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Loss Epigram Poems

These Loss Epigram poems are examples of Epigram poems about Loss. These are the best examples of Epigram Loss poems written by international poets.

Dickinson Love - Or What the Dickens
I
If u loved, you may write sound poetry;
If u loved & lost, words add a higher degree
Of lonely beauty and crowded clarity
As was true of...

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Categories: for her, loss, love,

So This Is Love
He vowed to love her forevermore—
But already forgot her trivial name.

August 6, 2019
Epigram
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Categories: betrayal, divorce, heartbreak, hurt,
Joe Demino and Vijay Pandit : Teaching By Example
I
If you're discovering love from earth to heaven, read Joe; if you seek beauty of daily living, read Vijay (under God's compassionate sun/SON)

II
Love without regret,...

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Categories: appreciation, art, bible, irony,
Premium Member Powers of Reasoning
Powers of reasoning give way ~

   to feelings of helplessness today...

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Categories: loss, power, today,
The Evil
you are not simply the inapposite that breaks
you are the plague that destroys the rose
the captious instrument that causes loss...

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Categories: allegory, evil, extended metaphor,

Ancient Greek Epigrams Iii
Ancient 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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Categories: bereavement, death of a
Ancient Greek Epigrams Ii
Ancient 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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Categories: bereavement, death, death of
Ancient Greek Epigrams I
Ancient 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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Categories: bereavement, death, eulogy, funeral,
Premium Member Weight Loss Miracle
Best way to stop being a large dork
       Put that utensil down, named your fork!

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Categories: funny,
Love Number 3
I
You think you know too much already
But love is a verb (nouns are really word-illusions):
LOVE IS SOMETHING YOU DO!

II
Jesus (and God the Father) rarely listed...

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Categories: america, integrity, international, jesus,
Epitaphs
Epitaph 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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Categories: epigram, bereavement, death, death of
Premium Member So Many Choices
Let's see: Bernie
Joe, Liz, or Pete
   Which one best
   ensures defeat?...

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Categories: leadership, loss, political,
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Here lies Mother Earth,
we did not appreciate her worth.
She could not save the trees, animals, or the ocean,
or stop the flooding because of...

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Categories: earth, loss,
Athenian Epitaphs
Athenian 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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Categories: death, eulogy, funeral, grave,
Premium Member Out of Season
Hope starts a new season
   The players all breeze in
Despair sets in for a reason
   Losing's just not pleasing...

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Categories: hope, loss, sports,

Book: Shattered Sighs