Hello wonderful poets, compliment of the season.

Let me take you back to lesson 5, how to write an epitaph.

This poem is dedicated to my late father.

EPITAPH

An epitaph is a brief poem inscribed on a tombstone praising a deceased person, usually with rhyming lines.

Example:

Here lies humble heart daddy
Who died while smiling himself witty.

He held me softly
Thence closes his eyes gently.

He promised to take me see movies
Whence I have pass my worries.

Now that nature shimmer
He ended up six feet under.

Note: An epitaph is short and usually with rhyming lines.

Write yours...

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firestar:
Oreoluwa

She was only seven
Starry eyes bright
Like tinted heaven

Four digits shoved
I remember,
Into that bitty mouth

She stared with wonder
Whilst I gently tugged
Her fingers out

All that energy
While greeting me
Almost knocked my frame over
Down to my knees

Her
Clasping hugging glomps
Her
Signature finger chomps
Her
Wild honey eyes
Her
Childish gummy smiles

Oremi,
Sleep well
My baby...

As your parents mourn
And spirit groans
We’ll all keep you
In our hearts
Even as you depart

May the Almighty
Strengthen us
To be Mighty
Our reunion will be glorious

A poignant, nice written poem. Remember the rules of an epitaph "brief with rhyming lines)".

Merry Christmas to everyone

MINUTE POETRY

The Minute Poem also called Traditional Minute poem is rhyming verse form consisting of 12 lines of 60 syllables written in strict iambic meter. The poem is formatted into 3 stanzas of 8,4,4,4; 8,4,4,4; 8,4,4,4 syllables. The rhyme scheme is as follows: aabb, ccdd, eeff.

Example

I NEED SOMEONE

I need someone to hold me tight
in silence of dark,
Who won’t go ’way
At break of day.

Someone whose love will mend the seams
Of broken dreams,
And give me back
The trust I lack.

For love, it holds the magic key
To set me free,
To heal my soul
And make me whole.


Hello poets, follow the rules and write yours.