Theme: Death Poetry

Death is a very heavy subject, and can be the author's emotions can be felt very seriously through poetry. Poetry is an outlet for many emotions and you will read many in this articles that will touch your hearts. We will read poems over loss of loved ones and poems over their own death. The first poem is by me, and was written about my grandfather's funeral.







White Lilies

A shadow sits on my mind,
Sinking into the ground,
On top of the darkness,
Lilies are thrown around.

I take a lily,
Out of the dark,
My eyes are teary,
With the melody of the lark.

I place the lily,
On my chair,
Next to my heart,
And I leave them there.

I lay here,
Out of the light,
With the song of the sad,
Heard all night.

This event in my life, really had an impact on me. He died when I was 11, and I loved him very much. The lily is a flower that I took off of my grandfather's bouquet for the funeral. The next poem is a Japanese haiku.

Banzan

Farewell....

Mame de iyo
I pass as all things do mi wa narawashi no
dew on the grasskusa no tsuyu

When I read this, I thought that it was very beautiful. I love the simple yet complex way of explaining death. This haiku says that this person is dying like everybody does. That alone is very philosophical. I felt like I should share this poem with you all. The next poem is by Melinda Sue Pacho.

I Did Not Die

Don't stand beside my grave and weep,
For I'm not there, I do not sleep,
I am a thousand winds that blow,
I am the diamond's glint on snow,
I am the sunlight on ripened grain,
I am the gentle autumn's rain.

When you awaken in morning's hush,
I am the swift uplifting rush,
of quiet birds in circle flight,
I am soft stars that shine at night,
Don't stand beside my grave and cry,
I am not there. I did not die.

The thing that I enjoy most about this poem is that it is a poem about death but does not give off a mournful emotion. This poem probably has much to do with this person's religious beliefs and their views of the "after life".

Well Thanks for reading yet another theme to our series.. watch out for the next!!

nifty facts

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