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FUNERAL PLANNING

by BeverlyStockPoetry.com

Death words in the Alphabet,

Choose a brass, plastic,

Bronze or wood Casket.

 

Flowers and a Grave Liner,

Viewing and wake and, 

Estate Administrator.

 

Embalming, Knell, and Service,

Visitation times,

And Rigor Mortis.

 

Whatever our grief Demands,

Coping is eased when,

Funerals are Pre-Planned.

 
 
 
This is a sandwich rhyme which follows an aba rhyme. 
Rhyming words are in italics.
 
2015©BeverlyStock
 
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Beverly Stock is an American poet, a former journalist, and a feature writer; she delights in creating poetry that asks big questions about small memories we so often overlook. Her verse has been published by the Society of Classical Poetry, The Chained Muse, Persimmon Tree, PowerPoetry.org, PoetrySoup.com, and Lighten Up Online, in the U.K. Visit her at www.beverlystockpoetry.com.

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<p>The longer version of this poem was originaly published on my BeverlyStockPoetry website.&nbsp;</p>

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