Funeral Son Poems
These Funeral Son poems are examples of Son poems about Funeral. These are the best examples of Son Funeral poems written by international poets.
Villanelle: Remembering Not to CallVillanelle: Remembering Not to Call
by Michael R. Burch
(a villanelle permitting mourning, for my mother, Christine Ena Burch)
The hardest thing of all,
after telling her everything,
is remembering...
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Categories:
son, absence, children, death, eulogy,
CATULLUS TRANSLATIONS 2CATULLUS TRANSLATIONS 2
Catullus CI: 'His Brother's Burial'
translation by Michael R. Burch
1.
Through many lands and over many seas
I have journeyed, brother, to these wretched rites,
to this...
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son, brother, death, death of
BrianFor Brian Blankenship, a heart worth remembering
Stronger than I could imagine being,
Reminding me that love isn’t always agreeing –
But it is fiercer than a roaring...
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son, christian, death, death of
Walk TallI was born and raised in a little town by the name of Calder
That was just twenty miles south of the Canadian border
As a boy I...
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son, america, death, drink, drug,
An Unprepared Son Burying His DadWe all saw him seize his mum’s shoulder
And smile but in his heart a boulder
I knew you didn’t catch the second;
I happen to have a...
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son, death, father, fear, funeral,
MemnonAurora, the beautiful goddess of dawn
Mourned the death of her son now gone.
Memnon, by Achilles's spear, was killed.
His mother’s tears, by the fire, now spilled.
Aurora...
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son, cry, fire, love, memorial,
Long Into the NightA meeting of two moms can be a wonderful thing a meeting of two minds is a beautiful thing…
Shortly after we moved into our new...
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son, allegory, allusion, analogy, angst,
Three Brothers Playing SaxBrothers agreed on almost nothing
Except the sax, which bound them spiritually.
They came together to play at their mother’s funeral
She was watching, naturally, loving her sons
All...
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brother, mother son, music,
I've Been Sure Since '62The man that I’d looked up to most when I was just a kid...that I’d preferred to my own dad...of whom I was ashamed...
Often prompted...
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betrayal, father son, inspirational,
Ashes and ThirstAshes and Thirst
Evil comes in all shapes, and all sizes.
We have all heard this many times... before.
But how truly large, or small can...
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son, abortion, america, anxiety, funeral,
DeprivedDeprived (sleep)
The small green light
on the radio dial...
glares at me in the dark.
It is like a lazar light show going off.
I threw...
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son, anxiety, confusion, crazy, emotions,
Homecoming
Hear her cries, her moaning
Silencing the night with a groaning
Breathless with her need, her yearning
For the child who has gone, returning
To the heavens, to God’s...
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son, child, death, grief, mother,
A Son's LamentWhen I found you in bed, you had just died.
I wept; my grieving went mostly unsaid;
you clearly were gone—I was...
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son, bereavement, death, funeral, loss,
A Father's EulogyHe reached out to me
And said “Son, take my hand”
And thus began the journey
From young boy to man.
The road will not always be smooth
And at...
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son, death, eulogy, father, father
Casting a LineThe air was still
An odd quiet could be felt in the room
Johnny walked slowly up to the casket
His brother looked peaceful
He couldn’t glance...
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Categories:
blessing, father, heaven, son,