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Eulogy to the Living

Eulogy to the Living

A Poem by amomentforus


“This is a eulogy to the living,” you said. Looking over scattered groups under scattered clouds, all finding comfort between green and wa..
Epilogue

Epilogue

A Poem by amomentforus


And then life happened. It just didn’t happen to us.
Happy Birthday, I miss you

Happy Birthday, I miss you

A Poem by amomentforus


I’m going to call you on your birthday,hoping you won’t pick up, to leavea voicemail, an eternal plea.To that young part of my heart that ..
4/4/24

4/4/24

A Poem by amomentforus


A muddled man half fullWere we stars before this?Or did ash just turn to dustAnd back again we ranDown soiled lines in suits too bigBut that seemed to..
Jake

Jake

A Poem by amomentforus


Sevilla, at night April 2022
Green's Dream

Green's Dream

A Poem by amomentforus


I don’t know why I hang hope in haggard hearts, and I like that line like green shoots of grass tickling my feet, thinking I have a resistance t..
4/2/2024

4/2/2024

A Poem by amomentforus


The arbitrariness of a day. Spent in woe and in its wake we awaken dreams long thought dead or at least not meant to crawl out of shallow graves dug i..
Hopes Held Over High Water

Hopes Held Over High Water

A Poem by amomentforus


Head held over high water, looking down and looking back. Let it sleep. Let it slip, through fingers worn thin and relish the moment we forgot, aching..
3/14/2024

3/14/2024

A Poem by amomentforus


And if I have to go back. To every place we ever laughed, telling jokes between stories of better times, I was never going to be a part of. Memory, th..