Like this idea: here's one by a celebrity, albeit of extreme vintage,
reputedly composed on his deathbed -
Publius Aelius Hadrianus
(AD 76 - AD 138)
Emperor of Rome AD 117 - 138
Animula vagula blandula
hospes comesque corporis,
quae hunc abibis in loca,
pallida, rigida, nudula,
nec, ut soles, dabis iocos?
Little Soul
Little soul little stray
little drifter
now where will you stay
all pale and all alone
after the way
you used to make fun of things
Translated by W.S. Merwin
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David Bircumshaw
Website and A Chide's Alphabet http://homepage.ntlworld.com/david.bircumshaw/
The Animal Subsides http://www.arrowheadpress.co.uk/books/animal.html
Leicester Poetry Society: http://www.poetryleicester.co.uk
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