Son Epitaph Poems

Who does more for me?
 to receive He do more for me,
 and I believe;
I can't deny He loves me so
 I'm His Beloved Son...

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Mother Mary, on your birthday,
will you please intervene--

Bring my prayers to your Son:
God save the queen



[September 8, 2022]...

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Alas here I lie cold and dead
a corpse in my living stead.
Dear Wife, only God and you I say
ever took my breath away!

Do not my...

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Born the son of a digger in country SA
A tough childhood leaving home at 16 to find his way
His course was set early on 
When...

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We all fit where God has chosen and yet we believe it’s us who have coveted

That we do the desiring, selling tickets to your mother...

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These are my modern English translations of sonnets by the French poet Stephane Mallarme.

The Tomb of Edgar Poe
by Stéphane Mallarmé
loose translation/interpretation by Michael R. Burch

Transformed...

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This article is about the underground lyricist and outlaw musician. For other uses, see Zoltan Goliath, Brent Scorn, Lydia Fox, C. Günter Marrow, Elzbieta Bienga...

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My Baby:
Don't be too quiet, yet don't be too shrill,
Don't be too restless, but neither too still,
Please grow up hardy, yet soft to the touch,
Not...

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Final Lullaby
by Michael R. Burch

for my mother, Christine Ena Burch

Sleep peacefully—for now your suffering’s over.

Sleep peacefully—immune to all distress,
like pebbles unaware of raging waves.

Sleep peacefully—like...

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~Here doesn't lies a physical man for his spirit has risen and left the land the casket contains his flesh and Bones but his Spirit...

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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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If I died today March 2nd, 2020...?

No matter unfulfilled dreams never came true,
nevertheless yours truly doth gladly bid adieu,
where repurposed afterlife (mine) atomic brew
reconfigured, reconstituted,...

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As I get closer to turning seventy, I'm now looking closer at my longevity.
The 'twilight years" are quickly approaching, my parts, now old are boldly...

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Aunt Rita



My darling aunt words can not express
how much I loved you, the sun is gone
the moon no longer lits my world.
All life has paled...

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In here, you will find our OPD,
He didn't know the word 'doctrine'.





This is meant to be humorous. I'm not very good at epitaphs, but I...

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