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Tag: Death

Poems about death.

Death is a fact of life, and also the natural conclusion of one.

These poems deal with the loss of loved ones and with coping mechanisms. They also deal with suicidal thoughts and how to cope with those.

Life and death depend on each other, and this is hard but necessary to acknowledge in order to accept death for what it is. We couldn’t do without it.

These are not dark poems – they are rather full of acceptance. When someone dies, the bereaved feel that they have lost something. It must necessarily be so. What matters is how that feeling is treated. How one chooses to go from there.

Categories divisive / dismissive / missive

New Poem: “death threat response letter”

K-M SkalkenæsPosted onDecember 5, 2018July 11, 2020

thank you for the death threat proving your desperate need to be feared – why? … Continue ReadingNew Poem: “death threat response letter”

Categories Light Requires Darkness

Pointless Epitaph

K-M SkalkenæsPosted onSeptember 24, 2018July 13, 2018 Leave a comment on Pointless Epitaph

I write you to life again – I would that you were my friend though … Continue ReadingPointless Epitaph

Categories Light Requires Darkness

The Known vs. The Felt

K-M SkalkenæsPosted onAugust 29, 2018July 17, 2018 Leave a comment on The Known vs. The Felt

I know you’re gone and I am left alone to carry on. But how can … Continue ReadingThe Known vs. The Felt

Categories Light Requires Darkness

The Stranglehold My Soul Has On My Body

K-M SkalkenæsPosted onAugust 26, 2018July 17, 2018 Leave a comment on The Stranglehold My Soul Has On My Body

The silence that chokes me is the stranglehold my soul has on my body – … Continue ReadingThe Stranglehold My Soul Has On My Body

Categories Seen From a Distance People Lose Their Eyes

Two O’Clock At Night

K-M SkalkenæsPosted onMarch 17, 2018March 20, 2018 Leave a comment on Two O’Clock At Night

Two o’clock at night; got up and lit the lamp – how long did I … Continue ReadingTwo O’Clock At Night

Categories Seen From a Distance People Lose Their Eyes

And So He Died

K-M SkalkenæsPosted onMarch 17, 2018March 23, 2018 Leave a comment on And So He Died

And so he died who, having lived so long, had buried so many others and … Continue ReadingAnd So He Died

Categories Seen From a Distance People Lose Their Eyes

The Wreaths Laid Out

K-M SkalkenæsPosted onMarch 17, 2018March 23, 2018 Leave a comment on The Wreaths Laid Out

The wreaths laid out, the coffin so white it blinds on sight. Or perhaps it … Continue ReadingThe Wreaths Laid Out

Categories De spor man efterlader sig

Livets træ

K-M SkalkenæsPosted onMarch 17, 2018March 21, 2018 Leave a comment on Livets træ

Livets træ stod smukt og grønt og gav liv til alle – indtil det blev … Continue ReadingLivets træ

Categories Confessions of the Cold Light of Dawn

Lace

K-M SkalkenæsPosted onMarch 17, 2018March 22, 2018 Leave a comment on Lace

SPRING: The buds that unfold and grow, the dew that resumes at night, droplets in … Continue ReadingLace

Categories Confessions of the Cold Light of Dawn

Dust

K-M SkalkenæsPosted onMarch 17, 2018March 22, 2018 Leave a comment on Dust

It gathers on my drying lips – the dust of our lives. The dust of … Continue ReadingDust

Categories Confessions of the Cold Light of Dawn

Candleflames

K-M SkalkenæsPosted onMarch 17, 2018March 22, 2018 Leave a comment on Candleflames

We’re candleflames flickering in the wind – the smallest change of weather and we all … Continue ReadingCandleflames

Categories Confessions of the Cold Light of Dawn

North Sea

K-M SkalkenæsPosted onMarch 17, 2018December 30, 2020 Leave a comment on North Sea

Do you remember me, restless sea? Do you remember the girl you’d have swallowed if … Continue ReadingNorth Sea

Categories Confessions of the Cold Light of Dawn

The Moon

K-M SkalkenæsPosted onMarch 17, 2018March 22, 2018 Leave a comment on The Moon

The moon has placed itself within my grasp – I lean towards it over the … Continue ReadingThe Moon

Categories Confessions of the Cold Light of Dawn

Question

K-M SkalkenæsPosted onMarch 17, 2018March 22, 2018 Leave a comment on Question

When a human dies, what happens to its share of knowledge and experience? Does it … Continue ReadingQuestion

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New Poem: “An Ode to Decay – the Life of Fungi”

K-M SkalkenæsPosted onSeptember 17, 2013December 30, 2020 Leave a comment on New Poem: “An Ode to Decay – the Life of Fungi”

Arising from the ground, outspreading careless waxy limbs that’s merely periscopes that on its hidden … Continue ReadingNew Poem: “An Ode to Decay – the Life of Fungi”

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