Category Archives: Death



Tears

I am, famously, a melancholic,
But this past week has been so brutal, seared
With tragedies that leap, hop, and frolic,
I found myself, three times, beset with tears.
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Posted in Death, Pain, Politics, Today's News, War, Wisdom

War Words

Skirmish, assault, attack, war—
These genteel terms won’t do.
They’re names for children’s games,
Etymologically pale:
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Posted in Death, Pain, Politics, War

Last Thoughts

I thought I’d write a poem about ladies— Those girls, gorgeous, playing paddle tennis— But symptoms altered my priorities. Internal thumps, signifying menace, Sternly focussed thought (though short of panic). A mild chest pain on the right side—muscle Perhaps, not … Continue reading →

Posted in Aging, Death, Family, Taxes

History’s Shape

A
Bit
Of evolution
And there we were,
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Posted in Death, Greed

Death and Poetry: Feh!

Obituary readers play a game
(They cannot help themselves, it’s in the genes),
Though they discover death is just the same

Whether old or young, living wild or tame Continue reading →

Posted in Bullshit, Death, Poetry (What is it?)

Found Poetry IV

Larger than life, and way colder than death,
Ted Williams, in Scottsdale, Arizona,
Famously resides, pickled, without breath,
In liquid nitrogen—chilled to the bone. Continue reading →

Posted in Death, Sports