Funeral Friend Poems
These Funeral Friend poems are examples of Friend poems about Funeral. These are the best examples of Friend Funeral poems written by international poets.
The FogIn the early suburb mornings,
Out on the county roads
There is heavy fog in view
It should slow traffic down to a roll.
But that's not always the...
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friend, conflict, death, death of
The Reports of Her Passingeven heaven’s stars can be misaligned
the reports of her passing greatly exaggerated
a wrong number and evil intent came together
“How is my friend?”
“She died today.”
“When are...
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Categories:
death of a friend,
CATULLUS TRANSLATIONS 4CATULLUS 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...
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friend, brother, death, death of
Bad News, Morose NewsIt’s like being hit by a meteor
Where there’s no tomorrow
It is like doomsday, really
Where everything is ugly
And absolutely nothing is pretty
I just received the bad...
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friend, dark, death, death of
LorenzoUncooked grains of rice caked our apartment.
Dug themselves into my pliable plantar aspect
I welcomed you from the bottom of my being,
Into my soul,
A friend that...
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death of a friend,
Tearfuli'm writing these tearful words
in the hope they'll reach you somehow.
I'm still in shock,
can't quite believe you're gone,
that you suffered for so long,
like some sort...
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death of a friend,
BreatheBreathe Again
Did I truly accumulate years of experience, or were they merely years of monotonous repetition? The echoes of my past reverberate, etching pain into...
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friend, abuse, age, allah, allusion,
Never let it anesthetize your soulOnly the dead have seen the end of the war. - George Santayana
Even when I sit at my window,
Watching birds peck the sunflower seeds,
Feeling blessed...
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friend, death, death of a
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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friend, brother, death, death of
The Passing Of A PoetYou left
After death
Knocked at your door
No need to say more.
We painfully grieved
We recited your poems.
We cried like grown kids
As you lay
Silently surrounded
By a dazzling array...
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friend, death, death of a
Reunited
Some hearts will go on,
Braving the storms, the pain,
Even though you’re gone,
You’re there in ways I can’t explain.
Some of those who believe,
Will speak of...
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friend, appreciation, christian, death, faith,
Tune of TearsIn passing, hearts risk their very essence, their colors, their breathe,
Love who touched the soul, then moved on, toward heaven’s hungry light,
Souls soon reflect the...
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friend, death, death of a
Sweet GizmoGilded in a shroud of leaves
Some of my favorite yet so abundant
They will hold you till you are no more
Yet so much more than...
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bereavement, best friend, cat,
Fallen FlowersGone are souls who always cared.
Gone are common memories shared.
Gone are loved ones old and young.
Gone are budding lives unsung
Announced by church bells...
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death of a friend,
Mints At a FuneralShe died, so we're riding behind the hearse one car back.
"Would you like a breath mint?", asks a woman dressed in black.
Why at a...
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friend, candy, death of a