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An epitaph poem is a form of poetry consisting of a commemorative inscription on a tomb or mortuary monument written to praise the deceased, but there is more to an epitaph. What is epitaph in poetry (complete definition)?
Uninvited hadesinfant sucked up in red waters
old buried in the red pools
it's a pity
on a black day
dies Mr pity
on a pity day
in a pity time
into a pity grave
in a black out
it's a pity
when...
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Categories:
absence, age, allusion, angel,
Form: Epitaph
sadnessIn a way, perhaps, there is no such thing as superior or inferior, only moral or immoral. Just maybe....
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Categories:
10th grade, 11th grade,
Form: Epitaph
ELDER'S LIFE HANDICAP ENDED WELL-Mine face fully teared engulf in stream of tears;
So in grief my body aches force full trembling in fears;
Just you and I am minister seven others no one else cares;
Life ended, elder handicap victim had...
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Categories:
absence, analogy, appreciation, bereavement,
Form: Epitaph
His Truest Self Has Ascended- My SpokenWordHis bones has rested there,
He's no longer here;
in an instant faster than a second,
His truest "self" ascended
in the twinkling of an eye faster than a second
he was with...
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Categories:
analogy, appreciation, bereavement, destiny,
Form: Epitaph
The Dead Won't Let Me SleepDreams of tropical beaches
The dead won't let me sleep
Money got me always on my feet
A certain gift a contempt behind closed doors
The sweetness of life illusions spelled out in a dream
The dead won't let me...
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Categories:
death, dream,
Form: Epitaph
The Lion doesn't sleep tonightThe Lion doesn't sleep tonight
What will you turn out to be
There is always that monster in your dream
It knows you more than you know
It's royal head piece displays its regal determination
I fought fear and...
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Categories:
death, dream, fate, nature,
Form: Epitaph
If There Were No Tomorrow'sIf there were no tomorrow
I would have no sorrow
The life I have had
Has made me glad
If there were no tomorrow
I have lived on time that was borrowed
The joy of knowing
Has kept me going
The lives that...
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Categories:
dedication,
Form: Epitaph
The Bug-Man,TarantulasSlode's new poem: Bug-man
Tarantula
Phantom motion seeking assembled characters
Catatonic semi-demonic the fervent priorities
Damned by honesty and crowned the duke of chill
Something happy
how fast a picnic can run out of stock
On the sale of the...
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Categories:
dark, desire, identity, memorial,
Form: Epitaph
Gentle Jim
Here lies little Bill –
He took such a bad spill…
It happened at his still,
Making liquor was his thrill
Here lies gentle Jim –
His heart was never dim,
He died after losing a limb –
Drowned because he couldn’t...
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Categories:
crazy, death, funeral, funny,
Form: Epitaph
An EpitaphHe read books
and wrote some too
and taught some folks
how to do so too.
...
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Categories:
death, food, imagery, seasons,
Form: Epitaph
Victor RipTrying to find
The happiness of
Trying to find
The way
They kept him on life support
I sat outside and would not move
He had suffered greatly from his heart attack
I tried to pray but I had no connection
I...
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Categories:
prejudice, sad, truth,
Form: Epitaph
Epitaph For An Unknown SoldierFor Memorial Day, 2023...
Rest now
The wind knows your name
It is heard in the song it sings to the stars
Now you can rest
And rest assured that no day
Shall erase you
From the memory of time...
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Categories:
memorial day,
Form: Epitaph
Drumming the WayTrying to find
The happiness of
Trying to find
The way
They kept him on life support
I sat outside and would not move
He had suffered greatly from his heart attack
I tried to pray but I had no connection
I...
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Categories:
black african american, death
Form: Epitaph
His Epitaph, Short and SnappyThey nagged him till he'd had enough.
His one remaining joy was snuff.
Beyond the post that ends his race
he has found a better place.
This is no time to joke or laugh
but to write his epitaph.
Art is...
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Categories:
leaving, life, peace,
Form: Epitaph
Wrong TurnYou hid it well---
I couldn't tell
Until it was too late.
I went through Hell.
Resigned to Fate
I tried to sate
Your constant growling need
Or else abate
Your lust. You feed
On the heartseed
Of my soul. Dark and fell,
I...
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Categories:
abuse,
Form: Epitaph
Specific Types of Epitaph Poems
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beautiful, father, friendship, funny, here lies, mother, rhyme, school, sports
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Definition | What is Epitaph in Poetry?
Poems Related to Epitaph
commemoration, elegiac lyric, elegy, eulogy, funeral, legend, memorial, monument, remembrance, sad, sentiment