Funeral Sleep Poems
These Funeral Sleep poems are examples of Sleep poems about Funeral. These are the best examples of Sleep Funeral poems written by international poets.
Don't Come To My FuneralDon't come, do not come
Do not come to my funeral
Do not come to my burial
Stay home in a quiet room
To read my God-given poems
Be inspired...
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sleep, betrayal, funeral, goodbye, grave,
Silence of HeavenSo red the rose a crimson divinity
Thorns sharp cruel dangerous
Crush the petals so gently, so soft
Thorns are long, how they prick thee
A...
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sleep, allusion, analogy, anger, art,
Guy Fawkes' NightGuy Fawkes' Night
By the middle of October the piles are growing.
English weather fails to dampen
childhood enterprise.
Gangs traverse the streets in forage
To drag, on broken...
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sleep, autumn, childhood, death, fire,
RipR.I.P.
by Michael R. Burch
When I am lain to rest
and my soul is no longer intact,
but dissolving, like a sunset
diminishing to the west...
and when at...
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sleep, death, dream, funeral, grave,
Gulliver's FriendA man wearing funeral clothes
Tongue tied, an unspoken tryst.
He smiles, like an affectionate holocaust
A quadrupedal wood, the locus
of a hoover act.
An assigned peacemaker painted
Over the...
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Categories:
sleep, angel, deep, evil, faith,
Peco Philadelphia Electric CompanyPECO (Philadelphia Electric Company)...
wont get a red cent from me
(explained by following words you see)
No...not until the
bitter cold temperature,
sans iron...
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sleep, adventure, death, fate, goodbye,
My Sleeping BabiesI never killed my demons
I only put them to bed
With closed eyes
They appeared to be dead
For to kill them, would destroy my fight
I want to...
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sleep, allusion, character, conflict, farewell,
And Miles To Go Before I Sleep For Miles DavisKind Of Blue (For Miles Davis)
Woodlawn Cemetery, Bronx Ny 1991
Before they could lower Miles
into the damp, dark ground
Two of the PALL BEARERS
Thought they heard...
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sleep, bird, celebrity, death, guitar,
She and SleepWhen the heart was the pillow
Was when I knew I lost the bed
Eyes closed,while sitting on that
window
No sleeping-with the heart that
bled
The mind always...
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Categories:
sleep, lost love
Long Rest - Contest - See Requiescat By Briton RiviereLong Rest
(Contest entry)
(Requiescat by Briton Rivière)
Oh master why's your rest so long
Command and I'll obey
You lay there post your victory
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Categories:
sleep, animal, bereavement, best friend,
Good NightLike angels kissing strangers
Rising with the moonlight
The flowers of your eyes
Kiss my soul goodnight
Finally the sleep fairy
Has blessed me
With much request
And eyes, teary
Won’t wake up...
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sleep, absence, angel, death, emotions,
Day DreamA gun to my head about to pull,
I start to wonder if my funeral will be full,
Clap! Clap! No I am not dead,
That is...
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Categories:
death, dream, pain, sleep,
The Dreaded NewsThe call comes at three in the morning; no words are needed.
The news is expected almost desired....
The voice says she passed in her...
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sleep, death, farewell, home, home,
Birthday TearsA birthday cake sits before me, laughing at me. The candles whisper mean things, they know my thoughts. The ocean of red frosting simmering in...
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sleep, life, people, me, old,
HelpTo die is to live
What can I name death?
Can I call it sleep?
But death is deeper than that
Its sleep is longer than the nights
Is it...
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sleep, death, funeral, death, death,