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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
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....
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
written by Andrea Dietrich
Categories: death,

The Aha Moment

succumbing to death

his eyes shine as he whispers . . . 

I am not afraid
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
written by Judith Angell Meyer
Categories: angst, death, sister,

Homeward

Her journey begins.
Moving through soft veils and mists,
Pilgrimage homeward.
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
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
written by Aaron Wheeler
Categories: age, death, life,

Life

Body aches and pains.
Limbs unwilling to function.
My name is old age.
written by David Meade
Categories: death, hope, life, tree,

Haiku 9 Life

lodgepoles pines fall 
dead, beetle attack, new life
emerges -- aspens
written by Tim Ryerson
Categories: faith, nature,

Subtle Signs

brown gives way to green
winter surrenders to spring
death succumbs to life
written by Jack Jordan
Categories: death,

Haiku 103

Haiku 103
	
	
	my being’s
	deepbreath    I slowly
	e  x  h  a  l  e
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
written by Timothy Hicks
Categories: dark, death, image,

Haiku 38

blood by the pond
her reflection
permanent
written by Marty Owens
Categories: death, hope, nature,

Skeleton Tree

Cracking lifeless limbs.
Casting creepy dark shadows.
Illumined by moon
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.
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
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
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
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.
written by Audrey Haick
Categories: nature

Nature's Demise

Hear the subtle cries
Slow death invades their terrain
Black lake mirrors event
written by Hgarvey Daniel Esquire
Categories: death, love, wife

Dead Heart

Black clouds : Blood red rain
Thunder roars in agony
 A Broken Heart : Dies
written by Sara Chansarkar
Categories: death,

Grief

Bright autumn sunlight
Ironing out morning chill
Dad lay still and cold
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
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.
written by Phyllis Babcock
Categories: death

Sad Day

Sadness of the heart
when our loved ones do depart
to the promise land
written by Joshua Adam
Categories: death

Suicide

life with no meaning
despair that cannot repair
with death, that last breath
written by Sara Kendrick
Categories: death, imagination, inspirational, introspection, nature

Silver

Silver full moon above
Touching snow covered mountains
As you slowly set
written by Probir Gupta
Categories: death,

Environment

Flowers and green leaves
Die in hundreds every day
Shortage of coffins
_______________________________
7 May 2017
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
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
written by Jade Exit
Categories: death

Left In the Ground

dark cemetaries
someones end cast into stone
death left in the ground
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
written by Robert Lindley
Categories: art, bereavement, dark, death, heartbreak, loss, sorrow,

Single Flower, In Winter's Grip

Single Flower, In Winter's Grip
 
 cold and frozen heart
 graveyard, abandoned tombstone
 life, fires, dead ashes

Robert J. Lindley, 11-13-2019
Haiku, ( Where Sorrows Meet Memories )