Summer Epitaph Poems

A beloved king~Prince Philip,                     ...

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Spring of lotus births
Summer of forest flowers
Fall of colored warriors
Winter of lamentations
Seasons of tragic dance...

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Farewell, au revoir, arrivederci, auf wiedersehen
to the world that never cared to know my name
To the cerulean seas I've never seen
in which I never swam...

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Edna Purcell
1912-1930

Dying a virgin was the least of my regrets.
Dying a chaste woman at 18 seemed a moot point.
I remember watching my momma die.
It was...

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Seth S. Gidley

1832-1916

I will never forget the rain that winter,
And the landslide that still stains my grave.
An evil cursed wind it was, 
Lacerating the drenched...

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I still feel you in the summer meadows 
we walked
and in thoughts that shape 
prayers without words. 

I watched you 
staggering, panting, 
exulting. 
You shone...

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THE RIVER OF NO RETURN
The Rue St. Germain is alone and still   
though cool is the night with a summer chill
the fog from...

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Bernice May

1899-1918

Emma and me in 1916,

Spent many a summer Monday morning,

Over there, across Citrus Road,

In old decrepit Clark Cemetery,

Prancing and picnicking amidst 

The majestic stone...

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Anna Pearl Longman

1900-1916

Dewey Hicks truly loved me.

Loved me as Mark loved Cleo,

Loved me as Pyramus loved Thisbe.

We took many a determined stroll,

With hands entangled delightedly,

Down...

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Frank Lane

1877-1913

RS was my best friend,

A friend ever to the end.

Together we footed and mounted 

The pliant limbs of the Hybrid Tree

On County Road,

And wetfully...

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Elton Porter

1907-1924

(An Ode to Luella and John)

My best friend John Molina, and I

Spent many a carefree afternoon on bareback,

Astride the furious gallups

Of our sure-footed steeds;

Barefooted...

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Georgia Brown

1898-1914

We were the deathless dream dancers

The crazy girls with secrets and surprises!

Me and Nellie and Trudy and Olive.

We waited monthly for the full midnight...

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David Morris

1840-1914

I was indeed a rich man!

A lucky man, a family man,

A man firmly ensconced in the faith

Of the Nazarene.

It is written my friends

That to...

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Poem 4

Olive Rabedew

1895-1911

Trudy and I both knew

Both knew and experienced

The voracious vertigo of secret love.

Homework was done together

In the soft lamplight 

Of crisp autumn nights.

Plaid...

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Don't wait for me! I’m flying breathlessly to find
The days I spent in search of summer skies
Or lying stung by fate and hopelessly resigned
To dire...

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