Hello PoetryVoting

Vote

Home

Home Following Inbox Notifications

Read

Read Lifted Feeds Hearted History My poems New poem

Explore

Explore Orbits Words Tags Classics

0

Stars

0

Embers

0

Alerts

0

Inbox

Vote

Home

Home Following Inbox Notifications

Read

Read Lifted Feeds Hearted History My poems New poem

Explore

Explore Orbits Words Tags Classics

0

Stars

0

Embers

0

Alerts

0

Inbox

Uncle John's Gone

Uncle John’s gone

Heart

on Sunday

in his shed

He left his stamps

to Sam

He’ll sell them

and his neatly folded

nicely worn

shirts and sensible slacks

will soon appear in Age UK

And Auntie Lynn

will maybe have

twenty years

a widow

Request permission to use this poem

Written by

English

Published: Dec 30, 2012
LinesWords: 1544

Permission

Request to use this poem

Tell paul-goring how you would like to use it. We review requests before forwarding them.

About Blog FAQ Privacy Terms Contact

© 2009-2026 Hello Poetry/v27.0 by @eliotyork

Hello PoetryVoting