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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)?
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
sadnessIn a way, perhaps, there is no such thing as superior or inferior, only moral or immoral. Just maybe....
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Categories:
10th grade, 11th grade,
Form: Epitaph
ELDER'S LIFE HANDICAP ENDED WELL-Mine face fully teared engulf in stream of tears;
So in grief my body aches force full trembling in fears;
Just you and I am minister seven others no one else cares;
Life ended, elder handicap victim had...
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Categories:
absence, analogy, appreciation, bereavement,
Form: Epitaph
His Truest Self Has Ascended- My SpokenWordHis bones has rested there,
He's no longer here;
in an instant faster than a second,
His truest "self" ascended
in the twinkling of an eye faster than a second
he was with...
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Categories:
analogy, appreciation, bereavement, destiny,
Form: Epitaph
The Dead Won't Let Me SleepDreams of tropical beaches
The dead won't let me sleep
Money got me always on my feet
A certain gift a contempt behind closed doors
The sweetness of life illusions spelled out in a dream
The dead won't let me...
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Categories:
death, dream,
Form: Epitaph
The Lion doesn't sleep tonightThe Lion doesn't sleep tonight
What will you turn out to be
There is always that monster in your dream
It knows you more than you know
It's royal head piece displays its regal determination
I fought fear and...
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Categories:
death, dream, fate, nature,
Form: Epitaph
Specific Types of Epitaph Poems
Read wonderful epitaph poetry on the following sub-topics:
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