Funeral Senryu Poems

Time to pay respects 
enjoy stories of their past 
while eating good food...

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I
Last week, funeral
You heard Nature reviled here
But Neem Tree gave life

II
This week, two new pets
Chicken Little, who comes in nights --
Angel, power-lady dog, outside...

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Funeral home crasher
observing peoples raw grief
tallies visits up

no one questions her
assume she knew deceased
its rarely the case

over four hundred
I am askance and concerned
at her weird...

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pear salad
dancing with color....
funeral today  


Second death in our church from COVID. 

Here in rural Georgia neighbors, friends, family, church members have always brought...

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with words we will say
for someone who went away 
respects had pay.

Regarding rotunda funeral service....

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uncle's funeral
crying for all
the wrong reasons




Submitted on March 19, 2021 for contest ALL YOURS (MAR 20) sponsored by BRIAN STRAND  -  RANKED 1ST

Originally...

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I
If Jesus held his knee
on my neck for sins and crimes
it would be DARK indeed

II
Blue terror
evokes quiet from those
who hate terror

III
Neatly "dressed to kill"
as storm...

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planning suicide
feeling as an outcast does
giving away toys

no one suspects him
feeling of euphoria
joyful decision

funeral is sombre
signs were there but no one saw
per his careful plan

did...

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relatives absent
          In mass with body present         
...

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standing at the altar
                     ...

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~ kiss on the coffin ~
~ the old man sheds one last tear ~
           ...

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his final journey
in a huge black limousine
death comes to us all

the funeral cost
he won’t have to pay the bill ...
grieving relatives!!!!!!

I know the florists
make a...

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preciously gathered
from her sister's funeral
each rose petal



Submitted on July 15, 2018 for contest MID JULY 2018 PREMIERE sponsored by BRIAN STRAND

Posted on July 13, 2018...

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a rainbow coffin …
I want to go off in style!
time to say goodbye

On Thursday we went to our friend Suzy's funeral - she had a...

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lilies on coffin
small teddy nestles in them
silent tears falling

I recently attended the funeral of an old friend and was choked when I saw a small...

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