To Cloris Leachman we bid farewell
Actress and comedy legend
Brought us laughter on Mary Tyler Moore show
Oscar winner for "The Last Picture Show"
1-11-2022
A Celebrity Epitaph Poetry Contest
Sponsor: Michelle Faulkner
A rose can set the tone
In a bunch or all alone
Petals fragrant and fluted
Like a metaphor, red flushed
Like a virgin kissed to blush
Blossom lifted to my lips
A gift from mine to my lover
Perfume bringing us together
Tongue upon the thornless bud
It is the beauty that maintains
The flower stimulates my brain
Trembling and dew decorated
A rose assaults the senses
Tears down all the fences
Leaves open wide on stems
In accepting my loving gift
Can your passion rise swift
As we entwine, climbing vines
Cloris the Goddess of Flowers
You lay naked on a soft bower
Holding your hips, inside you
Timely blossom releases its perfume
A universal metaphor of the womb
Moved by breezes becoming a storm
A rose presented to you from mine
Moment stretches into ****** time
Pollen of love upon your belly