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Michael Woodston

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We all love them. Anyone else write them? Look me up and see me latest work, entitled FACELESS.

#1 Nov 08th 2006, 7:26pm

Midnight In Eden

I haven't written one in awhile.

I find that it's hard to write an original "death" piece without sounding cliche.

#2 Nov 08th 2006, 10:15pm

I Shot Mel Anne Kholi

I think that like all subjects which poetry is written, the experience should be first hand. While it is possible to write a poem without such, the work likely comes out flawed or very vague. The best poetry comes from life lived, not read.

As such, I think that everyone has an account of death in their memory, however the extent of harm or mourning caused is a definate question. The death of a pet, I feel, is something far different from one such as a mother.

Also, when writing, I feel one shouldn't focus on whether something sounds cliche. If you genuinely feel something, whether millions have written an account of the subject, or only a few, it's all superfluous. Write what you feel, and the reader will be just as affected.

Death is also very hard to capture, for different reasons. The two largest factors being personal grief permitting oneself to share these feelings to the public, and the second being memory itself. Many times, a death which has affected someone greatly may be so damaging that one actually loses a sense of time; actually causing grey areas during these troubling times. I myself cannot remember all the feelings or experiences I had with the death of certain individuals. This is the chief reason I have not written many peices on the subject. Instead, I try to focus on the life of the deceased, in hopes that an appriciation of their life may be just as powerful.

#3 Nov 09th 2006, 11:57am

Lynn Clarke

Experience is a powerful writing tool. I write about death... indirectly, I suppose is the best way to put it. Or partial death. Death of the mind. These things I understand.

What needs to be realised is that death is not merely the loss of life. Almost everyone dies at least once during their lifetime, and emotionally is the most common way.

#4 Nov 09th 2006, 3:46pm

Michael Woodston

*applauds* Well said, Lynne Clark!

As a great poet once said, "I die of thirst beside this fountain..."

I've "died" at least three times, though never completed a poem on the subject. Started many, though.

#5 Nov 09th 2006, 7:09pm

Shadow of Oblivion013

I agree with that. I can say I've "died" twice in my life (wow, that made no sense). Started a couple poems, but could never finish them. But I've experienced a family death, and written a few poems about it, my best being "Tap on the Shoulder" and "One Wish"

Yeah, when you're writing about death or if you're reading one, experience makes the feeling come out much more. I'm not saying that those without the experience of death can't; I would imagine it would be harder though.

I agree with Michael Woodston. Well said Lynne Clark!

#6 Nov 11th 2006, 1:52pm

SassyLil'Thunderstorm

I wrote one called "Shouldnt I be Crying" that's on my FP page...I didnt really like it, but others took to it well(Its funny how that happens a lot). I wrote "Call me Gothic" as a joke(It just popped in my head one day and I wanted to step out of my box for a second) about killing someone but that isnt exactly on topic.

#7 Nov 11th 2006, 4:53pm

Michael Woodston

"Shouldn't I be crying" was a pretty good poem.

Anyway, BOT.

#8 Nov 13th 2006, 2:42pm

SassyLil'Thunderstorm

Thanks!

#9 Nov 15th 2006, 4:14pm

Michael Woodston

np.

#10 Nov 20th 2006, 2:43pm

A. E. Custer

Yeah you guys write greta poetry

#11 Nov 26th 2006, 8:03pm

A. E. Custer

*great

#12 Nov 26th 2006, 8:04pm

Michael Woodston

Thanks. Have you actually read it?

#13 Nov 27th 2006, 3:02pm

tesa131313

I can't write about death. I don't know it just doesn't come to me easily

#14 Nov 27th 2006, 4:01pm

Fictionpress Watcher

Death poetry is pretty interesting. We need to write poetry about the death of flamers.

#15 Nov 29th 2006, 11:07am

tesa131313

#16 Nov 29th 2006, 1:40pm

Michael Woodston

You mean the emo_killas?

Yeah dude.

I need to upload some of my Death_Poems. I'll try to @ school today. I have some new ones on my blog.

#17 Dec 01st 2006, 5:56am

SiriusFan13

I'm not sure how carefully we're defining "death poetry" here, but this is what I have:

"Dying on the Inside" (death of the spirit and self)

"Hollow" (death of what makes up self)

"Erase Me" (kind of a "remove me from this existance" poem... not quite a suicide poem... but the feel of it)

"Goodbye and Good Night" (suicide poem)

"Life and Death" (um... about death and... uh... life...;P)

"Life of a Flame" (yeah... probably doesn't belong, but i figured, why not? it's about the life and death of a flame)

"Miranda Dear" (murder)

"Miranda's Response" (vengeance after murder)

"Neuron's Firing" (last thoughts before death)

"Thousands" (Titanic... hey... death is involved:P... i know, i know... stay focued, sirius)

*sweatdrops*

um... that's kinda a lot... allow me to note that I'm not death obsessed or suicidal... though i was VERY depressed when writing a few of those... but anyway... yeah... there's my list...

