poems about death

Anne | Anonpoetrygirl

I haven’t seen my friend Anne in a while.
My parents say sad things that don’t make sense,
“Her dad will never walk her down the aisle,”
And now they talk about her in past tense.
We dress in black and all get in the car,
It coughs to life and then we’re on our way,
My father says that we won’t go too far,
Somehow I feel that this is a sad day.
We pull up to a scary looking place,
Her parents are in front both wearing black,
Has Anne been lost? I hope that’s not the case.
We walk in together, no turning back.
In the big building she lays in a dome.
They call it a coffin, her brand new home.

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Speak Ill | HR Creel

We have learned
not to speak ill of dead
so close to living
in the cemetery ourselves
visions of head stones
reciting epitaphs.

Fallen | William Swales

We all fall
like leaves
of Autumn.
Bones crack
like decaying
branches
on a forest floor
Slowly returning
to the soil
whence they came.
Withered are we
Oh children of Earth,
Born to die
grasping for light
only to hope
to reach the forest’s top.

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