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C.B. Bringer of SorrowOn that day of birth, after the death of your friend, you stop it all, as you maketh your end. Left in your wake, you leave six and one, a bringer... | SchylerSilvey | 567 | 1 | Jul 2017 | Jul 2017 SchylerSilvey |
To Death of LoveIt is above a guy who I truly loved but couldn't love just me ...... | Dani1987 | 406 | 2 | Jul 2017 | Jul 2017 ali110 |
for you momyou where here You where here Inbody and soul To hear you talk To laugh once more i know you you gone I know you cant come back Your wit... | wayne34 | 621 | 0 | Jul 2017 | |
xThere are so many words I can't bring myself to say for if I do, what have I to cling onto? "She was a lady, one of the best", I hear you say, the... | MysteriousGirl80 | 606 | 2 | Jul 2017 | Jul 2017 niah9 |
For my Late Great Mate Bob* A Sydney suburb. ** A dear old mate of mine Robert (Bob) died in hospital, about a week ago; and I wrote this poem, as a tribute to him. "Whe... | lovecanbereal | 576 | - | Jun 2017 | |
Homecoming (In memory of my dad)In loving memory of my father Kendrick Sharpe. Missionary, pastor of Antioch Missionary Baptist church. Who passed on the 11th day of June 2017, one... | Joseph1112 | 550 | 4 | Jun 2017 | Jun 2017 Joseph1112 |
For all the men that tried to do you wrong..What were you thinking? Did she not kiss your Cheek like a dove from Heaven? Can't you remember Her glowing smile As you walked Through the d... | cafetwo2010 | 698 | 6 | Dec 2016 | May 2017 serena123 |
LossI wrote this poem at a time when a dear friend had lost his wife in a tragic accident. I saw how much he grieved for her and it broke my heart. I ch... | Carpediam | 368 | 0 | Apr 2017 | |
My Friend Gone But Not ForgottenThis poem is about a friend of mine who was in so much pain...pain no one discerned. She must have felt so hopeless.... | Haddasha | 719 | 0 | Apr 2017 | Apr 2017 Unknown |
Ode to DavinaThis 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, Ca... | worldwide2 | 451 | 3 | Apr 2017 | Apr 2017 lovecanbereal |
Parting ThoughtsI wrote this poem as words of comfort for the grieving.... | TwinFlames | 437 | 0 | Mar 2017 | |
126 in 22 daysThis is a poetical stand for those people who have taken their own lives in Ireland this year. If Ireland’s suicide rate keeps going at the same pace.... | 1r1shmale | 778 | 4 | Jan 2017 | Feb 2017 Unknown |
19I wrote this having just been to the funeral of a young man. He was in first year of college, working a part-time job during mid-term, and was killed... | Unknown | 1,137 | 7 | Oct 2015 | Jan 2017 Redex |
Timp Trecator (Fleeting Time)My cat passed away and I wanted to remember her.... | NormanF | 510 | 0 | Jan 2017 | |
Time of reflection - Death of a InnocentIt's not from me It just has to go around the world ...... | Unknown | 972 | 1 | Jan 2017 | Jan 2017 godsprincess |
to SteveDecember 14th, Wednesday, 2016, I found my roommate dead on the living room couch. He was my buddy. He took a morphine overdose. His name is Steve... | cafetwo2010 | 834 | 9 | Dec 2016 | Dec 2016 lovecanbereal |
never sets freedead deaf blind moles stagnating in murky holes shadows slinking in light's blinking a sounded tear lost in wailing memory never sets free fa... | Unknown | 322 | 0 | Dec 2016 | |
Rain ForestHelter-Skelter Tropical Storm Lost Shelter... | givemelove | 518 | 2 | Dec 2016 | Dec 2016 givemelove |
The executionWow! I had to check outside my bedroom window to make sure the cops weren't coming for me! And don't any of you ladies start acting up or you'll g... | cafetwo2010 | 652 | 4 | Dec 2016 | Dec 2016 cafetwo2010 |
The Kind of World We Live inA poetic rendition of the last paragraph of “A Meek One” (A Fantastic Story) by Fyodor Dostoyevsky. Sitting by his wife’s coffin late at night the he... | marikia | 727 | 7 | Sep 2011 | Dec 2016 cafetwo2010 |