*scampers off*

sirius

#18 Dec 28th 2006, 4:41pm

Sakka-Fenikkusu

The death of a pet, I feel, is something far different from one such as a mother.

I beg to differ. I cried as hard for my dog as I did for my grandfather. Death is death - it scars you. Species makes no difference.

I don't think that categorizing poetry this way is right.

1) Too much would fit. That basically allows all depressing poetry and some happy poems (death and life - very closely related).

2) It makes everyone posting on this topic look like a suicidal, whiny, gothic teenager.

3) I don't really believe in genres as all. Works of fiction and poetry should stand alone, not under some mold that other sculptors have been using.

Fenfen has left the building.

#19 Jan 04th 2007, 8:42pm

Isabella22

I write a few death poems. What frustrates me is when my friends just don't get it.

*sigh*

#20 Jan 08th 2007, 5:55pm

Sophia Victoria

Hmmm. . . I love death poems and I myself is trying to make one, even though I knew most of you will never consider it a death poem but its pretty much angsty and all. Yeah, tell me about it, most people NEVER fathom those kind of poetry. And I dunno. . . it's none of my bloody business. My only business is rather developing myself as I try to make one.:)

x/Hell Phoenix/x

#21 Jan 12th 2007, 9:41pm

spacehikariangel

My two most recent poems, "Matricide" and "Cursed Trinity", are both death poems. "She Left Me Long Ago" is about the death of innocence and "Butterflies" is about the death of friendship. Throughout my profile, nearly a quarter of all of my poems have something to do with death.

#22 Jan 30th 2007, 4:00pm

Amari

I do write some every once in a while, as death should not be avoided in such an important part of life. However, some people get too far off into it, and obsess over satanic trash that pushes some people away from really good poetry. I will say that I do write some, and have a few that are in commemoration of someone's life/death, such as my "A Time for Blackberries." I do not author mentally unstable garbage that gothics summon from their self-pity.

~remaining Amari

#23 Mar 08th 2007, 4:09pm

Ripped wings of a Butterfly

Yeah.. Death poems.. I seem to write about it a lot but I can't post it./. Well, I think that not most people here are the angst type like ME.. Got to see more death poems and the like..

*Really.. what's life after DEATH???*

#24 Mar 17th 2007, 9:13am

Ripped wings of a Butterfly

Yeah.. Death poems.. I seem to write about it a lot but I can't post it./. Well, I think that not most people here are the angst type like ME.. Got to see more death poems and the like..

*Really.. what's life after DEATH???*

#25 Mar 17th 2007, 9:15am

Amari

Uh....*counts on fingers*...Jesus Christ! And heaven! Life and death go hand in hand. People think of them as complete opposites, but really in a sense are just one form of another, and such. There's more, but I'm too tired to type right now :)

With utmost sincerety,

remaining Amari

#26 Mar 17th 2007, 8:08pm

Chameleon81

Death poems usually hit the hearts of those who can relate and understand. My poems are not about death per se, but about those who left me to begin their afterlife journeys. It helps me to get those feelings out and into words which I can not express verbally. It helps me to cope. I have only subscribed to this sight recently so I only have 2 poems listed so far. I'll have more on the way soon.

#27 Apr 18th 2007, 7:57am

Writers block anon.

Death poems... I think the poblem is that they all seem to be about the same sort of thing: "they die, maybe I should die too..." etc etc.

I've written some pretty depressing stuff (of which none of it is on here because it is WAY too personal), but I don't think that any of it is about death. I don't think I've ever written a death poem before, but I cold try it I suppose. But i don't want too. Simple.

#28 Apr 19th 2007, 6:51am

Michael Woodston

I find that those who have not dealt with death cannot fully appreciate death poems. They may even make fun of them, which ** me off bad!

#29 Apr 21st 2007, 12:44pm

Cloak-of-Shadows

Death poems...I believe I write them, if it counts as death being involved. Death is an interesting symbol and object to use to convey a message. Death is an ultimatum; death is permanent... or in most cases, it is for most things. When I write about death, I tend to write it in narrative-like poetry, since I tend to portray a story. In some cases I leave it somewhat vague to be open to multiple opinions. My works that are among the list that I can recall at this moment are:

"Desperation"

"Rain"

"Apology"

"Eternal War"

"Blame"

"Heaven's Pill"

"Final Trick" -Personally don't like it

"The Letter" -Experimental writing...

