‘The Portrait’ by Stanley Kunitz is a sad poem about the speaker’s ill-fated attempt to learn more about their deceased father. One of the main focuses of the poem is the consequences of the father's suicide. For his widowed wife there is nothing left but anger at the loss, which ...
I expected this entry to begin and end with “Dad is dead.” The night before, I turned off all the lights except for my father’s night light, a small wild-wood lamp made by my son Hyrum, and said good-night to my unconscious father who lay in the lamp’s low glow. After sun...
On a turkey that's freshly deceased Or a slow roasted duck That has run out of pluck Read Complete Poem Stories 0 Shares 760 Favorited 3 Votes 213 Rating 3.74 16. Tribute To Norman Rockwell By Neil Dickinson Published by Family Friend Poems May 2014 with permission of the Author. His...
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and dealing with death everyday causes me to reflect on the grief of the family and the afterlife of the deceased. I wrote the first short poem in just about two minutes. I believe in God and I believe He gave it to me. It came to me as I was preparing for a funeral of an 18...
the darkened chapel bright as day with the many candles glowing on the saints’ altars. Now we were left to do this in secret, stealing away like criminals in the night, as though it were something shameful to hail our deceased. I prayed for my mam and grand-dad, calling out to their...
On a turkey that's freshly deceased Or a slow roasted duck That has run out of pluck Read Complete Poem Stories 0 Shares 760 Favorited 3 Votes 213 Rating 3.74 16. Tribute To Norman Rockwell By Neil Dickinson Published by Family Friend Poems May 2014 with permission of the Author. His...