Death Sestina Poems
These Death Sestina poems are examples of Sestina poems about Death. These are the best examples of Sestina Death poems written by international poets.
The Son, the Cross and GloryGod the Father sent His Son, through whom we are forgiven.
Yet man, preferring darkness chose
To shun the light and from His glory driven.
Oh the crimson...
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Categories:
bible, blessing, christian, devotion,
Come To Inspire, O DeathCome O Death when bells toll, too late nor soon,
Thy fault too often times is waiting long,
Come at right time and thou art...
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Categories:
death,
When They Exhume My PoemsWhen I die
I give the Pulitzer Board
Permission
To exhume my lyrics
And some overweight ME
Will put my verses on a slab
Going thru my stanzas for tone
looking...
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Categories:
sestina, assonance, death, eulogy, i
Fox HuntingFox Hunting
She turns tail to snake through the dust,
parting orderly heads of corn,
breathing heat and eating dark
On her way to escape—she hopes—
from the fox chasing...
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Categories:
angst, animal, beauty, longing,
If
If I were a famous poet quite well known,
I hope that I would be a poet humble;
that I would be an inspiration for all.
That...
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Categories:
poetess, poetry, writing,
The Reflective PathSome say
the experiences and encounters along life's paths and ways,
it's the journey that we're on,
the sibling rivalry, the parental guides in...
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Categories:
analogy, life,
Speeches On Different Occasions
We always eulogize a child on his birth
We also eulogize a person on his death
On both occasions...
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Categories:
birth, death,
Embracing PoetryEmbracing Poetry
Freedom on the lam where the poet sings
To hearts imprisoned against their will;
Inspires the bereaved mind to spring to life
And uplift hearts bloom burst...
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Categories:
inspiration, muse, poetry, poets,
Death BlueI saw him coming, my old friend Death
His eyes were not wrathful but also not Kind
He simply looked up at the sky so Blue...
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Categories:
death, heaven, ocean,
Fetal Position In the ErBroken but disbelieving, we wait
for any doctor to say it’s just blood
as the gray man greens, throws-
up in triage. A Goth teen...
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Categories:
death, heartbreak, my child,
The Final Page
All the kids at school?
They say writing poetry must be easy; after all, so many words rhyme with ‘love you’.
If they, with fists covered in...
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Categories:
death,
TornadosA vortex of wind dancing, with drums of thunder Waltzing, plunders the lands it turnsA partner revolves around the twisterThunderous beats escort the funnel...
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Categories:
allegory, allusion, beauty, christian,
The Little Princess's DecoronationLittle girl, you who plays princess with the glittery hat perched on your head,
The ribbons cascading down from its tip, tears from your heavenly eyes,
The...
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Categories:
angel, death, depression, life,
A World UnexploredEvery day a world unexplored
Because of the invisible chains holding her hostage,
Away from anything she could have wanted.
A revolving world of ecstasy
But still a world...
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Categories:
addiction, death, drug,
The Navy Pilot's LoverSitting on the rooftop, wavy hair billowing
In the wicked wind, fluttering away like herself
She clasps to her neck the silvery heart-locket
Before looking down from her...
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Categories:
absence,