Moses Never Reached the Promised Land
An epitaph for Martin Luther King, Jr.’s Birthday about the usefulness of an unrealizable dream. © by Nicholas Gordon. Video and Audio Music: Wandering Soul. By Asher Fulero. Music free to use at YouTube.
Movements Are like Waves upon the Shore
A political epitaph for Martin Luther King, Jr.’s Birthday comparing political movements to ceaseless waves. © by Nicholas Gordon. Video and Audio Music: Walking in the Sky. By Nico Staf. Music free to use at YouTube.
Greatness Was Effect Far More than Cause
An epitaph for George Washington’s Birthday about taking up the burden of leadership. © by Nicholas Gordon. Video Music: Vanity Reprise. By Text Me Records/Leviathe. Music free to use at YouTube.
Shadows Haunted Me
An epitaph for an elderly woman unable clearly to distinguish between reality and memory. © by Nicholas Gordon. Video and Audio Music: Allégro. By Emmit Fenn. Music free to use at YouTube.
Heritage Is the Music of Life's Dance
An epitaph for a Hispanic artist who both preserved and was inspired by his cultural heritage: Heritage is the music of life's dance, Uniting generations in shared grace, Gift of centuries of celebrants, One that without care time will efface. My life's
So Few Realize What Life Is About
An epitaph and name poem for someone who savored an ordinary life: So few realize what life is about. If I knew nothing else, I knew warmth, pleasure, Despite everything, I knew love. People look for what they can measure: A degree, money, children the
Death Came to Me While I Was at a Meeting
An epitaph for a social activist. © by Nicholas Gordon Audio and Video Music: Elegy. By Asher Fulero. Music free to use at YouTube. To see this poem on my site, go to https://www.poemsforfree.com/death2.html. For more epitaphs, go to https://www.poemsf