by a mossy grave spattered with rain and snowdrops pulling winter weeds Kim M. Russell, 2017 Image found on Pinterest My response to Carpe Diem Summer Retreat 2017 (unconditional) love For this year’s Summer Retreat, Chèvrefeuille has chosen the theme ‘(unconditonal) love’. The retreat will last for a period of 30 days and the goal […]
Tag: Grave
This was inspired by one of the photos I took on my walk the other week
Final Resting Place Colourful colonies of lichen Abundant tiny beads Grow peacefully A quiet living crust Covers cold stone On a cold grave Obliterating names and dates Mummifying memories Celebrating death and decay
I saw this when I went for a walk to the local church this week
Alice’s Grave A rusted cross of curlicues Among lichen-covered stones: I know your final resting place, The housing of your bones, Your name, Alice. I know the date when you were born And when you died – no trace Of husband or children left to mourn. Who were you, Alice? Who did you love and […]
This photograph makes me wonder who was buried in the grave
This post was linked on 14th June 2016 as a response to dVerse Poets Pub Chisel me a conversation Sleeping Angel The daily dirge of traffic Beyond the walls of marble town Cannot wake the frozen angel From her eternal sleep Her skin of stone Scattered with the detritus of life Leaf twig dust Is cold to […]
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