Death Tristich Poems

Casualty or cause?
A question where we’ll pause:
war’s chicken/egg conundrum with the truth.

Employing logic flawed,
inadequately awed,
thus, Lucifer brought war to the Most High.

He sought to share...

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gravest blessings,

who can eat when heart’s filled with grief?

             —all we can do

11/7/2021

*repast...

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*discusses death/depression*
 
Dear death, receive me, for I am not longed for this world.
I, like broken glass, have been crushed; 
irreconcilably incomplete, destitute and alone.
*
No...

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When the barrel speaks,
crimson thoughts 
are expressed non-verbally

Scarlet tones
perforate the air
with ballistic shrieks

Coroner syntax
are arranged in morgue sentences 
of alphabetical autopsies

When the barrel speaks,
violent desires
are...

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“Blessed and holy is he that hath part in the first resurrection: on such the second death hath no power, but they shall be priests...

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Stand awed with spirit, soul, and body--- pause.
Physical, chemical, and biological laws
obey God's commands, the trees with applause.

The Father, the Word, and the Holy Ghost
bear...

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amidst these sullen skies
tiny drops stream down
pain lashes out

atop the muddied ground
she sinks within
unable to lift herself

 she tumbles down
like autumn's leaves
memories piling up

buried in...

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Auto Pilate
is carrion klaxon blaring
a false viral alert 

The warning signal says cadavers don’t vote:
“Let not your lying eyes
believe this smear currency contagious hoax”

With pandemic...

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Oh, where did you come from? The sad sight of you 
     breaks my heart in two. I see that you're...

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Tortured by iniquities’ guilt
My soul was condemned toward everlasting wrath…
Defenseless against penalty of sin.

Gripped with hypocrisy in the guise of meekness
My self-righteousness dominantly towered…
Defensive in...

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As I slept a spell fell over me                 ...

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Oh, a lull of stillness, such soothing calm and tranquility,
I have fallen into eternity to a lullaby-
of little birds twittering, chirping, singing above my grave....

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He likened death to sleep
Safe in God's memory keep
While those without hope weep






2/11/2020
F F I series 72 tercet
Brian Strand, sponsor...

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How dare you say you understand me
Have you swam in the same ocean
That drowned me? -- freezing, macabre

Have you ever encountered
The direful monsters lurking
Under my...

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Time and gravity conspire to remind me I'm mortal and subservient to death
its approach heralded by wrinkled skin, aching mussels and creaking bones,
anticipating its arrival,...

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