wear your name,
Your petals will ache beneath...
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Categories:
fantasy,
Flower Chide I, The First WiltBefore soil met seed or the sun claimed the skies,
There bloomed Nefarys, veiled from mortal eyes
Here, blossoms rose from memory’s breath,
Unbound by season, untouched by...
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Categories:
earth,
Chance Meeting(“Before the Door”, 2023, original encaustic)
Chance Meeting
Where were you when we met just now
In something of a hub,
Airport terminal or hotel lobby,
As you walked right...
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Categories:
death, dream, soulmate,
Unscheduled DepartureI had not woken from sleep.
Feeling weightlessness, I peeked,
observing my body laid decease.
Slowly arisen to uncalmly peace,
realizing that I had passed in sleep.
Abnormal emotions so...
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Categories:
death, faith, family, goodbye,
The last poem I'll ever write before I burn this whole system downThe last poem I'll ever write before I burn this whole system down
And if this gets me killed so be it
I'll burn down the world...
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Categories:
narrative, anger, fire, prejudice, race,