Christmas without youA poem written/dedicated to my beautiful mother who saddly passed away on me last year on christmas eve,..with a thought also for the late great Simmo... | itchywitch | 1,594 | 16 | Dec 2015 | Dec 2016 mcradloff |
A Starry NightThere's nothing much to say it sorta went this way I looked at a picture that has become a fixter in a museum far far away.... | retiredintheusa | 483 | 0 | Dec 2016 | |
He Talked to TreesI wrote this poem after my husband passed away........ | Angelicdarkness | 446 | 11 | Nov 2016 | Nov 2016 Angelicdarkness |
DepartureYou, on that day of threshing, spoke of your requirements: to be upbraided, to be unloosed from these blue garments. I recall you sobbing, in... | daniel1357 | 389 | 0 | Nov 2016 | |
Kindness in deathday has ended night has fallen ears dont listen when sleep is calling. tired unwilling upstairs i stroll tears will fall eyes won't close.... | itchywitch | 1,099 | 8 | Apr 2012 | Nov 2016 cafetwo2010 |
She IS Beautiful!Georgia was very young teenager and died last week of cancer, she was such an on to it young lady and only wanted the best for all. No holes barred sh... | sophiasummer | 554 | 2 | Nov 2016 | Nov 2016 godsprincess |
Angel of deathWorld end.... | Tomppa67 | 551 | 0 | Oct 2016 | |
A BROKEN DREAM.This poem was written in memory of my wife, who passed away on 16th January, 2007. Actually, the poem came to me while she was still alive and I aske... | always_besides | 677 | 0 | Oct 2016 | |
Silent Spurs (another Saloon Story)how cool to have your poetic mind to take a sudden curve.... | sophiasummer | 514 | 3 | Apr 2013 | Oct 2016 cafetwo2010 |
Knowing Right From WrongThe truth hides in their sins... | darkhorse555 | 1,191 | 4 | Nov 2015 | Oct 2016 darkhorse555 |
It's just like that"You gotta make your own way In this world, said the father To the son" The son sneered, "Oh, it's like That?" "Yeah, said the father, it's Just... | cafetwo2010 | 618 | 10 | Oct 2016 | Oct 2016 lovecanbereal |
Letter to MumI write a poem to my mum and Dad each year on their birthdays and the anniversary of their deaths... | Poetryman64 | 453 | 0 | Oct 2016 | |
ScratchesI eat the letters you send. Good mother, god or ghost of a word, I am coiled around your tongue like a fetus. I am happy there. The doctor said... | daniel6710 | 349 | 0 | Oct 2016 | |
The Only Thing To Touchto have a line be nude of a person to have a sky lifted is the only thing loss equals the shape of evenings the sadness of rooms and time... | daniel6710 | 401 | 0 | Oct 2016 | |
the soul who suffers longive learned that the hardest times make for the sweetest lines... | davebyword | 857 | 12 | Jan 2013 | Oct 2016 cherryreggae |
A Simple RoseThis Poem is about a Simple Rose that begins to slowly die from lack of water and light.......... | VirtuousWoman31 | 316 | 1 | Sep 2016 | Sep 2016 BeneathePines |
SoulWatched my brother-in-law pass away.... | myhome | 519 | 2 | Sep 2016 | Sep 2016 myhome |
Bells to all LoveThe sudden news of my father death brings lot's of thoughts of Death and Life,past and present of life joint together ... On this subject I like to s... | 123whisper | 1,126 | 26 | Jul 2014 | Sep 2016 lovecanbereal |
Timpul Lui Sageata (Time's Arrow)I lost my cat my cat a month ago and finally I wrote him a homage. Life is fleeting in our world but our memory remains our companion through time.... | NormanF | 565 | 2 | Aug 2016 | Aug 2016 godsprincess |
TILL WE MEET AGAINYou were there when my first tear fell You held me and I knew you’d always be there When I took my first step You caught me I said my first... | Unknown | 469 | 0 | Aug 2016 | |
FUR CRAIG: A LEAF IN AUTUMNI lost my best mate who was with me since High School. He passed away nearly twenty years ago.... | Unknown | 436 | 0 | Aug 2016 | |
A poem for Robin WilliamsA Poem for Robin Williams Robin you always made me Laugh and cry at the same time I laughed so hard sometimes my sides ached and tears ran You ga... | Soloartist | 468 | 3 | Aug 2016 | Aug 2016 godsprincess |
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