The Champagne Ship
The champagne ship sailed through the night returning to a home washed over by the waves of the unknown.
Read the poemPoems about grief, loss, and what stays after.
If you came here looking for grief poems, start here. These poems stay close to loss, memory, and the long stretch after someone is gone.
Start with one poem and keep going only if you need the room. Grief reads differently when it is met in sequence instead of in a scroll.
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Come back to you
One day you'll stand on the ledge of a rooftop Your hometown and the river will spin Around beneath you
Read the poemIn your arms
One day, when you're six years old you may watch your Dad leave, and have just the
Read the poemThe dream
The plan and execution— A fool's errand: demanded retribution. A lust for justice that only exists,
Read the poemOnly by stripping the partial shrouds
Only by stripping the partial shrouds Of indecision Can we face the darkest clouds
Read the poemComes from love
I watched you with a 4-crayon pack, Filling letters with a careful hand, Each stroke a single color.
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