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Death Old Poems

These Death Old poems are examples of Old poems about Death. These are the best examples of Old Death poems written by international poets.


Premium Member Old Librarians
There are tulips in the gutter 
perfect blooms,
destined for dinner with a friend,
they were meant for the table
but alas she was unable to attend...

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Categories: old, death, death of a



Premium Member Death, Death, Oh Old Death
Death, death, Oh! Old Death
Old death makes everybody dry and sad
Death even makes kings who are grumpy and mad
Absolutely powerless, helpless and useless
Death makes us...

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Categories: old, cry, death, death of

Premium Member THAT OLD CROWN OF THORNS HE WORE FOR ME-
THAT OLD CROWN
OF THORNS  HE WORE for ME 

That crown of thorns
Set upon His head 
Needled poke, pricked, bloodshed 
Though the crown of thorn
...

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Categories: old, analogy, appreciation, blessing, celebration,

Premium Member Death versus Old Pharaoh
around the time when heat recedes, friends die
the dividing line between febrile life
and permanent winter stuck in the sky
thins like toothbrushes settling jailhouse strife.
our journey...

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Categories: old, age, death, humor, irony,

Premium Member An Old Photo of You
			“An Old PhotoOf You“.

	I just found….  A photo of you, 
	The photo is old,
	but my memories of you… are new.
	These are the days.. that...

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Categories: old, child, daughter, death,



Premium Member Half-life of old friends
Mom writes polemics, when a cause grasps her heart
She's a good soul and wants to do her part
A journal took one, so she emailed it...

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Categories: old, death, death of a

Dear Old Friend
When death comes,
He will find me with a cup of tea,
Enjoying the summer evening rains.
He will find me with my favourite book,
Turned to the page...

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Categories: old, death, friend, life, nostalgia,

My old friend
Haunting loneliness
Keeps me awake
Nothing hurts more
Then endless heartache

My sadness is 
my only friend
Where, Oh, where 
Have you been

Nobody cares
For me but you
Nobodies there
For me it's true

When...

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Categories: old, death, depression, grief,

Premium Member Blue Cheese and Old Pickles
Quince shaped houses landscape Julienned Street
where citric groans once molded a blue cheese night.  
In one home lives reclusive Graham and his wife, Coco,
two...

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Categories: old, crazy, death, funny, giggle,

Premium Member In a corner of the world, under an ink-colored sky, where the earth breathes of old and longing
In a corner of the world, under an ink-colored sky, where the earth breathes of old and longing,
Lies the country once called Romania, under the...

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© Dan Enache  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: old, fantasy,

Premium Member The Ways and Means of Death
I'm just stepping out of line.
I've missed my time to shine,
But don't mourn me;
My soul will soon run free.

Preparing for the long goodbye,
Few know when...

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© Jan Terry  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: old, death,

Premium Member Sockdologizing Old Man Trap
You sockdologizing old man-trap long decayed
where claws curl tight in dust and brittle bone
your lies are hyenas dancing in the flame
their jaws a rattle tearing...

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Categories: old, betrayal, corruption, imagery, metaphor,

Past glory
a weak, tiring roar~
the same one that once shook the jungles...
now too feeble to scare.
Its strength fades to past glory...
as death lingers close to claim....

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Categories: old, death, loneliness, lonely, lost

Old man and young
This is a familiar village, with a few homes,  
Smoke rises straight from the chimneys’ domes.  
Today the streets are desolate and bare,...

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Categories: old, youth,

Premium Member When I Am Old


When I Am Old

Here stood a tree I remember it well...upon the top of look-out hill
it swayed and danced of dreams untold and traced the...

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Categories: old, death, life, nature,


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