Friday, July 13, 2012

Carved in Stone



WE WRITE POEMS
We've been asked to write our own epitaph but it's hard to take  an epitaph seriously because, obviously, it is never going to be needed!

CARVED IN STONE

WISHING IT COULD LAST FOREVER,
COULDN'T MAKE IT SO.
I CAME, I SAW, I LAUGHED A LOT
AND THEN I HAD TO GO.
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 YOUR DADDY!

Harry wasn't yet quite three
When he was over in Fiji.
He loved to dance, he loved to sing;
The feet could stamp; the arms could swing.
What a pity he wont recall
How he traveled there and had a ball!
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9 comments:

  1. ireneJuly 18, 2012 at 8:02 PM

    Simple and true ...I came I saw I love..then I had to die...

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  2. HannahJuly 18, 2012 at 10:04 PM

    "Laughing," that is so key!! Well said, Rinkly!! :)'s

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  3. JulesJuly 18, 2012 at 10:56 PM

    Love to laugh!

    I went with a tad more detail:
    http://julesgemsandstuff.blogspot.com/2012/07/we-write-poems-114-engraved.html

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  4. nanJuly 19, 2012 at 12:05 AM

    I absolutely love your epitaph! Keep it light, Rinkly!

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  5. Wayne PitchkoJuly 19, 2012 at 2:33 PM

    carved nicely with a smile...thanks for sharing your words

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  6. vivinfranceJuly 19, 2012 at 3:45 PM

    It suits you. Harry will probably remember a lot more than you think. But it made a cute poem.

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  7. neil reidJuly 19, 2012 at 4:05 PM

    Thanks for playing along! I suspect that ending might be as fine a gift as beginning is. Forever, that just seems so big! (And I'm only "this much" tall.)

    neil

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  8. Sharp Little PencilJuly 20, 2012 at 6:54 PM

    Loved the epitaph. I could not settle on one, so there's a pick and choose list! Yours was so funny, succinct, and rockin' the prompt. Amy
    hdwoonie23@gmail.com

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  9. Sharp Little PencilJuly 22, 2012 at 8:25 AM

    Oops, that's someone else's address. Meant to leave a link!
    http://sharplittlepencil.com/2012/07/20/how-i-left-it-epitaph-for-we-write-poems/

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