Good bye dear old friend



A part of my life more than 40 years,
we’ve shared love, laughs and also tears,
traveling through all the stuff that came
our bond was there to always remain.

From the start when we had met,
I knew you would try to make all glad,
sharing everything you possibly could
just to be sure that the other felt good.

You’ve been there for all generations,
tried to fulfill even high expectations,
you took great care of things to be done,
whether for business or just making fun.

You may not have managed all you still wanted,
but here are the seeds that you have planted,
and you will live on in each of our hearts,
so the love that you gave, it never parts.

After all your works, be at peace and rest,
you’ve been great, have given your best.
Your loved ones you’ve left here behind,
will remember you as true loving and kind.

About this poem

Written in honor of my dear friend and ex husband, the father of my sons who recently past away

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Written on June 06, 2023

Submitted by ludy_b on June 18, 2023

Modified by ludy_b on June 18, 2023

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Scheme XXXX XXAA BBCC DDEE FFGG
Closest metre Iambic pentameter
Characters 833
Words 177
Stanzas 5
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 4, 4, 4

Ludy Bührs

The topics she writes about are very diverse, so are the poetry styles she applies. As a Dutch translator and poet, having lived in Cambodia's capital city Phnom Penh for 2.5 years, in 2008 she published "Op de ruïnes van een rijk" (On the Ruins of an Empire) ISBN 978-90-8834-483-1 with 60 poems based on her experiences there. In 2007 she received a Certificate of Accomplishment as one of The Best Poems and Poets of 2007 issued by poetry.com and the International Library of Poetry for her poem Choked Truth, her own translation of "Verstikte waarheid", one of the poems in the book. Born in 1956, she still works as an independent translator, translating from English into Dutch. more…

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  • alanswansea18
    I love this poem. I think it relates to everyone. Even me. I can see.
    LikeReply 14 months ago
  • jeremyt.40101
    Thank you for your vote on my poem. Feel free to read and criticize the others. I love feedback. This poem is very sweet and touching. No one could ask for a better epitaph.
    LikeReply 110 months ago

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