Grave Poems | Examples of Grave Poetry

If you look You will find me Here in the garden ...Read the rest...

CATULLUS TRANSLATIONS 4 Catullus LXV aka Carmina 65 loose translation/interpretation by Michael R. Burch Hortalus, I’m exhausted by relentless grief, and have thus abandoned the learned virgins; nor can my mind, so consumed by malaise, partake of the Muses' mete fruit; for...Read the rest...

The world maybe bitter and dull, to some without a meaning, bright the eye of heaven shall shine on a day with no complaining. Hope does fade away sometimes on days that are restraining, and blessed...Read the rest...

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Walking through the quiet graveyard beyond a reality that defines time. Discreetly, reading new and old gravestones, bound by the realms of mortality, Dead! Alive my time instead, but one day will lay my head. ...Read the rest...

Demon hauls Silent Loud screams Unheard screams Echoes of a silent dark room My demons Lark Inside my dark mind Trapped in my sanity Piercing screams Seeking refuge Refuge from my fears These demons Never let it rest I'm loosing Loosing it all Already evident From these aching...Read the rest...

You don't seem to understand The truth I clutch in my hands I never wanted to hurt you I just wanted to show my virtue It's the only thing I can do I'm on my floor laying dead My heart knows...Read the rest...

Far from this place, Where peace escapes, He ran, lost in the race, No one cared for his fate. Death's beckoning touch, Drew him near, His grave, a sanctuary, Where mercy did appear. All he had, a distant memory, A broken story, filled with...Read the rest...

Am I really this old, so many ghosts beckoning? —Michael R. Burch Sleepyheads! I recite my haiku to the inattentive lilies. —Michael R. Burch Stillness: the sound of petals drifting down softly together... —Miura Chora, loose translation/interpretation by Michael R. Burch The sky tries to assume your eyes’...Read the rest...

These are poems about sinking, poems about drowning, poems about loss, and poems about new discoveries we sometimes make while feeling lost... Sinking by Michael R. Burch for Virginia Woolf Weigh me down with stones… fill all the pockets of...Read the rest...

Chasing illusions I lived my life turning ghosts into knights talking to walls carrying inside a strong need to be liked. Jessica ...Read the rest...

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Isn't this all I wanted? But why do I still feel haunted? Flashbacks echoing in my mind, Stop it now, just leave those memories behind. This residential terrible memory lanes, Runs through the veins in every part of my...Read the rest...

Why did I have to silence my brain Thinking it would alleviate the pain, If only that hair trigger had paused ... Now look at all the troubles I caused Forget the moment the last breath drew The people who...Read the rest...

Beneath the moon’s haunting silver sheen, Where whispers of cold night winds convene. In dreams’ labyrinth, we’ll intertwine, Amid shadows cast by the pale moon’s sign. Across the veil, our spirits entwine, In a macabre dance, your heart in mine. In...Read the rest...

Don'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 and turn them into songs. You were absent in my life When...Read the rest...