famous

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This is a heart-broken poem about my brother who passed away from Covid 19. My brother contracted the virus while he was living in a nursing home here in New Jersey. There was no funeral service because of lockdown. We had him cremated and there was a small blip about him in the paper. He lives in my heart and I miss him.

famous

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today you are worthy of newsprint news
scratched down in a paragraph
some newsprint blues 
your final script, your passion your rage
tucked between editorial and the funny page 
and all of the people you've left behind 
will read your tribute amazed to find 
          how they made you so small 
oh, they do it a way trying not to shame us 
and for this definitive defining moment
you are famous.


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cheronld commented on famous

06-15-2021

My sincerest condolences...my heart go out to you and your family...I know I have no words that could convey and kind of relief for you...but the words you have chosen here are both chilling and hauntingly familiar...I remain a fan...

Crush

10/22/2021

Thank you, Chernold. How are coming along through all of this madness. I hope you are well. Keep shining, angel. 😊

Poetry is what is lost in translation.

Robert Frost (1875-1963) American Poet.

Crush’s Poems (64)

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my fragile city 3
nervous 1
us 0
the wedding ghost 2
famous 1
angel face 1
carried off by owls 2
Santa Claus Is Coming Around 1
skin 2
the midnight girl 1
hold 1
here 0
the other 1
flashback 1
violent pretty 1
the people in the attic 1
the ride 1
my nightmares are awake 1
no bugs 6
waiting 3
welcome 5
a fetus in a clear bowling ball 6
crows feet 7
rats 5
the mobster 4
perfect 6
jumper 5
lady godiva 3
malaise 3
pirate 4
flight on time 3
fear of falling 4
unfinished crow ? 5
chemocallouse
s
3
elephant 5
cancer 8
skyline 5
st. saviour 2
satellites 4
were you waiting for me ? 10
snapshot 5
fists 12
lauren 17
insomnia 18
ceremony 12
mother 14
ash 27
the june bug 15
low 19
thorns 10
paralyzed 9
mr. sparkle 15
dresses 15
glass 13
cemetaries 18
throe 18
if i fell in love 27
pills 22
off black 20
mannequin 22
umbrage 12
sick boy 12
kelly has a big head 21
unfairly fairy 26