In My Cemetery Garden
grow her sweet flowers,
so overwhelming, crushing;
I drown in the memory,
from Mom's own garden;
at her stone tomb they flourish,
devastatingly lovely.
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May 6, 2014
Poetry/Sedoka/in my cemetery garden
Copyright Protected, ID 05-564-686-06
All Rights Reserved, 2014, Constance La France
Written for the Standard contest, What's In Your Garden, #3
Sponsor, A Poet Destroyer, Judged 05/2014
Second Place
Copyright © Constance La France | Year Posted 2014
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