Funerals Poems

At midnight, in the month of June,
I stand beneath the mystic moon.
An opiate vapor, dewy, dim,
Exhales from out her golden rim,
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I sat all morning in the college sick bay
Counting bells knelling classes to a close.
At two o'clock our neighbors drove me home.
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Did you ever notice, in 'funeral', the much smaller word, Fun?
If there was a funeral for me, who would 'from it' and who would 'to it' run?
At 64 I'm overdue perhaps; why should I any longer stick around?
In our big paper dictionary, many as young or younger than I have died, I've found.
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in the hospitals and jails
it's the worst
in madhouses
it's the worst
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A fleet with flags arrayed
Sailed from the port of Brest,
And the Admiral's ship displayed
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I am fighting furiously with animals and bottles
In a short time perhaps ten hours have passed one
after another
The beautiful swimmer who was afraid of coral wakes
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She is the one
who will notice
that the first snapdragon
of Spring
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Although great Queen, thou now in silence lie,
Yet thy loud Herald Fame, doth to the sky
Thy wondrous worth proclaim, in every clime,
And so has vow'd, whilst there is world or time.
So great's thy glory, and thine excellence,
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"Far I hear the bugle blow
To call me where I would not go,
And the guns begin the song,
'Soldier, fly or stay for long.'
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I don't like flowers - they do remind me often
Of funerals, of weddings and of balls;
Their presence on tables for a dinner calls.

But sub-etern...
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My son," said the Norman Baron, "I am dying, and you will be heir
To all the broad acres in England that William gave me for my share
When we conquered the Saxon at Hastings, and a nice little handful it is.
But before you go over to rule it I want you to understand this:—
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I was the height of a folio, my bed just
backed on the bookcases’ sombre Babel,
everything, Latin ashes, Greek dust
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It is usual
for people in this country
(out of pretended respect
but rather from an impertinent curiosity)
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Advocator of peace
But bringer of war
50 in all
Yet, one shining star.
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Different seasons will come and go, come and go
The bee humming birds fly away and don’t always return
The perennial plants hibernate and grow
Bigger branches and buds that make men yearn.
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Who recalls the twilight and the ranged tents in order
(Violet peaks uplifted through the crystal evening air?)
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Once upon a time not many years ago
a girl named Fred fell in love with a boy named Fran.
Although the names seemed an odd combination
and could easily be confused by people who did not know
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MAR. LIB. IV. EP. 33.

Et latet et lucet, Phaetontide condita gutta
Ut videatur apis nectare clausa suo.
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Like the vain curlings of the watery maze,
Which in smooth streams a sinking weight does raise,
So Man, declining always, disappears
In the weak circles of increasing years;
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Masks prose without links


When last I visited India almost a decade ago
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The next time a natural disaster strikes…whether it be a tsunami or
hurricane from the oceans, a flood from the rivers…or a tornado from the skies
notice how, all over the world, you see the same sadness…
the same sorrow, the same tears in everybody's eyes.
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Flowers are the only thing that you see at funerals,
It sets the mood,
Calm and peaceful,
No party games,
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Hollywood is the perfect place for laughs,
The actors go to work to get people to laugh at their comedy shows,
But not everything in life is funny,
Funerals are not funny and people should be respectful towards the family members of the person who died,
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When an individual heals,
the sun glows impulsively bright
when warring sides find peace,
there is boundless joy.
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THREE THOUSAND ONE HUNDRED AND SEVENTY NINE

Is Cheap!
If you're talking about dollars or pounds
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Days are numbered
Should we be fine or sad?
Memories won't live for long
Only legacy talks forever
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They seem so pleased to be planning their funerals.
O why can't these ghoulish, sickly smiling creatures,
Enjoy the precious life that they have been given? ! .
For them it's all about the money. Yes even
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The government is messing with the lives of people,
the South African government mess South Africans around,
with great numbers of the dead it will be later a real mess
and with double standards people come right up to an abyss.
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I Love Believer's Funerals

I love believer's funerals
Where grief is mixed with gaiety
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White Weddings and Wet Funerals Final
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