There Is No Threnody for Utter Darkness
A poem to a deceased loved one about not wanting to let go. © by Nicholas Gordon. Video and Audio Music: Elegy. By Wayne Jones. Music free to use at YouTube.
Recently I Dreamed I Talked to You
A religious poem about how faith makes grief more bearable. © by Nicholas Gordon. Video Music: Elegy. By Wayne Jones. Music free to use at YouTube.
Ed Was a Black and White Paint Quarter Horse
A poem of mourning for the death of a loving and much-loved horse. © by Nicholas Gordon. Video and Audio Music: Elegy. By Asher Fulero. Music free to use at YouTube.
Memory's an Antidote for Death
A Memorial Day poem about how the anticipation of post-life memories affects how one lives one’s life. © by Nicholas Gordon. Video and Audio Music: Elegy. By Wayne Jones. Music free to use at YouTube.
Not a Day Goes By that I Don't Think of You
A poem of mourning to a deceased spouse: Not a day goes by that I don't think of you. They say I should move on, but tell me, where? Where such love as I have shared with you, Such sweetness from such joy so many years? There has to be some room for stor
Fifty Years Have Passed. Fifty Years!
A Memorial Day poem to a first husband killed in battle 50 years earlier. Fifty years have passed. Fifty years! More than half my eighty years ago! I weep with grief, with wonder, silent tears. Equally, the pain and beauty sear My heart -- I can't let
I Do Not Wish to Undermine Your Sorrow
A poem about the wisdom of limiting periods of grief: I do not wish to undermine your sorrow Or blunt the healing power of your pain, But there will be another day tomorrow, And you will, yes, be happy once again. Grief is music, sad but full of beauty,
Make My Sorrow Pride
A Memorial Day poem in which a mourner begs for relief from pain: Make my sorrow pride. Enter me with light. Mourning turns to morning, Or so I would believe. Reach me with your tide. Inundate this blight. Awaken me with longing, Lest I live to grieve.
Death Came to Me While I Was at a Meeting
An epitaph for a social activist. © by Nicholas Gordon Audio and Video Music: Elegy. By Asher Fulero. Music free to use at YouTube. To see this poem on my site, go to https://www.poemsforfree.com/death2.html. For more epitaphs, go to https://www.poemsf