War Epitaph Poems
These War Epitaph poems are examples of Epitaph poems about War. These are the best examples of Epitaph War poems written by international poets.
The Mountains of the DeadThe Mountains of the Dead ...
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epitaph, discrimination, history, holocaust, memorial
Zoltan GoliathThis article is about the avant-garde poet, playwright and memoirist. For other uses, see Otis Trench, Brent Scorn, Lydia Fox, C. Günter Marrow, Elzbieta Bienga...
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allegory, character,
Great Uncle Albert An EpitaphFRAGILE FREEDOMS
Lost in France,
Resting
'neath a simple cross,
Just name,nationality and rank;
Giving of life,was his loss.
At home,
A breaking,aching heart;
A sweetheart's pain;
Her emptiness...
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epitaph, tribute, war,
A Dedication To My Father Joseph Lee~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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analogy, celebration, eulogy, father,
Please Don'T Forget MePlease Don’t Forget Me.
.
When I slumber and breathe no more
And the sun no longer shines upon me
My bones laid to rest
Under idle peaceful ground
Within...
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appreciation, blessing, caregiving, cry,
Epitaph For My Father, An EverymanEpitaph for My Father, an Everyman
(Written with John Hughes in mind,
as he will understand)
One night in particular, I...
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christian, father daughter, forgiveness,
Two-BobThe rain was what was remembered most
As it tumbled down on that northern coast
Milne Bay was our base and we stayed
Against the Japanese when they...
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love, remember, war,
ChildlessEpigrams/Epitaphs
Childless
by Michael R. Burch
How can she bear her grief?
Mightier than Atlas, she shoulders the weight
of one fallen star.
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Laughter’s Cry
by Michael R. Burch
Because life is...
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epitaph, child, death, eulogy, funeral,
Hiroshima Poems IHiroshima Poems I
Let Us Be Midwives!
by Hiroshima survivor Sadako Kurihara
loose translation/interpretation by Michael R. Burch
Midnight...
the basement of a shattered building...
atomic bomb survivors sniveling in the...
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epitaph, child, children, eulogy, father,
Epigrams VEpigrams
Autumn Conundrum
by Michael R. Burch
It’s not that every leaf must finally fall,
it’s just that we can never catch them all.
Piercing the Shell
by Michael R. Burch
If...
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epitaph, giggle, humor, humorous, irony,
EpitaphsEpitaph 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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bereavement, death, death of
Epitaph For a SurvivorThe trigger was jammed and he prayed to the gods of war
For another bullet before he would say Farewell to Arms
Now he sits at Times...
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epitaph, remember,
Parmenio TranslationBe ashamed, O mountains and seas: these were men who drew valorous breath.
Assume, like pale chattels, an ashen silence at death.
—Parmenio, translation by Michael...
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war,
Athenian EpitaphsAthenian Epitaphs
Mariner, do not ask whose tomb this may be,
but go with good fortune: I wish you a kinder sea.
—Michael R. Burch, after Plato
Does my...
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epitaph, death, eulogy, funeral, grave,
A Flower AloneIn a muddy flanders field
A lonely flower blooms red
Tears of falling rain for those,
Who were left as dead.
They came as boys ,died as men,
Heroes...
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Categories:
age, parody, soldier, war,