Poems About: FUNERAL

Yesterday, I went to your funeral.
You asked me to go, read a poem for you.
So I did.
I read a poem about love, read more »

All clad in black,

Others in forms of sack. read more »

The day my doctor died of smoking
I bought myself a fat cigar -
I realised he must be joking,
His funeral was so bizarre: read more »

Sitting, sitting, waiting for the music to stop
The music plays over and over again
My eyes wander, my sight blurred
My mouth lets out whispers and sighs read more »

The day of her funeral
they came in their thousands
to bless her final rest read more »

I’ve taken in recent years to thinking about my funeral
and have decided to make one paramount request:
play jolly music at that ritual.
What good does it do to heap on dirges read more »

22nd January 2013, Tuesday
nothing historic event did happen
Rathi, the elephant, 81 years, died
0f old age at camp, Mudumalai forest. read more »

So tonight I will toast at your funeral.
Because we knew this wouldn’t end well.
Lately I’ve began to look and see.
That we are lost in our own history. read more »

In trying to get all the clues
What living might be about read more »

Once there was a monk
with peaceful mind without junk.

At funeral, he usually preached, read more »

Tremendous corruption and greed
overwhelm a young boy's soul
he looks towards elders and plead
although he doesn't realize the world is cold. read more »

I saw a funeral procession today:
No one I knew had passed away,
But as the cortege passed me by,
I felt as though I wanted to cry. read more »