Bereavement Poems

The sound of running water
galvanizes the wound I endure
Since we met
No remedy could heal my injury
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How stern are the woes of the desolate mourner
As he bends in still grief o'er the hallowed bier,
As enanguished he turns from the laugh of the scorner,
And drops to perfection's remembrance a tear;
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Bereavement in their death to feel
Whom We have never seen—
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~ SIZE ZERO ~ GROUND ZERO ~
Ms. Nivedita
UK.
30.11.09.
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I had grieved. I had wept for a night and a day
over my loss, ripped the cloth I was married in
from my breasts, howled, shrieked, clawed
at the burial stones until my hands bled, retched
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I've quenched my lamp, I struck it in that start
Which every limb convulsed, I heard it fall­
The crash blent with my sleep, I saw depart
Its light, even as I woke, on yonder wall;
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Wintertime nighs;
But my bereavement-pain
It cannot bring again:
Twice no one dies.
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"Percussus sum sicut foenum, et aruit cor meum."
- Ps. ci
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He primmed his loose red mouth and leaned his head
Against a sorrowing angel’s breast, and said:
‘You’d think so much bereavement would have made
‘Unusual big demands upon my trade.
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Will you walk with me to the brow of the hill, to visit the farmer's wife,
Whose daughter lies in the churchyard now, eased of the ache of life?
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Rocking out in a garden of fields overrun with foolish weeds that had no caring or love anywhere around.

Lively echoes whispering in voiceless canyons of what used to be chambers of a heart.
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Words of bereavement mentioned so often in this temporary life on earth.

Their only meaning being that you have done something
wrong or hurt a person's feelings.
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Pain of Loss of someone you Love..30
Perception of bereavement
Justify the reality
Life does carry no meaning
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I have a meeting with a stranger to search how I'm feeling. Connecting, dissecting, searching my mind, it'll be quite revealing.

Surprised how easy to find speaking to a stranger.Feeling safe, a friendly face this professional exchanger.
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Grief (1)
Pain (1)
Sorrow (2)
Bereavement (3)
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So many
Tears falling
Around the
World....
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I pray for those Mothers whose grief is boundless
I pray for those Fathers whose pain is tremendous
I pray for everyone who has lost a brother or a sister
I pray for everyone who has lost a friend or a loved one!
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He now knows
What a lump
In the throat
Means....
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Charging quietly into edges of future horizons, wanting to
capture the essence of great times that were had in years
of hope and despair.
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