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Question: How to write a poem for my uncle that passed away!?
i don't know how to put my feelings on paper for him!. its hard so if any body knows how just write an answer for it!. pleaseWww@QuestionHome@Com


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coincidentally, i have gone through the same experience (my uncle past away three and a half years ago)
first, i am so sorry for your loss, and i really hope and believe writing can help the mourning process!.
second, in terms of writing:
what i found really helpful is writing a sort letter to my uncle!. i wrote about what i missed about him, his most memorable traits, his funny habits, his strength (he lived for many years past what was predicted with a genetic disease), and how much i truly loved him in my life!.
i have started to notice that his life surfaces in my poetry often because it had an impact on my spiritual life and the way i value the world!. for example, here's part of a poem i wrote around his birthday recently:

Today
was/is
his birthday
placed there/ plopped there
on a house made of
wooden boards
and raised onto silts
like a strangley awkward
animal
maybe a bird,
or a goat
His mother believed
that the two laundry mats
colored and whites,
were for separate
dyes of clothing
she muddles through mathematics
like that goat/bird
with three legs
a di-pod
becomes a tri-pod
when the marrow dissolves!.

It doesnt have to make sense, it just has to mean something to you!. good luck!.Www@QuestionHome@Com