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This Halloween Night

This Halloween Night

A hair standing shiver run down my spine It's the dust of the dead and wandering souls The hour hand strikes twelve and the grandfather clock chime Ghostlike shadows searching for past memories of long ago The night wind echoes, carrying whisp

the polish girl

the polish girl

lost summer memory..

Another Rose

Another Rose

A FB friend lost her mother last week so I wrote this.

ONE ART

ONE ART

The art of losing isn't hard to master; so many things seem filled with the intent to be lost that their loss is no disaster. Lose something every day.Accept the fluster of lost door keys,the hour badly spent. The art of losing isn't hard to m

souls

souls

For so many xx

crystal heart

crystal heart

Crystal heart Object of beauty Fragile Moulded with care Idolised This heart of glass Moulded with care This object On display for all to see Its hidden parts visual to the touch Built to view the working of vision Its flowing h

Lost no more

Lost no more

Walking on the sand...visions return like a lost ol' friend, Let the sun bake me. Watch the dolphins play. Another day missing you. Why do I stay? Feeling the waves...visions return of younger, better days. Let the sun bake me, Hear the laugh

Letter to Mum

Letter to Mum

I write a poem to my mum and Dad each year on their birthdays and the anniversary of their deaths

Coming

Coming

This poem was written on 19 March 1996.

Final goodbye

Final goodbye

letting go

Lilac and Rain

Lilac and Rain

Yet another stinkin' lost love song. This one about my troubled ex-fiance' in Georgia, who's 3-year old had been murdered by her previous husband, who also happened to be chief of police. Long story short, I held on the best I could, but she eventually took her own life in order to be with her daughter. I never wrote about that one, some things just don't lend themselves to words.

My ANGEL IN BLACk

My ANGEL IN BLACk

This is all true and my guardian Angel became a good friend of mine a wounderfull young man I was having a really hard time dealing with things when my husband died in 1999 and I didnt want to live then out of the blue this wounderfull man showed up at my door when I asked him what he wanted he replyed with the words I have written There really are Angels with us

Ode to Davina

Ode to Davina

This is a Fond Rememberance of my dear Mother Davina Yvonne who died at home on April 13, 1998. Aged 76 years. Davina the loving Mother of Susan, Carol and Tom.

A Plea from Babylon

A Plea from Babylon

Desert sand sips on western blood. Life dwindled on a dust storm. The Mid-East is drunk; smashed on the substance of juvenile lives. Baghdad staggers and stomachs churn; a harsh place with no feeling for western existence. Solemn voices, from

whetting of mans nature

whetting of man's nature

to everything there is a season...

If I could bring you back

If I could bring you back

If I could bring you back for more hour or a day I will get you snack coz I have countless things to say. If I could bring you back I'll take care of you I will put your sacks like I use to do. If i could bring you back I will stay in y

train crash in winter

train crash in winter

about an accident.

Tribute to an Old Sailor

Tribute to an Old Sailor

Written upon the death of the father of my two best friends, who was much more of a father to me than my own.

Just Simpily Letting Go

Just Simpily Letting Go

Good bye my friend.

Never

Never

Its all in what I haven't said the words I really meant dreams I've never told you about passions I've never shown kisses that never made it to you heart beats never pressed against your chest my feelings left in actions never shown whispers s

John The Love I Lost

John The Love I Lost

This was the first poem I wrote after John's death. It pretty much sums up how I feel after his death. All you connecting single members feel free to read. For anyone who has lost Im sure you can relate to this. Peace

Guernica

Guernica

on carpet of wight smoke innocence broke and shadows of war drew tight the cloak painting faces with death and flame for the evil of nations gain

He Talked to Trees

He Talked to Trees

I wrote this poem after my husband passed away.....

Twelve month since youve gone

Twelve month since you've gone

how time has past, since he went

Redemption

Redemption

Once in the grey yearning And awful lonliness Of widowhood I thought That if a woman climbed in my bedroom window I mignt pass out. Now I know That if one did I would. consy

Empty Words

Empty Words

Written on hearing of the death of a new friend's mother. Talking to her made me think of what it was like when my own mom died.

The Undertaker

The Undertaker

When bitter winds blow from the east it brings slow death to man and beast the undertaker rubs his hands with glee, for he smells a feast His neighbours dying off like flys he measures them and notes there size then sheads an allagators tear

Time

Time

The clock chimes the hour Time ticks bye Seconds become minutes Minutes become that hour Time ticks bye slowly ticking bye time now gone now stolen one says good bye those minute now gone stolen they become Hours they become days Days becom

A fond farewell to a friends beloved sister

A fond farewell to a friends beloved sister

Just how do we pen sorrow beyond description, how do we find words to paint the beauty of former days, that by cancerous fate in all its torturous pain, daily played its destructive game,yet despite the physical, deterioration and suffering, its evil never conquered the stoic spirit, for its beauty remains alive.

The Fallen

The Fallen

This is pretty much self-explanatory.

The Dash

The Dash

August 19, 1933 - May 23, 2010 is what the tombstone read If I could talk to them today I wondered the words that would be said What a life, an adventure t

Resting With The Dead

Resting With The Dead

Stirring slowly, eyes opening Who is disturbing slumber of mine Murky waters, icy cold Deathly silence all around Remember screams, hit an iceberg Sinking to the briny depths Let me sleep, rest in peace With my fellow man

Goodbye to Aida

Goodbye to Aida

A good friend of a very dear person to me passed yesterday. She was only 50. May she Rest In Peace.

Parting Thoughts

Parting Thoughts

I wrote this poem as words of comfort for the grieving.

soldier

soldier

Soldier Do you carry your gun to heavens gate Will they let you in if you Leave it on the battle field where you died Soldier do you carry a knife Will they let your war carry on with a knife Will you leave on the battle field where it wa

I am not strong

I am not strong

If you feel loss - you may loose hope or faith. But make shure you keep the love in your heart. Loosing love is loosing life. (in memory of my Dad)

Ladies Of A King

Ladies Of A King

Ladies of a king Graceland was your home How you must have cried When you knew he was gone Many still miss him And another hasn't come along The world never knew Such a singer of a song Ladies of a king In our hearts you also belong Lad

the loss of life

the loss of life

yu need motivationt o carry on. and when those that ar e close to you give you a hard time, you r purpose and worthiness is unsuppported an d ignored and downgraded. so u need some way to express these feelings if not sometimes clearly bu t the hint is there and the feeings are there the difference is to find waht is worth saving and waht is worth leaving.

Death

Death

I think death answer all life"s questions

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