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Life Epitaph Poems

These Life Epitaph poems are examples of Epitaph poems about Life. These are the best examples of Epitaph Life poems written by international poets.

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...

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Categories: absence, analogy, appreciation, bereavement,

His Truest Self Has Ascended- My SpokenWord

His 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...

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Categories: analogy, appreciation, bereavement, destiny,

The Dead Won't Let Me Sleep

Dreams 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...

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Categories: death, dream,

The Lion doesn't sleep tonight

The 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...

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Categories: death, dream, fate, nature,

If There Were No Tomorrow's

If 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...

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Categories: dedication,

The Bug-Man,Tarantulas

Slode'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...

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Categories: dark, desire, identity, memorial,

My Epitaph Writ Large

My epitaph writ large...
courtesy third person singular.

Mise en scène pour décès
pardon his feeble attempt at French,
a unilingual English language
quibbling, and scribbling mensch
strongly advises applying
left handed...

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Categories: epitaph, absence, adventure, bereavement, blessing,

Victor Rip

Trying 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...

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Categories: prejudice, sad, truth,

Drumming the Way

Trying 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...

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Categories: black african american, death

His Epitaph, Short and Snappy

They 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...

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Categories: leaving, life, peace,

Epitaph and Tomb

A tradition beyond the grave, leading the dead and dying to sporadically engrave 
upon themselves an epitaph, in hopes of discovering their forgotten path. 

And...

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Categories: epitaph, angst, birth, confusion, cry,

A Snappy Ending

My pet piranha's life is through
He bit off more than he could chew.


14.01.23

BRIAN STRAND no 1175
Bite Size Contest No.60 Poetry Contest
Sponsor:Line Gauthier...

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Categories: death, fish,

Rico L and Ree Ko - Thanx Anaya

I
If any writer here didn't like him --
If Souper One, or 2023, dislike Rico,
Please correct my notion: Rico made you smile
Even when you hated to...

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Categories: anti bullying, best friend,

Epitaph

sagger maker’s bottom knocker from barnsley
one of the last of a now dead trade
famed for his skill and precision
where ever saggers had been made
forced to...

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Categories: epitaph, dedication, eulogy, humor, obituary,

Epitaph

sagger maker’s bottom knocker from barnsley
one of the last of a now dead trade
famed for his skill and precision
where ever saggers were made
forced to redundancies...

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Categories: epitaph, death, eulogy, humor, memorial,