EPITAPH 5 (Wealth!)
By E. J. T. BRADLEY
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When Young And Strong
His Legs Could Spring.
"Health!" To Thee, He’d Sing.
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When Old And Frail
He’d Plead - Not Sing
"Wealth! Where Was Thy Sting?"
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Epitaph 5 (Wealth!)
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This Epitaph posting is intended to be funny, humorous and ironic. A wasted life? You decide. Enjoy. View table of contents...
Submitted: Sep 9, 2008 Reads: 395 Comments: 37 Likes: 19
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Love it!
Posted: Sep 9, 2008
Cool, and ain't that last question a bitch, lol. I've stuck my hand in beehive after beehive and yet to feel that sting. Bees where all around my head. Wealth? I must be a dog gone bee charmer.
Posted: Sep 9, 2008
Ah yes Ed - brilliant, entertaining and thought provoking as usual. Extremely ironic because so many of us have our priorities all wrong but realise it way too late! (nought we can do about the advance of old age though!)
Posted: Sep 9, 2008
I think you are a very wonderful Writer and hope we can connect againthank you for being a fan of me I look forward in talking.
Posted: Sep 11, 2008
Sorry it's taken me so long to get around to your latest work Edward.
Very good two-verse piece, and I can relate to the change in its emphasis as I approach the next milestone in my life - 60 years of age! (But not for four years yet...)
Your poetry, unlike much that I see nowadays, uses words and phrases that actually MEAN something to the man-in-the-street.
I need stuff that does not required a dictionary or thesaurus to render it sensible.
Thanks
Phil
Posted: Sep 12, 2008
What are you trying to do to me Ed? This thinking thing
is really getting to me. Seriously though this is very
interesting and does make one ask a lot of questions.
This poem forces the reader to ask simple questions but
there are no simple or easy answers. I like this one
very much. Simple yet complicated. You have the ability to do this with everything you write leaving
your readers digging for new ideas and thoughts. What
a remarkable skill. I'm doing much better with the
mechanics of Booksie and your tip on how to edit helped bring everything together. If you happen to look in on my page please tell me if I'm dotting the I's and
crossing the T's or what might make the presentation
a little better. Kindest Regards (Brenda) Manyfacets.
Posted: Sep 14, 2008
i like this . great poem. i have an essay about cinderalla and beauty and the beast relvance to modern society
Posted: Sep 26, 2008
Ah yes, the depict of lives once young and now and how things we thought mattered once, are now not more!
great one!
Posted: Sep 27, 2008
Few words but says so much well written and thought provoking.
Posted: Sep 27, 2008
Simple and to the point. I really like it.
Posted: Sep 27, 2008
Anastasia Starlena
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Really great poem. I liked it alot.
Posted: Oct 2, 2008
I liked it a lot. It screams WAKE UP CALL! It may be terse but it is short and sweet(pun not intended). I thought it was really good. I have to admit that sometimes we think more about things we don't care for rather than things we do and then we end up with nothing; whether we end up with riches or poverty, whether we end up with short life or long life, it's how we lived that time span and what we accomplished.
Posted: Oct 4, 2008
I like this poem and it reminded me of a saying of my mums 'your health's your wealth'
It is very short but says quite a lot (i think anyway)
Posted: Oct 7, 2008
The beauty of which is least said,
your soul to keep is very well read.
Posted: Oct 7, 2008
I don't know how you do this. Its like reading a strong poem, then at the end there's a sharp turn of something funny. I also like that its short, because sometimes that is how we think - short and quick.
Posted: Oct 8, 2008
Blacklust
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In such short words you have captured a universal message: Health is wealth.
Wonderful.
Keep writing Edward.
-Blacklust
Posted: Oct 14, 2008
Mature and thought invoking. Great job!
Posted: Oct 14, 2008
great poem bradley good stuff
Posted: Oct 15, 2008
haha, i like it a lot. there's a lot of truth to the poem. great work. Happy writings.
Posted: Oct 19, 2008
Good one, goes to show money aint gonna buy you health...
Posted: Oct 22, 2008
Thank you , nicely written.
Posted: Oct 27, 2008
I love short, light-hearted poems like this. It could almost be written by John Betjeman. Lovely.
Posted: Oct 28, 2008
I hope that this isn't a promise. I liked it, thanks. Scott
Posted: Nov 3, 2008
Got a real giggle out of this.
Posted: Nov 17, 2008
very well written. good job.
Posted: Nov 20, 2008
Very well written, I enjoyed it's simplicity, yet at the same time, the pure complexity of it's hidden truths.
Bella
Posted: Nov 30, 2008
Old age stops for none. not even fabled wealth. = )
Posted: Dec 2, 2008
Had a smile when having read this. Full of truth. We have our priorities wrong most of us anyway.
A line there reminded me of Shapespeare's : Oh death where is thy sting. (think it was shakespeare lol)
Excellent post. I liked, voted too
miles of smiles and wishing you a fun filled inspirational Holiday season
Vee
Posted: Dec 13, 2008
I really like this poem,it's so good.Thanks for reading my short story,i think you are a good writer,i'll come here to read your other articles,bye for now.
Posted: Dec 14, 2008
Hey Ed, I don't know why I keep saying this--but Less is More.. I really liked this, I mean really... :)
Posted: Dec 15, 2008
This one really hit home .. i spent the whole year trying to make it in the corporate world and lost out on so many things with my family. Sadly i even forgot my own writing ... "The Race" . typical human behaviour ... Great poem!
Posted: Dec 18, 2008
I love it! I's simple, but effective!
Posted: Dec 18, 2008
Happy weekend!
Posted: Dec 19, 2008
I loved this poem, short and sweet but speaks volumes.
It's so full of truth.
Brilliant work.
Merry Christmas
Anna Elizabeth
Posted: Dec 22, 2008
I just read "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button" for the first time. I plan on seeing the movie later today. If the film is anything like the story, this poem should precede it. Brilliant!
Posted: Dec 25, 2008
Nice poem short and sweet and so true the words are. Peace Love Harmony and God Bless. nos
Posted: Dec 25, 2008
Short and sweet, but catchy, I like it ! :)
Posted: Dec 28, 2008
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