Death Rhyme Poems

I hear the sound of a truth train now coming.'
Then I notice many people running.'
Why are they going back uphill.? 
In the wrong direction.? 
Into...

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I felt as small as a winter’s flower
yet as tall as an old oak tree
the seconds dragged on for what seemed like hours
when my world...

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This war, with allies unified
                  (reminds of German...

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Another morning gone. The warp and weft
of kids and errands seems a sort of theft.
I love to listen to the phone-in show,
Peoria Euphoria K Seven,...

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If you could have been
part of the population
in Hiroshima and Nagasaki
at ground zero
you would have seen
total annihilation
when the bombs were dropped
(Little Boy and Fat Man)
and...

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Plow horse neighing with the bending of clay
humble hands silently give thanks to the rain.
Petals flashing bumbles- flyers kneading nests
till death do they part or...

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It bears repeating 
That life is fleeting
No one walks away from death

No way for beating 
No way for cheating 
We all face a final breath

In...

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8/4/2025

They put on uniforms of courage, at every dawn.no matter, the weather,
Out, in great spiri they come  out each dawn!
For this act is for...

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Papa said ...
“Sentimental 
people are cruel”
trading what might be
for what is

Filling their plates
with what’s not
on the menu
longing for soda
without fizz

Papa wrote 
distant
always bringing it close
while...

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There are two days I know
Yesterday and today 
Yesterday laid the cross I bear
Cross I dared not to wear
Forever we stay, they say,
But the thorns...

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Woke in a box, no light, just grey—
Steel bed, cold floor, years to pay.
Wasn’t framed. I earned my time.
Ran with wolves. Got lost in crime.

Name...

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Not living
longer
but dying
slower
The chemo
dripping
death’s shadow
appears

Each moment
fringed
with a joy
ill censored
The countdown
has started
whose bell
— is near 

(Dreamsleep: August, 2025)
...

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There lies a land behind the smoke,
Where silence screams and hearts are broke

Where lullabies drown in bombs and drones
And cradles turn to shattered stones

Babies cry...

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When I learned how sick you became, I knew I had to pray.
If you hadn't died, we'd be celebrating your 77th birthday.
You are the reason...

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Live long enough
and we end up alone
No matter our fortune
no matter our throne

Life will have sway
as our journey unwinds
One breath at a time
— our voices...

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