Funeral Brother Poems

They asked me to carry you to your final place,
I said I’d be honoured with a smile on my face. 
But now the times here...

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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...

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I didn't want to say goodbye
cuz I knew you wouldn't come back
but nothing goes forever
so our journey reached the end...
I don't know if we were...

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Brothers 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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To access the house there was a slight slope from the sidewalk, the door was in the gap under the stairs that led to the...

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I
small father, The Arch is missed even by Dalai Lama, Buddhists
this writer loves Israel, but Tutu cried for Palestine, fellow-activists
my truth: the Arch gave me...

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I was five, you, ten years older
And you had me straddling
 The saddle of your broad shoulders
You, charging like a stallion, around 
The suburban garden,...

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Journey man
Chef of Choral cuisine
Sunset at Dusk
Drained of Melanin
A voice heard across generations
Stilled in immirimious waters
Strange silence 
As hearts fearfully flutter
What deafening silence is this?
An...

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KeyAnna was an absolute exquisite wonderful joy,
Said more than one person, many one after another.
She was simply adored by every girl and boy.
Except her more...

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Brothers have a bond that cannot be broken,
                 ...

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I last saw him at our oldest sister's funeral.                ...

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At the end of this past night's dream, I came around the corner and saw into the kitchen, where Wilum was doing the dishes. I...

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Thank God I have a Brother!
He fixes up the truck,
I sometimes give him money,
Whenever he gets stuck.

(Not just for up and fixin’
The truck – not...

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Wally was a warrior
took no crap from no one 
gave no crapt to none
Wally was my warrior,worrier number one

wise from the south side
smart from the...

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My little bro has some news
He tells it real slow
Stage 4 in his lungs
Time left he doesn't know
My disbelief, denial, I couldn't face the fact
No...

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