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An epitaph poem is a form of poetry consisting of a commemorative inscription on a tomb or mortuary monument written to praise the deceased, but there is more to an epitaph. What is epitaph in poetry (complete definition)?
enough
"Have lived thousands of days; Have loved a hundred loves;
Have written thousands of words; And this has been enough."
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Categories:
me, meaningful,
Form: Epitaph
insurection dayit twas evereth the 14th
and ladle had stilled consequence
perceptive decorum and froth's
constable would, could naught
cold heart and battled fart
bequeath to thee
a brothersome free
door and locksey
leashed a board in mercy
a wait, as bait, beside...
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Categories:
america, betrayal, dedication, endurance,
Form: Epitaph
Categories:
appreciation, beautiful, blessing,
Form: Epitaph
Categories:
appreciation,
Form: Epitaph
840 Israeli Soldiers
Here lie 840 Israeli soldiers
Each one defending his state
840 Israeli soldiers, knowing what might await
The ultimate...
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Categories:
destiny, jewish, love, patriotic,
Form: Epitaph
survivorSurvivor?
The ex. president
of the US.
Jimmy Carter
God blessed him
with old age
Carried around
in a crate
sleeps with open
mouth all-day
emits silence
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Categories:
absence, age, america,
Form: Epitaph
PoetrySoup EPITAPH r i p
Categories:
allegory, word play,
Form: Epitaph
Blown awayMy next door neighbour
was killed in a gas explosion.
On his tombstone
it simply said.
Rest in pieces
long time dead....
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Categories:
humor,
Form: Epitaph
Categories:
allusion, creation, poetry,
Form: Epitaph
THEIR NOT DEAD ENTERED IN OUR FATHER'S EMBRACEMENT-Fleshly vessel, lay incasket
Upon their death, though
Instantly, they are with the Lord they“soar”
Our God’s embracement ;
Their newencasement ;
Renewed, renew whole body made ;
Now that there in the presence of God saved ;
Hallelujah
Epitaph
8/24/24
Written words by James...
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Categories:
analogy, appreciation, bereavement, blessing,
Form: Epitaph
Robert Sherriff - Australian -Pearly GatesRobert Sherriff - Australian - Poet -Author - Singer - Actor - American Historian Photographer
Pearly Gates
In life, I never take anything for granted. Everything is free, but nothing is guaranteed—except for the certainty of...
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Categories:
cancer, care, dad, daughter,
Form: Epitaph
GRIM REAPER CAN WAIT
“Amazing tradition. They throw a great party for you on the one day they know you can’t come.“
Quote by Jeff Goldblum.
JOHNNY SPICER
In this tomb are the bits and pieces of the...
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Categories:
dark, death, humor,
Form: Epitaph
Late DaughterPoem that is written with each gentle kiss
Music I play twitching the corners of my lips
Art brush paint four magnum opus till death
Final one I will whisper with my dying breath...
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Categories:
beautiful, child, death, depression,
Form: Epitaph
Second ChildhoodThis epitaph— the grave beats with silence
betweeen the lines, signature of me be read
Now a second childhood's play—
for heaven was created before death....
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Categories:
beauty, childhood, death, heaven,
Form: Epitaph
Uninvited hadesinfant sucked up in red waters
old buried in the red pools
it's a pity
on a black day
dies Mr pity
on a pity day
in a pity time
into a pity grave
in a black out
it's a pity
when...
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Categories:
absence, age, allusion, angel,
Form: Epitaph
Specific Types of Epitaph Poems
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beautiful, father, friendship, funny, here lies, mother, rhyme, school, sports
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Definition | What is Epitaph in Poetry?
Poems Related to Epitaph
commemoration, elegiac lyric, elegy, eulogy, funeral, legend, memorial, monument, remembrance, sad, sentiment