Here Lies Epitaph Poems

“Amazing tradition. They throw a great party for you on the one day they know you can’t come.“   
Quote by Jeff Goldblum.





 

JOHNNY...

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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...

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when all the world has had its fill
of bluster, lies and war
I trust the silence I can't hear
will be louder than before....

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Geologist Philips

      Here lies Geologist Philips in mirth
      exploring Earth under Earth.


   ...

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Evening shades are deepening
Peaceful hues and tones
In the darkness creeping
There’s a silence in the stones
Anonymous lies sleeping
Psalms praising the unknown
Heaven holds thee in its keeping
Sings...

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Here lies a fair-haired-lad
    who ran like the wind
  Loved both his parents
    never once sinned

  Made...

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Natalia Andrea Larranaga Fajardo 

Here lies one who died pitifully
She would have sought anonymity,
But publicity stole away her privacy
She threw herself off a ship at...

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Bill Dyer

Here lies the crisp remains of Chef Bill Dyer
Tumbled head first into a deep fat fryer.

Carlos De Rava

The statue on this grave is of...

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Here lies the remains of Dietrich Hoeschen
Died in an unexpected coal mine explosion,
He never regretted going underground
So in this final resting place we found
He’s safe...

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Here lies Martin Jacob "Sparky" Trent
Service Station Attendant
Smoking while fueling 
Can be quite grueling
A flick of the Bic and away Sparky went. 

Written November 14,...

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Here lies what was left of Jason Platt
Who fell into a molten iron ore vat
One fatal slip was all it took
And no one got a...

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Here lies James Jacob McInerny
Died of hemorrhoids at forty-three
Sick of something nobody gave,
Scratched himself into an early grave
Nicked his bud while trying to shave.

Written November...

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No time left to beg or borrow.
Here lies my friend; bone and marrow.
A quiet place finally found.
A soul at peace in hollow ground.
His headstone placed...

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Beneath this broken piece of sod
Lies one who thought that he was God
Who drank too much
And drove, and such,
A man whose thinking was quite flawed.

Written...

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Here lies her pappy.
He got one of those
Newfangled machines;
Got hung by the hose....

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