In a Welland, Ontario cemetery:
Here lies all that remains of Charlotte,
Born a virgin, died a harlot.
For sixteen years she kept her virginity,
A marvellous thing for this vicinity.
Here’s another one:
Here lies Lester Moore.
Four slugs from a forty-four.
No Les
No More.
And another, which makes one pause:
Here lies the body of John Round.
Lost at sea and never found.
Here’s another good one.
And here’s mine:
Here lies Higham, he outlived most;
Never had time, always burnt his toast.
As his friends passed away, still he pressed on
Until one day, he too was gone.
If you can write your light-hearted entry, you could be in the running for a day’s trip, for one, to your choice of destination – Basra, Grozny, Mogadishu or anywhere you’d care to choose, in the Sudan.
Here lies all that remains of Charlotte,
Born a virgin, died a harlot.
For sixteen years she kept her virginity,
A marvellous thing for this vicinity.
Here’s another one:
Here lies Lester Moore.
Four slugs from a forty-four.
No Les
No More.
And another, which makes one pause:
Here lies the body of John Round.
Lost at sea and never found.
Here’s another good one.
And here’s mine:
Here lies Higham, he outlived most;
Never had time, always burnt his toast.
As his friends passed away, still he pressed on
Until one day, he too was gone.
If you can write your light-hearted entry, you could be in the running for a day’s trip, for one, to your choice of destination – Basra, Grozny, Mogadishu or anywhere you’d care to choose, in the Sudan.
I'm not feeling my most creative right now, exhausted after my challenging clarinet lesson, but here goes:
ReplyDeleteHere lies Ellee Seymour,
Devoted mother of two,
Who blogged till her family protested: "No More",
And then she had nothing to do.
She missed BlogPower, her cyberspace friends,
Such as N.O., W.L. and Tom Paine,
They stayed loyal and true until the end,
She hopes they will meet again....
Sorry I could not mention all my blogging pals.
Top effort, m'lady.
ReplyDeleteLike Ellee I'm not creative but here is a go
ReplyDeleteThis tombstone bears for all to see
The bones of unlamented Gracchi
A blogger he tried to be true and just
But now his words have turned to cyber dust
He had fewer opinions than he had friends
He was never as popular as Iain Dale
But to all Blogpowerers and mates he sends
Best wishes from heaven, via angelic mail
Hope that suffices- its the best I can do at the moment.
Graachi, don't worry, just be yourself,
ReplyDeleteContinue to be true and clever,
Those at the top make enemies too,
Whereas you will be happy for ever.
Cheers Ellee
ReplyDeleteThis is a late [no pun] response, James, as I was waiting for divine inspiration, which was not forthcoming. So I had a gin and tonic inspiration instead at lunchtime:
ReplyDeleteShe loved her dog
and g and t
They're all agog
in Sicily.