#30 Apr 21st 2007, 3:26pm

Midnight In Eden

I find that those who have not dealt with death cannot fully appreciate death poems. They may even make fun of them, which ** me off bad!

I really don't believe that's so. I have little respect for cliched, death poetry in which most of the language is trite and dull (although perhaps according to the author, emotional). However I've had to deal with friends OD'ing, relatives dying and a very good friend of mine hanging himself last year. There is rarely original "death" poetry but when there is? I very much appreciate it because it's immensely difficult to do.

#31 Apr 21st 2007, 5:51pm

Michael Woodston

But if I understand you correctly, you have dealt with it.

About your friend...I had a similar experience. If you want to read about it, check out my poem FACELESS.

#32 Apr 22nd 2007, 6:11pm

Midnight In Eden

I was referring to the fact that I have little appreciation for death poetry even though I've dealt with it.

Also, I often feel that it's an excuse for a poet to write something shoddy in order to garner sympathetic reviews.

#33 Apr 22nd 2007, 6:32pm

Writers block anon.

I have experienced death, which is why i don't write about it. The deaths themselves may not be bloody or gory or in any way hoffific, but they are still deaths.

I find that those who have not dealt with death cannot fully appreciate death poems. They may even make fun of them, which ** me off bad!

I appreciate death. I appreciate that people who have dealt with death need to heal in their own ways. I even appreciate a well written death poem. What I don't appreciate is people making out that they are the only ones who have experienced death and that they alone know how it feels.

I may sound harsh. I don't mean to be. I have a lot of sympathy for you who have lost close friends to suicide. I've seen what it does to people and it isn't pretty. But I get angry when people try and force it onto other people.

#34 Apr 23rd 2007, 3:03am

akikodomo

I NEED REVIEWS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! PLEASE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

#35 Apr 25th 2007, 11:38pm

AllieCat101

I write about death, not to make others understand what i went through but to help me heal and understand myself. I think people who haven't experienced death can relate to a death poem, not the way we want them to but just in the way that it makes them think. Poetry and stores are not about one person, the writer feels or heals (in my case) and the reader learns and experiences. Death poety is a release and some poems are beautiful because they are so sad and others because they offer hope.

#36 Aug 31st 2007, 6:34am

SongWriter13

I've experienced some death, with my relatives, but I wasn't greatly affected (and it makes me feel guilty, but that's another thing entirely). I don't write that much about death, but I have one poem called "Eternal" that's in the point of view of someone who's died, and they're talking to their loved one. It was started with the line "You know I am always with you." I haven't posted it yet, but I want to.

#37 Jan 03rd, 5:09pm

Lady Glass

Poems about death can be very cliche sometimes. I myself have only written two I think, one for my friend who died when we were nine, and another for my cat, which sounds incredibly stupid, but the death of a pet can sometimes be even harder than that of a person simply because animals are so good and innocent in a way that humans never can be.

#38 Jan 12th, 10:35am

Leaves of Labefaction

My poems related to death:

'Able to Kill'

-Death of a murderer

'Along the Dark Pathway'

-Death of a couple

'Drowning'

-Suicide

'My Love'

-Murderer

'November'

-Death of a friend/love

'Safety'

-Murderer

'Seasons of Depression'

-Death of hope

'Sunrise'

-Death of a love

'Tear Stained Bird'

-Death of mankind and a bird

'Truth'

-Death of hope

'The Better Person'

-Death of a human

'Werewolf's Lament'

-Murderer

'When the Beat Changes'

-Suicide

Yeah, so I have a few. Almost everything I write is death-related.

#39 Feb 18th, 6:12pm

painted.music

konnichi wa

I haven't had much experience with death, but I completely understand the poems I've read about death. The only person I knew who died... I'm sorry to say I wasn't that close to her. The only reason I cried at the funeral was because my uncle started crying, and that pretty much shocked me into realizing that someone was actually dead. (She was my mother's grandma, so I knew her... but didn't have much to do with her.) But -- maybe it's because I read a lot, maybe it's because I'm told I'm very empathetic -- I will cry now when I hear about some random person who was killed in a forest fire in California or something equally random. If I hear about a death of a little boy, I'll suddenly picture one of my brothers as the one that died... or I'll picture myself as the parent of that child. And I'll completely break down -- all the while with friends looking at me and saying, "You don't even know the person; stop being so overdramatic!" (I hate when people do that.)

So anyway, my basic point is that just because I've had no experience with death doesn't mean I can't accept poems about death just as easily. Because, even though I haven't, I feel as if I have.

#40 Apr 15th, 12:51pm

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