An epitaph is a statement, sometimes a poem, for a deceased
person. It is sometimes written by the person to be used on his/her
gravestone, and sometimes put on gravestones by others in the voice
of the deceased. My Grave this is the last of her
there'll never be a cure
now she will be eaten by worms and bugs
she loved laughter and hugs
she really loved music
but she will always be basic
now her family will cry
while their faces turn dry
she always loved snow
like she always wear bows
she never loved the cold
but she always liked gold
but don't stand and weep
for it will make her true self deep
she will always be in your mind
because she will be easy to find
then you put r.i.p and put your name
what you can do is try to be creative and make your poems into
shapes like a cross i usually did that but i didnt have time to
make the cross
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An epitaph is a commemoration (most commonly in the form of a song
or poem) of a deceased person.
Epitaph poems came into being as short apt poems fit to be
inscribed on tomb stones on burial sites. Collecting the epitaph
poems scattered everywhere on granite slabs and tombs became an
independent branch of literature. Not all epitaphs are severe,
serious and grave. Many have been quite witty, which perfectly
described the interesting character buried there. Gradually epitaph
poems came to be written as literature, and not for the sole
purpose of inscription on tombstones. Dr. Samuel Johnson wrote:
Here lies good master duck,
Whom Samuel Johnson trode on.
W. C. Fields, the great comedian and actor, is said to have
placed the following, or something close to it, on his tombstone.
It is an apocryphal story; this brilliant epitaph (he made
countless jokes involving Philadelphia during his career) does not
appear on his stone.
On the whole,
I'd rather be in Philadelphia