Death Song Poems - Poems about Death Song

I lost a friend so long ago Back in the juvenile years of life To witness death, too young, But Universe thought it wise To show death to a child. I saw her laid in a box covered...Read the rest...

Purple boots, he said the odd phrase clanging in his head Purple boots, he'd bled E'er since a poor boy had tread in those colors for his warrior gang Purple boots, he nearly sang as...Read the rest...

I've been working in the crematory, All the livelong sob story, Can’t you hear the gas jets breathing? Play too close and you’ll get urned. Plus we only queue up two-a-day, So you could really mess us up, too. Till six o’clock...Read the rest...

Air of twilight hour resonated in the silence of death, I heard it compose the requiem for my final breath. When at dawn the cadence of the symphony would stop, you would find me in the transfixed...Read the rest...

How? -- Pow When? -- Then Where? -- There Why? -- Die Who? -- You...Read the rest...

Dying alone, a forgotten song Last lyric unsung —muted and gone (Villanova Pennsylvania: April, 2017)...Read the rest...

Verse 1 Stranger rode into town, A stern look on his face, Gave thought to his grim task, Sworn duty on his mind and dismounted. Verse 2 Examined his...Read the rest...

To meet death head on, You need but a song —to carry you on your way The words needn’t matter If the melody flatters —to be hummed by the people who stay To meet death head on, You...Read the rest...

The helmsman sings a merry song: Haec est vera fraternas, and downs a cup of something strong, Hick, vera, hick, hick, fraternas. The sailors dance a lusty jig, forsaking sails, crow's nest and rig. Young princes and their ladies fair join in...Read the rest...

Brick by brick she stumbled and crumbled, one roped to my ankle, ...Read the rest...

our sadness not to know the power of now beyond toys and stars we cling to our last breath song held so silently in the now...Read the rest...

Tomorrow is our last, To be free; So let us make it last, You and me Yesterday’s deeds are done Let us go We gave our bravest son Let him go I wish upon this...Read the rest...

The passionate young man on his way to his love Walked by a lake carrying a snow-white dove Inside his shirt he held it close to his heart When he heard a song - an enchanting work of...Read the rest...

I never really thought about it until I was listening to a song But that's why Cassie Bernall is dead today Because she was making a stand to pledge allegiance to the lamb And what she said woke...Read the rest...

Music Of The Damned The pounding beat of a drum The haunting call of a guitar The woeful sound of a saxophone A singer singing the thoughts I have Thoughts I cannot share All heard in the darkest of night Alone with...Read the rest...