The other day, in conversation with roommates, the topic of favorite poems came up. My roommate, Hillary, pulled up the following picture as her favorite poem:
She then proceeded to share her experience of visiting Hemingway's grave every fall and how perfectly the poem encapsulated.
I love this idea of poetic epitaphs. One of my favorite's is the words upon Keat's grave.
In searching poetic gravestones, I was delighted to stumble upon the website, Poets' Graves. Call me a nut job, but I think a roadtrip of famous cemetery's and grave sites would be awesome.
Have any favorite epitaphs to share?
3 comments:
I told you I was ill.
- Spike Milligan
Not the most poetic one of all time for sure but I think it's really fun :)
otherwise I really dig V.Woolf's
Against you I will fling myself unvanquished and unyielding, o death!
Nice thought !
I love that Ernest Hemingway poem too, what an incredible way with language he had!
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