Tonight, on this tropical avenue, someone is singing about an eagle; I ask if she indeed has seen an eagle or perhaps she has seen you. A few spirits are floating among the giant banyan shadows the way jazz music floating out from many corners of this post-colonial city, with walled-...
I usually don’t make New Year’s resolutions, but this one came to me amid my battle with a post-Christmas stomach bug (maybe norovirus). In my febrile state, I told myself, “I will stop looking back on the past with regret.” As someone who writes memoir, I often live in the...
Also poems about occasions and the seasons viz birthdays, Christmas, easter, leaving, moving, wedding, marriage, funeral, death, loss, grief, dying, missing someone, retirement, spring, summer,poems about people and relationships including poems about boys, girls,women, men,poems about animals, ...
Its my time, I'm sick and dying, bed ridden and in the final stages of sclerosis of the liver, I want you to know that I have always thought of your poetry as genius, but I only have one request of you. The tablet you wanted to send me, keep it for yourself an begin a new ...
I love everything about you. You are someone I could never replace. You are always there for me When my spirits need a little lift. I cannot thank you enough for that. You are truly an extraordinary gift. You are everything to me and more. ...
That’s the power behind these poems about loss of a loved one. What Do You Say When Someone Dies? Whether you’re speaking at a loved one’s funeral or looking for the right words toexpress your condolencesin a card, a poem about dying may not be the first thing that comes to mind...
This poem very effectively talks about the power abuse by a country's leaders. The whole verse reiterates the apathy of power-hungry toward their own people who are dying or are in a pitiful state. Thomas' poem portrays the abuse of power by the five kings who signed the treaty, leading...
Birthday Poems: This collection of poems is the perfect way to say I love you on that special someone's birthday. Find the perfect birthday poem here. Break Up Sad Poems: Whether your heart is breaking, or you're the one moving on, we have just the right words to help you express ...
This is when you kiss like a dying star- A tumbling ball of ash down every galactic throat around. Choking me with no emotion to grasp warmly. Because you left hot temperature behind, hoping someone like me could pick up the scraps. ...
Severn writes, "Keats raves till I am in a complete tremble for him...about four, the approaches of death came on. [Keats said] 'Severn—I—lift me up—I am dying—I shall die easy; don't be frightened—be firm, and thank God it has come.' I lifted him up in my arms. The...