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Nobody's Funeral

...At Nobody’s funeral no guests appeared
No priest came to serve the last rites
No one sent flowers, no one volunteered 
To carry the coffin outside 
So what’s about funeral, is it a hoax?
It does...

Categories: no guests, dance, death, joy,
Form: Rhyme

The Day the World Stayed Home

...The earth turned on its axis,
The sun rose for the day,
But the planes, the trains, the taxis?
They chose to stay away.

The roads became much calmer,
The streets were quieter still,
Because a...

Categories: no guests, environment,
Form: Rhyme

Without Swimming

...Without Swimming
A COVID19 lament by Sara L. Russell 
25/9/20 at 14:01

Half a summer gone by; seamless tropical heat,
birds singing, bees pollinating, flowers blooming
and no swimming. ...

Categories: no guests, angst, beach, summer,
Form: Free verse

Book: Radiant Verses: A Journey Through Inspiring Poetry

Order In Life

...a house with the bottom up
thrown clothes, clutter, books everywhere
manuscripts, invoices
pencils, drawing boards

no guests
no holiday tables
just a shadow of last year

I went out and wat...

Categories: no guests, feelings, i am, identity,
Form: Free verse

Haunted House - For One Night In a Haunted Manor

...Haunted House

No mist, no moon, no creepy room
No broken pane, no wicker broom
No portrait eyes that seem to move
No finger nails scratching a groove
No spider dangling on a strand
No creepin...

Categories: no guests, horror, house,
Form: Rhyme

Shoulda Read the Fine Print

...Shoulda read the fine print; my bad!
I’d still have my dog if I had,
but “no pets” the contract had said.
The dog’s with my ex now instead.

At least for the pool I was glad.
Shoulda read the f...

Categories: no guests, funny,
Form: Quatern

Turned Jesus Down

...Donkeys are never carried
Hens never miscarry 
Cows don’t hutch 
Pointing fingers, the norm
A person killed by his persona

My ego shadows my vision 
My fault lines… eyelided by ignorance
Ego...

Categories: no guests, baptism,
Form: ABC

The Man I Met When I Was Seventeen

...He was a dark skinned man
I couldn't tell his age
He had a baby face
But he also had a childlike heart 
He was thin, very thin, mostly bone
His skeleton like figure scared many 
He never scared...

Categories: no guests, dream, for him, memory,
Form: Free verse

Eye By Odnono Translation

...i'll shove heart wide open [no ties!],
mop away uneasiness, doubt,
will breathe in truth instead of lies,
joy instead of greed breathe out loud.

soul'd  turn into a spacious house  
with no ce...

Categories: no guests, poems, poetess, poetry, poets,
Form: Lyric

House and Gardens

...We leave our
jackets around the chairs
in spite of the 
formalility of the setting.
Well, the outsiders are,
as usual, absent.
There are no guests to
make the rooms into a
tasteful memory.
I...

Categories: no guests, beautiful, beauty, family,
Form: Free verse

Johnny Wade

...Basement
Occupied of dirty laundry
Comic books
And Chuck Palahniuk
This grungy fume
Smells of coffee beans
Stirred with cigarette butts
And dirty feet
Neutral Milk Hotel is singing
Through t...

Categories: no guests, friendship, lost love, love,
Form: Free verse