Poems About: DEATH
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1.Angel of Death
In darkness of the night
I spied him in a tree
Sat I froze by the sight
He was looking at me read more »Udiah (witness to Yah) -
2.It's Death Again
It's Death again - He's always there -
Watching, waiting - e'er the stare!
Every time I look behind
Or reach to pull the window blind, read more »Mark R Slaughter -
3.Passing On
To be absent from the body
Is to be present with the Lord
The dust returns to earth
The spirit returns to God Who gave it read more »Udiah (witness to Yah) -
4.Disingenuousness
Here lies another box for nature,
Carbon ready;
Black to eyes down here,
Where death is at its job. read more »Mark R Slaughter -
5.Beldame of Death
A crunch: afoot a dead arachnid
Spanning once a serving plate –
Oh! that others be alive
With such as me for spider bait! read more »Mark R Slaughter -
6.Death and I
When death comes
I’ll need not love –
Consumed,
No wreath or dove read more »Mark R Slaughter -
7.A Prayer for Dad (memorial day memorial day memorial day)
Lord, Shepherd my dad today
In green pastures let him lay
To still waters guide his way
Restoreth his soul, I pray read more »Udiah (witness to Yah) -
8.Mark R. Slaughter
Just like the dahlia
Death comes in all its beauty
And so I stroke her petals read more »Mark R Slaughter -
9.A Fresh Endeavour
So now I've taken leave of life,
I thought you'd like to know, I still
Possess a mind in love, oh wife;
A soulful eye to catch a show of read more »Mark R Slaughter -
10.Slaughter of the Innocent
The innocent were slaughtered
So many years ago
In the town of Bethlehem
Slew by an evil foe read more »Udiah (witness to Yah) -
11.The Soldier (memorial day memorial day memorial day)
Fighting for freedom,
Fall of a valiant soldier
Resting in the Lord read more »Udiah (witness to Yah) -
12.Musings
Be gentle, sky, and let me rest -
These bones are worn - they lack the zest
Of flesh in life - they're marrowless! -
Their arid surface, nakedness! - read more »Mark R Slaughter