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Ashes
by Bernice Angoh → (All Poetry by Bernice Angoh)
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For my father.....


Poem Artwork

Slowly everyday
like a splinter in the wind
your fire's fading away

Blowing away
blowing into the sea
--Does the sea indeed
need another gift of ahses?--


Come back
come back Papa
come back to life
build us a mountain from underneath the waves
and when my children's children visit the shore
I will say
look, look, there is your great grandfather
the man who rose above the ashes...

(Like a burning splinter...his ashes in the wind...falling into the sea...overtime, creating a mountain...my father)

 

 

 

Copyright © 2008 by Bernice Angoh

 


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 Reviews of "Ashes"
Reviewed by Darkly Angelic
Reviewed on June 7, 2009
(build us a mountain from underneath the waves) A beautifully Strong line and a beautiful tribute.

Reviewed by William Bonilla
Reviewed on July 16, 2008
An awesome written tribute
To a man well respected and loved
Love & Peace be with you both

William


Reviewed by Art Hernandez
Reviewed on July 9, 2008
Wonderful thoughts...a tribute that surely is well deserved...for a father to build a mountain his love still radiates from your thoughts...

nice...


Art Sun...

Reviewed by John Leko
Reviewed on July 6, 2008
...beautiful are these words of remembrance for your father Bernice...
John

Reviewed by Charlie
Reviewed on July 3, 2008
Some men do become islands-- resorts visited, and revisited often. --Charlie

Reviewed by Felix Perry
Reviewed on July 3, 2008
oh my, Bernice you wrote this to perfection. I committed my brothers ashes to the sea when he died all too young. He was a sailor and like me loved the ocean. Your father will always live on in the words that you write as you immortalize your love for him.

Fee

Reviewed by ~ Holly Harbridge (Reader)
Reviewed on July 3, 2008
An emotional write, most sensitive, blessings Holly

Reviewed by Deborah Munson (Reader)
Reviewed on July 3, 2008
Not an easy thing to do watching those we love slowly fade away. Take courage as your love will never fade. Deborah

Reviewed by Rose Rideout
Reviewed on July 3, 2008
Very touching Bernice as your Father's memories will continue to servive in your heart and soul. Your picture shows of a peaceful feeling. Thank you for sharing.

newfie hugs, Rose

Reviewed by Liana Margiva
Reviewed on July 3, 2008
Beautiful, I love it!!!!!!!!!!! Liana Margiva

Reviewed by Paul Berube
Reviewed on July 3, 2008
Bernice,

Beautiful write. May God Bless and Give You Closure My Friend. Peace, Love and Blessings Always, Paul.

Reviewed by Dawn Anderson
Reviewed on July 3, 2008
Verey beautiful writing, Bernice...just beautiful.

Reviewed by Amber Moonstone
Reviewed on July 2, 2008
What a wonderful poem Bernice, it is very inspirational and I loved the image of the mountain being your dad. Very beautiful.
Peace, love, and light,
Amber "V"

Reviewed by Axilea MU
Reviewed on July 2, 2008
I like the image of "the mountain from underneath the waves" too.

Axilea

Reviewed by Karen Palumbo
Reviewed on July 2, 2008
So many mixed emotions dealing with life and death and yet accepting the finality of both so graciously and wisely, beautifully versed in honor of your father....

Be always safe,
Karen

Reviewed by John Flanagan
Reviewed on July 2, 2008
The mountain image is so powerful and telling. Beautiful writing, Bernice.
John

Reviewed on July 2, 2008
I feel Your Grief & Sorrow & Monumental Love
Your Words Are Loving
Much Love & Spiritual Support
Embraced ~ Embrassé
Vickie

Reviewed by Shedding Light
Reviewed on July 2, 2008
Bernice, you have a way of conveying to the reader
your pains and sorrows, as well as your joys and
happiness. You are really good with doing this.
You convey your moods so very well.

Harold M. Nash

Reviewed by Ann Marquette
Reviewed on July 2, 2008
Really beautiful, soft and loving.

Reviewed by Cryssa C
Reviewed on July 2, 2008
Beautifully written, Bernice... I love the flow and cadence of this write.

Cryssa

Reviewed on July 2, 2008
Bernice,

To watch the embers fade ... powerfully penned sadness.

(((HUGS))) love and prayer, Karla.

Reviewed by Edwin Hurdle
Reviewed on July 2, 2008
Hi Bernice,this is very touching tribute to your father that is inspriring to say the least.Your poem shows your spirit and true love for your father.As long as your father is inside your heart,you will always let his spirit live on forever.Thank you sharing this poem and expressing your feelings

Edwin

Reviewed by D Johnson
Reviewed on July 2, 2008
Bernice, what a wonderful tribute to your father, you, through your words have allowed him to rise above the ashes.

Peace and cheers,
Dan

Reviewed by Gene Williamson
Reviewed on July 2, 2008
Bernice, the mountain you've built to memorialize your father
is not in the sea but in your words in this beautiful poem.
-gene

Reviewed on July 2, 2008
time has all the answers Bernice, and all the answers have time, we're tangled up between the two, sometimes and many times not knowing really what to do, so you mourn, all good and bad things come to an end, however us humans wish the good ones would never end, hugs&prayers

Reviewed by E T Waldron
Reviewed on July 2, 2008
Bernice these are glorious words, and you should put them on something that will keep them forever(wood,etc...A very sad,yet triumphant poem! My best prayers to you and your father.....ET

Reviewed by Jerry Bolton (Reader)
Reviewed on July 2, 2008
Touching and emotional words to a many you so dearly love and respect . . . It is a hard thig to do . . . To watch when someone we love fades from this life . . .


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