Ocean Epitaph Poems

I loved, I laughed, I cried
I felt the ocean, watched the sky
I'm happy on The Other Side
Because I live, I did not die....

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A beloved king~Prince Philip,                     ...

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Athenian Epitaphs II

These are ancient Greek epitaphs for lost family and friends, including dogs and other animals ...

Now his voice is prisoned in the silent...

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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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Luella May Poland

1907-1922

The ocean sings my sad refrain.

Sings as the lapsing afternoon 

Turns to twinkling twililight.

It sings the polyphonic notes and harmonies

Of a life at...

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Grief and joy live within the same section of the soul; without joy there would be no loss. 

As our worlds go from day to...

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. Life to me is a drop of heaven in an ocean of 

hell.

It has taken me 50 years to realize that I need to...

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MARINA OF 270 DAYS
So happy, young and beautiful she was
In her simple pale yellow wedding gown
There before the altar she stood 
Angelic and pure as...

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There on the shore, before the ocean,
I talked with God- devoid of motion
Like windless, cloudy night I stood
Becoming One with ease and solitude.
In lack of...

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My head pounds a massive ache
                   ...

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They may back down
but then he'll continue underground
Exploding and exporting
His ATOMIC means are hanging around

A chip on his shoulder as the winter gets a little...

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"Help," he cried underneath the ground
but we buried him too fast
and the time is past, the sky is ebony,
I can't even touch it with one...

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