Song Epitaph Poems

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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For Memorial Day, 2023...


Rest now
The wind knows your name
It is heard in the song it sings to the stars
Now you can rest
And rest assured that...

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Threads connect us to things in the past
A song a happening or person we think would last
Where were you when it happened then
Is stamped to...

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Pipe me a tune I can dance to
Or play a lament, as of old.
And pipe you a song
Serenely and strong
For then, I will pay you...

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Groovy Goodbye

Monkee, Michael Nesmith, known as the serious of the four in the band
Performed as guitarist/singer and toured with Micky Dolenz last month.
He wrote the...

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If I cannot fly, let me sing
he who wrote almighty music 
writes now in a place of nothing 
or somewhere else the theater picks 

1/24/2022...

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Born in ‘42, he started singing in the 60’s when we learned his name.

“Raindrops keep Falling on My Head” is the song that brought him...

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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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A beloved king~Prince Philip,                     ...

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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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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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PLATO EPIGRAM TRANSLATIONS

These epitaphs and other epigrams have been ascribed to Plato...

Mariner, do not ask whose tomb this may be,
But go with good fortune: I...

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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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*Image of Mom Playing the Organ by My Family Pics.

Songstress Sings Songs

The Doxology chorus though widely sung owns a verse that 
accompanies, although, beyond seasons...

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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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