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Funeral haiku

by Kerkedijk

DescriptionMy father passed away recently. All I can write are haiku for now so posting a few.

Posted: 16.02.12  |  Last edited: 17.02.12

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free from disease

his face youthful

my father of old

 

 

our crumpled tears

comfort one another

in the bin

 

 

bin overflowing

even our grief

is recycled

 

funeral home

spotting a makeup stain

on his tie

 

body laid out

placing a carnation

in his buttonhole

 

handshakes

of condolence

gathering his life

 

his favourite hymn

hearts sob to the rhythm

of the organ

 

numbed by

his numbness

a final parting

 

 

grief stricken

the warmth of sibling tears 

touching

 

heart breaking

the taste my sisters tears

comforting 

 

 

crematorium

the doors slowly close

silence

 

 

foggy morning

his death

sinking in

 

 

mmc ©

Comments

susanna Dunne

Friday, 17th February 2012 | 12:05 am

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Hi Maire

My heart goes out to you XXX

Take care ;-)

Twydell

Friday, 17th February 2012 | 04:30 am

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Hi Maire !!

A heartbreaking read, Keep writing it does help .......

 

My thoughts are with you,

Kind regards,

Steve.

Amy Barry

Friday, 17th February 2012 | 11:03 am

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Hi Maire,

 

Lovely...just beautiful..

 

Hugs to ye,

Amy

Jeanna Godfrey

Friday, 17th February 2012 | 02:30 pm

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A very touching piece of writing. I hope that by putting your feelings down can help give you peace.

Jeanna

Smurf

Friday, 17th February 2012 | 09:07 pm

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Hi Maire, I just dropped by as I have not been around for a while. So sorry to hear about your Dad; May he rest in peace. There is great pain and sadness in your haiku and yet there is a sense of acceptance and of hope.
God Bless,
Tony

Peter Andrew Day

Sunday, 19th February 2012 | 03:04 pm

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Your imagery presents stark and touching details of your father's passing and its aftermath. Love and poetry so closely interwoven here that it's hard to tell the cloth from the loom that's making it (love and poetry being each other's best definition). Well done at such a difficult time. Peter

Kerkedijk

Thursday, 23rd February 2012 | 07:32 pm

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Susanna,

Thank you for your kind thoughts, it has been so hard, miss my father a lot. Hugs Maire. x

Kerkedijk

Thursday, 23rd February 2012 | 07:36 pm

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Steve,

Thank you for your comments, you are kind.  I have been trying to write and have a few drafts of poems but find my focus is not good. My father was both parents to me because my mother was ill all of my life. So strange to lose him suddenly but I did have a dream about his death in November and posted the poem here, it gave me great comfort. My daughter and son did the Eulogy together and she read out my poem, Stars of Winter Light or Whispers of the Stars, I have two titles for it.  it was lovely. I am sure he is in a happier place now and reunited with his mother. She was mad about my father, he was the eldest and was her American boy, they lived in New York in 1930's. Thanks again!! Maire

Kerkedijk

Thursday, 23rd February 2012 | 07:38 pm

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Amy,

Thank you dear, I am doing fine but miss him of course. I am going down to visit my mother this weekend again. Hugs  Maire x

Kerkedijk

Thursday, 23rd February 2012 | 07:42 pm

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Jeanna,

Thank you for taking the time to comment, I appreciate it and it is good to write about it even though they are only in haiku form. I will write larger pieces over time, it does help a lot. Thank you, truly. Maire x

Kerkedijk

Thursday, 23rd February 2012 | 07:47 pm

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Tony,

Thank you for your kind comment and for taking the time to visit. I have been away for a while too because of my father's passing. I stayed with my mother for a while and my sister and then got a really bad flu which had me knocked back until this week really. It is 3 weeks now since he passed away, I will go down to visit my mother again this weekend but it will be strange going down to visit and Dad not being there. I cried this morning when I thought of it. I was a real Daddy's girl, loved my father so much. I wrote a poem after I had a very vivid dream after the end of November. I felt his passing was near when I had the dream and I was right.  Whispers of the Stars, it is posted here I think and it has since been published twice, in the Bray Arts Journal for December 2011 and in News4.ie publication for February. My daughter read it at the Eulogy, it was nice. Hope you are well. Maire x

Kerkedijk

Thursday, 23rd February 2012 | 07:51 pm

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Peter,

You are always so kind, so gracious in your comments, I really appreciate them. I loved my father so much and had a dream about his death in November last and wrote about it and was right that his life was drawing to a close but it was still a sudden death, none of us were prepared for it and I did not get down to Cork in time to say goodbye, he was dead within an hour of the phone call. I have peace that I wrote that poem, it set me free because I set him free in the poem in November. I knew I might not get down to say goodbye, it was a worry but after the dream, I was fine with it. Whispers of the Stars is the poem......posted it here end of November. It has been published twice which is lovely.  Hope you are well Peter. Maire x

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