Category Archives: Death



Haiku—Adam Lanza: Newtown, CT, 12/14/12

Awkward, bright, friendless,
Seething, seething his whole life.
Now let others seethe.
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Posted in Death, Pain, Vanity

Eileen

What, one reasonably asks, are poems for?
The answer’s not so simple. They must bloom
With color, fragrance, substance at the core—
With words that swim, reverberate, and croon.
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Posted in Aging, Death, Family, Pain, Poetry (What is it?), Words

The Ten Commandments

Our commandant uses the first three rules
To make it plain that it’s a unique boss.
Forget those other gods, they’re foolish ghouls;
Vainly say my name? That brings down chaos!
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Posted in Conformity, Death, Religion, Wisdom

Death And Stuff

Mainly (the old saw goes), our writers’ themes
Are love and death. And, I suppose, that’s true.
The verses of alas, alack, fill reams,
Though fewer than lamenting lovers’ blues.
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Posted in Aging, Death

Good and Evil

For the love of god
A young Sunni lad
Destroys himself
In the market place,
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Posted in Death, Illusion, Politics, Religion

The Second Amendment

Our precious, blessed Bill of Rights saves us
From those grim nuts who want to snatch away our guns.
Year after year they stir their pious fuss,
Their noxious nonsense aimed to end our fun.

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Posted in Death, Politics