Epitaph Epigram Poems | Examples
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EPITAPH TO A CAT
Here lies our cat,
At peace no doubt.
Survived eight times,
Then his luck ran out
4th November 2019
Pithy Pome contest
Sponsor - Maureen McGreavy
Be ashamed, O mountains and seas: these were men who drew valorous breath.
Assume, like pale chattels, an ashen silence at death.
—Parmenio, translation by Michael R. Burch
Blame not the gale, or the inhospitable sea-gulf, or friends’ tardiness,
mariner! Just man’s foolhardiness.
—Leonidas of Tarentum, translation by Michael R. Burch
Passerby,
tell the Spartans we lie
here, dead at their word,
obedient to their command.
Have they heard?
Do they understand?
—Simonides, translation by Michael R. Burch
Below lies Gus
Hit by a bus
Crossing the road
To save a toad
AP: Honorable Mention 2020
Submitted on August 10, 2021 for A BRIAN STRAND 1 TO 14 LINE POETRY contest sponsored by BRIAN STRAND - RANKED 1ST
and April 14, 2019 for contest AN EPITAPH TO MAKE US LAUGH 2 sponsored by JESSE ROWE
Epigram #74:
EPITAPH
Said the epitaph today:
I have nothing more to say.
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Leon Enriquez
13 April 2015
Singapore
" It was a great party, Wish I could have stayed longer.."
Sir Humpteath Dumpteath sateth on a wall
Poor Master Humpteath tooketh a great fall
Arsenic was foundeth in his coffee cup
Thus here resteths Humpteath - sunnyside UP!
For Thvia Shetley's contest:
Clever Analogies
In
the dark-
a Christmas star
Note:Poinsettia - such a Christmas delight-A tribute to the American of the same name who
ontroduced it to the US and from there to Europe.What an epitaph to have
Here he lies as he always did.
I hope they locked the coffin lid.
O hark ye satan, watch and learn,
With glib of tongue he might return.