Funeral Epigram Poems
These Funeral Epigram poems are examples of Epigram poems about Funeral. These are the best examples of Epigram Funeral 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,
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,
Athenian Epitaphs IiAthenian Epitaphs II
These are ancient Greek epitaphs for lost family and friends, including dogs and other animals ...
Now his voice is prisoned in the silent...
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epigram, animal, best friend, death
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,
EpitaphsEpitaph for a Palestinian Child
by Michael R. Burch
I lived as best I could, and then I died.
Be careful where you step: the grave is wide.
Autumn...
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epigram, bereavement, death, death of
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,
Epigrams IvSex Hex
by Michael R. Burch
Love’s full of cute paradoxes
(and highly acute poxes).
Love
by Michael R. Burch
Love is either wholly folly,
or fully holy.
Nun Fun Undone
by Michael R....
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bible, christian, death, funeral,
Athenian EpitaphsAthenian Epitaphs
Mariner, do not ask whose tomb this may be,
but go with good fortune: I wish you a kinder sea.
—Michael R. Burch, after Plato
Does my...
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death, eulogy, funeral, grave,
Epitaph For a Palestinian ChildEpitaph for a Palestinian Child
by Michael R. Burch
I lived as best I could, and then I died.
Be careful where you step: the grave is wide.
This...
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epigram, absence, bereavement, conflict, death,
Final ExpensesOn that gray day, I’m over the hill,
don’t shed a tear, till you see the bill.
7/25/18...
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death, funeral,
Your Funeral
YOUR FUNERAL
If you can't afford a funeral
postpone dying...
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death, humorous,
EpigramOn a Gravestone
You always thought I was beneath you...
...
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funeral, me,
Baby Face Nelson1908-1934 Not taken soon enough! Not only the good die young.
For Epigram Contest
By: Richard Lamoureux...
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funeral, funny,