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Hero

He’s nobody’s hero,
the man that wakes at dawn,
the bagger that packs bags
’till swole with groceries.

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Posted byThepoetryofjpJanuary 12, 2021January 12, 2021Posted inPoems About Death, Poems about lifeTags:poem, Poetry about life, short poem, short poetryLeave a comment on Hero

Please Don’t Send Flowers

He passed away today—or was it days ago,I have not the strength to tell.Anymore, the rose’s petal’s saywhat my words could never:don’t send me more flowers—please don’t affix a card to the lilies,because I have relived his deathwith each wilting lilyand cried more often then a rose in molt.

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Posted byThepoetryofjpDecember 1, 2020Posted inPoems About DeathTags:poem, poetry about deathLeave a comment on Please Don’t Send Flowers

I Will Not Let My Death

I will not let my death bore my friends.
Our lives can do enough of that,

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Posted byThepoetryofjpJuly 22, 2020Posted inAging, Funny Poetry, Poems About Death, Poems about lifeTags:poem, poetry, poetry about death, Poetry about life3 Comments on I Will Not Let My Death

Her Autumn – Poem

When among the trees will autumn come?
What multitude of words will I have lost
among the soft-dying of sweet summer poppies

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Posted byThepoetryofjpJuly 21, 2020July 21, 2020Posted inLove Poems, Nature Poems, Poems About DeathTags:bereavement, poem, poetry, Poetry on loss, poetry on love, verseLeave a comment on Her Autumn – Poem

The Reaper

The Grim Reaper is a poetic symbol for death

Born backwards, blue, and dead
I beat the dreaded embalmer
and returned to this life again,

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Posted byThepoetryofjpJuly 20, 2020July 21, 2020Posted inAging, Poems About Death, Uncategorized PoetryTags:poem, poetry, Poetry about life, poetry on aging, Poetry on death, poetry on sicknessLeave a comment on The Reaper

I Was Sad to See You Go

Life is so short,
death is so long,
and happiness
is in between.

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Posted byThepoetryofjpJuly 16, 2020July 21, 2020Posted inAging, Poems About DeathTags:life and death, poemsLeave a comment on I Was Sad to See You Go

It Was An Honor To Know Him – Part 1-3

To think a mans fate is decided
not by the battle won or lost
but by the heart alone, is more
than one can bare. Atone we will

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Posted byThepoetryofjpJuly 14, 2020August 5, 2020Posted inAging, Poems About Death, Poems about lifeTags:eulogy, family, free verse, life and death, poem, poems, verse3 Comments on It Was An Honor To Know Him – Part 1-3

You Can Do This – Part 2

But that was then and this is now.
Today, even the gods of Rapa Nui

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Posted byThepoetryofjpJuly 14, 2020July 21, 2020Posted inAging, Poems About Death, Poems about lifeTags:father-in-law, free verse, life and death, poem, verseLeave a comment on You Can Do This – Part 2

You Can Do This — A Prayer

To think a mans fate is decided
not by the battle won or lost
but by the heart alone is more

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Posted byThepoetryofjpJuly 14, 2020July 21, 2020Posted inPoems About Death, Poems about life, Uncategorized PoetryTags:poem, Uncategorized PoetryLeave a comment on You Can Do This — A Prayer

Beeping Machines

My flesh stripped from the bones,
the body miraculous
stands but as a series of groans
and gears in breach of trust;

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Posted byThepoetryofjpJuly 7, 2020July 21, 2020Posted inAging, Poems About Death, Poems about life, Uncategorized PoetryTags:poem, Uncategorized Poetry, verseLeave a comment on Beeping Machines

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