Epitaph Epigram Poems
These Epitaph Epigram poems are examples of Epigram poems about Epitaph. These are the best examples of Epigram Epitaph poems written by international poets.
Ancient Greek Epigrams IiiAncient Greek and Roman Epigrams
That country wench bewitches your heart?
Hell, her most beguiling art’s
hiking her dress
to seduce you with her ankles' nakedness!
Sappho, fragment 57, loose...
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bereavement, death of a
Ancient Greek Epigrams IiAncient Greek and Roman Epigrams
Stranger, rest your weary legs beneath the elms;
hear how coolly the breeze murmurs through their branches;
then take a bracing draught from...
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bereavement, death, death of
Ancient Greek Epigrams IAncient Greek and Roman Epigrams I
Wall, we're astonished that you haven't collapsed,
since you're holding up verses so prolapsed!
Ancient Roman graffiti, translation by Michael R. Burch
You...
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bereavement, death, eulogy, funeral,
Michelangelo: Modern English TranslationsMICHELANGELO: Modern English Translations
Michelangelo Buonarroti (1475-1564) is considered by many experts to be the greatest artist and sculptor of all time. These are modern English...
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epigram, art, beauty, light, love,
Michelangelo TranslationsMICHELANGELO TRANSLATIONS
Michelangelo di Lodovico Buonarroti Simoni (1475-1564) was an Italian sculptor, painter, architect and poet. He and his fellow Florentine, Leonardo da Vinci, were rivals...
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angel, art, beautiful, beauty,
Leonardo Da Vinci Poems, Epigrams and QuotesLEONARDO DA VINCI POEMS, EPIGRAMS AND QUOTES
These are my modern English translations of the poems, epigrams and quotes of Leonardo da Vinci. I believe the...
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art, eulogy, nature, poems,
Plato Epigram TranslationsPLATO EPIGRAM TRANSLATIONS
These epitaphs and other epigrams have been ascribed to Plato...
Mariner, do not ask whose tomb this may be,
But go with good fortune: I...
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death, eulogy, funeral, memorial,
Short Stuff: EpigramsEpigrams by Michael R. Burch
Negligibles
by Michael R. Burch
Show me your most intimate items of apparel:
begin with the hem of your quicksilver slip ...
Negotiables
by Michael...
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body, clothes, death, eulogy,
ChildlessEpigrams/Epitaphs
Childless
by Michael R. Burch
How can she bear her grief?
Mightier than Atlas, she shoulders the weight
of one fallen star.
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Laughter’s Cry
by Michael R. Burch
Because life is...
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child, death, eulogy, funeral,
Epigrams VEpigrams
Autumn Conundrum
by Michael R. Burch
It’s not that every leaf must finally fall,
it’s just that we can never catch them all.
Piercing the Shell
by Michael R. Burch
If...
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giggle, humor, humorous, irony,
Martial TranslationsMartial epigram translations
Epitaph for the Child Erotion
by Marcus Valerius Martial
loose translation/interpretation by Michael R. Burch
Lie lightly on her, grass and dew...
So little weight she placed...
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child, daughter, death, funeral,
Epitaph To a CatEPITAPH 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...
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cat, death,
Parmenio TranslationBe 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...
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epigram, war,
Anacreon TranslationThese are my modern English translations of ancient Greek epigrams by Anacreon from the Anacreontea.
Here he lies in state tonight: great is his Monument!
Yet...
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poems, poetry, poets, tribute,
Leonidas of Tarentum TranslationBlame not the gale, or the inhospitable sea-gulf, or friends’ tardiness,
mariner! Just man’s foolhardiness.
—Leonidas of Tarentum, translation by Michael R. Burch...
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epigram, eulogy,