written by
Paul Callus
Categories:
death,
Hush
a limp hand I hold
as the wind takes your last breath
the candle flickers
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Contest: Three Line Poetry
Sponsor: Debbie Guzzi
Placed: 1st
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written by
Emmanuel Samson
Categories:
death, faith, imagination, lost love, love, nature, on writing and words, philosophy, sea, seasons, song-time,
Stairway To Heaven
Now my tendrilled soul,
Has found its pergola-- Christ--
To wind its way up....
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written by
Pandita Sietesantos
Categories:
autumn, nature, seasons,
Fall
Fall
golden butterflies
wildly whirl in wanton wind -
leaves perform death dance
06-15-2014
Contest: 1 in 4: Choose your Season - Choose your Form
Sponsor: Andrea Dietrich
Placement: 3rd
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written by
Andrea Dietrich
Categories:
death,
The Aha Moment
succumbing to death
his eyes shine as he whispers . . .
I am not afraid
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written by
Anne-Lise Andresen
Categories:
death, farewell, grief,
- Haiku X 43 - the Death-
Christmas sparkling lights
Weak brightness through tearful eyes
Unexpected death
27.12.2014
A-L Andresen
Copyright © All Rights Reserved
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written by
Judith Angell Meyer
Categories:
angst, death, sister,
Homeward
Her journey begins.
Moving through soft veils and mists,
Pilgrimage homeward.
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written by
Gerard Keogh Jr.
Categories:
death, funeral, imagination, science, war
Darker Than Raindrops
darker than raindrops
mushroom cloud blooming purple....
I can see my bones
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written by
Jslambert Mister Roboto
Categories:
death, dedication, depression, i miss you, journey, space, suicide,
R-I-P -----Robin Williams
Spin off Happy Days
Na-Nu Na-Nu Shaz-Bot man
Planet Ork Mork fly!
© PoeTTreeZ Publishing
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written by
Aaron Wheeler
Categories:
age, death, life,
Life
Body aches and pains.
Limbs unwilling to function.
My name is old age.
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written by
David Meade
Categories:
death, hope, life, tree,
Haiku 9 Life
lodgepoles pines fall
dead, beetle attack, new life
emerges -- aspens
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written by
Tim Ryerson
Categories:
faith, nature,
Subtle Signs
brown gives way to green
winter surrenders to spring
death succumbs to life
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written by
Jack Jordan
Categories:
death,
Haiku 103
Haiku 103
my being’s
deepbreath I slowly
e x h a l e
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written by
Gene Bourne
Categories:
analogy, animal, autumn, bird, death, earth, emotions,
Haiku 5
In its final soar
Finds the limb it learned to fly
Lands, to fly no more
Gene Bourne
06-08-14
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written by
Sara Kendrick
Categories:
death, inspirational, life, nature
White Cotton Candy Tuffs
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Pampas Grass' tassles
Shooting upward fresh new
Beauty filled short life
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written by
Timothy Hicks
Categories:
dark, death, image,
Haiku 38
blood by the pond
her reflection
permanent
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written by
Marty Owens
Categories:
death, hope, nature,
Skeleton Tree
Cracking lifeless limbs.
Casting creepy dark shadows.
Illumined by moon
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written by
Sarah Jones
Categories:
angst, confusion, death, depression, loss, sad, teen,
Abrupt
Sleeping in sorrow
If I don't wake tomorrow
Then all will be well.
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written by
White Wolf
Categories:
analogy, death, life, metaphor, philosophy, sad, symbolism,
Lunar Eclipse
Raven Blue twilight,
Existence epitomized,
Formless shadows lurk.
8~June~2017
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written by
Eve Roper
Categories:
anxiety, depression, heartbroken, sad,
Broken Hearted
sadly the heart beats
world oblivious to pain
death patiently waits
7/3/2018
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written by
Danitra David
Categories:
death, humor,
Someone Get the Door
Death knocks on the door
He is not cloaked with a sickle
He only wants a slice
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written by
Dane Ann Smith-Johnsen
Categories:
war
War...
War…
By Dane Smith-Johnsen
War is good for greed.
Hatred! Repugnance. And death…
It reinstates need.
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written by
Audrey Haick
Categories:
nature
Nature's Demise
Hear the subtle cries
Slow death invades their terrain
Black lake mirrors event
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written by
Hgarvey Daniel Esquire
Categories:
death, love, wife
Dead Heart
Black clouds : Blood red rain
Thunder roars in agony
A Broken Heart : Dies
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written by
Sara Chansarkar
Categories:
death,
Grief
Bright autumn sunlight
Ironing out morning chill
Dad lay still and cold
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written by
Jan Allison
Categories:
dark, death, deep, weather,
Thirteen Syllables Or Less
thunderclouds
shrouding the grave
my falling tears
03~30~16
13 syllables or less contest sponsored by Timothy Hicks
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written by
Sherri Ladd
Categories:
angst, conflict, graduation, growth, identity, work, world,
Work
Work, as fun as death
More, more, more, they want always
Sweet relief, paycheck.
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written by
Phyllis Babcock
Categories:
death
Sad Day
Sadness of the heart
when our loved ones do depart
to the promise land
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written by
Joshua Adam
Categories:
death
Suicide
life with no meaning
despair that cannot repair
with death, that last breath
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written by
Sara Kendrick
Categories:
death, imagination, inspirational, introspection, nature
Silver
Silver full moon above
Touching snow covered mountains
As you slowly set
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written by
Probir Gupta
Categories:
death,
Environment
Flowers and green leaves
Die in hundreds every day
Shortage of coffins
_______________________________
7 May 2017
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written by
Lyn Church
Categories:
america, anger, bullying, death, life, philosophy, political,
Grave Society
Society's dead
Digression came with costs
We are digging graves
M. Lyn Church
August 2, 2013
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written by
Paul Callus
Categories:
death, flower, life,
Optimism
life after death
chrysanthemums
atop the grave
- - - - -
*Chrysanthemums symbolize optimism
Contest: 2 or 3 line poem
Sponsored by Brian Strand
Placed 3rd
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written by
Jade Exit
Categories:
death
Left In the Ground
dark cemetaries
someones end cast into stone
death left in the ground
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written by
Anne-Lise Andresen
Categories:
death, nature,
- Haiku X 163 - the Stone Age -
many stones lifted
a cemetery for loss
rest your wheels - amen
* NOT FOR CONTEST
07/09/2019
Sun :) - A-L Andresen :)
Copyright © All Rights Reserved
5-7-5- howmanysyllables.com
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written by
Bri Brown
Categories:
death
It Will Follow You
Blackness comes tonight.
No matter how far you run,
Darkness will follow.
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