Do not carve on stone or wood,
"He was honest" or "He was good."
Write in smoke on a passing breeze
Seven words… and the words are these,
Telling all that a volume could,
"He lived, he laughed and… he understood."
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This is wonderful. Nothing fancy at all, "He" was simply a human being who lived.
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Mmm...words like these never go astray in the hearts of those who pause to read them.
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Fantastic
This is wonderful,so many graves I know that
this could be written on I love 'It' -
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Finnally my search is over.
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I read a book of his poetry when I was in High School. I was so impressed with how he could get such meaning in short verses. Now that I have been searching for his books, no one has them. The main library only has one. I will bookmark this page and if anyone knows how to find some of his book from the 30's and 40's, please post it.
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Someone suggested I read this after they read my poem "Idle Epitaph" posted on All Poetry. I'm really glad they did, I like it very much. The idea that you can capture a persons life in such few words and they could apply in a very personal way to that person, but they could also apply, in an equally personal way to many many others.
I like the idea that an epitaph would be "written in smoke on a passing breeze" - something that would become part of the world around you, rather than being fixed to a point.
Excellent simplicity.
LB
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This is one of my favorite writes by Blanding. It was simple and creative. I loved the way how it was so simple.
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