January Epitaph Poems

Goodbye, Prince Philip, husband of the Queen, age ninety-nine.
Thank you, for giving up prince hood from Greek and Danish lines.
Thank you, Royal Navyman, for setting...

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I
The hands Carmelo's genes shaped
Are somewhat lighter, her heart sadder
Carmelo Ricci left a world of pandemics
On January 17, 2022; heaven is happier

II
If a dad can...

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His “words hit the highway like a battering ram”
And “burn like the metal on the edge of a knife”
So “cold and lonely in the deep...

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*Image of John Madden by Oakland News Now.

John Madden RIP

As an offensive linesman forms profession,
Complimenting Raiders pro football coach,
Relating coaching and playing no question,
At every...

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Desmond Tutu raised the moral voice to its height
In dark times showed his countrymen rays of light
Broke the apartheid wall between black and white 
Nobel...

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First Black American Secretary of State, COLIN POWELL, (1937-2021)
Served in the G. W. Bush, Ronald Reagan, and Jimmy Carter administrations,
He said, “Success is the result...

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Tip your hat to Plummer, his well-deserved claim to fame,
Gracing us with class acts in more than seven decades.
"Captain", I insist, among your "clean, bright"...

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Prince Philip with his blest* sterling legacy
keeps reigning midst his regal Queen’s history
marked by God-granted tasks of royal duty
championing Britain and its grand monarchy. 

*Ezekiel...

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Captain Tom was an inspiration and became an overnight celebrity
Walked with the aid of a frame raising thirty million pounds for charity
He was ninety nine...

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Here lies Sir Jonathan Smoot
Unfortunately wearing only one boot,
He tangled with an alligator
And failed to say, “I’ll see you later!”

written January 15, 2022...

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As a female cinematographer
she sought to capture the world for review...
and she posthumously did with 'Halyna's Law'
where real guns are banned on set, it's true!

Wednesday,...

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Our dearest Betty White, whose credits are long
Her sharp wit was always like a risque' song
She warmed our hearts every step of the way.
Her final...

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Marion Ramsey, best known for her role
As Hooks in Police Academy, with a sugar sweet soul.
But her cute little voice would grow loud and rough,
"Don't...

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Betty White the comedian
seventy years of televised beauty
always the life of the party
even till the end of the year



January 6, 2022...

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