Tom Cunningham Poet Verse

Funeral

The heavy rain was unforgiving with an air of forboding on this grey and miserable November day. 
At the cemetery entrance the chapel bell tolled ten times to herald the arrival of the hearse. 
On the bare trees and perched on their skeletal branches were three black ravens watching. 
The black clad mourners and the six pallbearers carrying the ornate casket now made their way to the freshly dug open grave.

Written on 18th February 2020


After googling poe realised the lines were too long 
so not for contest.

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Sara Kendrick January 8, 2024 at 12:17 PM You paint a vivid but dark beginning of a good story in poetic form. Thanks for sharing your talent with us and for dropping by my page. Sara K Tom Cunningham January 8, 2024 at 1:20 PM Thank you very much Sara, I attended 3 in the last three months of 2023 already I'm going to one in a couple of weeks time, as we get older that's all there is. Tom

Paula Goldsmith May 19, 2020 at 3:17 PM Congratulations on your win. Enjoyed it. Funerals are a bad and sad time. Now they are even harder to do. Enjoy your win and day............ Tom Cunningham May 19, 2020 at 5:26 PM Thank you Paula, I was at one the other day and they only allowed ten people to attend. Hope you're well Tom

Andrea Dietrich February 28, 2020 at 8:12 PM aha, I see now your first attempt. You did well this first time. Glad to find this one I had not read yet! Tom Cunningham February 28, 2020 at 8:49 PM Thanks Andrea, I could have wrote more, I was getting In the swing of it lol.

Jennifer Proxenos February 24, 2020 at 10:41 AM Powerful and scary as well as dark, sorry it didn't go into the contest Tom because the poem is excellent. Blessings, Jennifer. Tom Cunningham February 24, 2020 at 2:37 PM Thank you Jennifer, I thought maybe the lines were too long for a poe like verse. Tom

Eve Roper February 23, 2020 at 9:31 AM WoW!!!!! I love the deep dark entry and imagery, Tom. You placed a fear emotion into this verse. Enjoyed reading. Hugs Eve Tom Cunningham February 23, 2020 at 12:59 PM Thank you Eve, my original entry for Charlie's contest but felt it too long. Tom

Kim Rodrigues February 19, 2020 at 1:43 PM Filled with poe-tic imagery! Tom Cunningham February 19, 2020 at 1:59 PM Thank you Kim, all I know about Poe is he is the master of dark.Hope I got it right. Tom

Connie Marcum Wong February 19, 2020 at 12:25 PM I love the idea of the black ravens over looking the burial site Tom. The colors of both birds and mourners denoting the somberness of death. This should do well in the contest! xxoo Tom Cunningham February 19, 2020 at 12:30 PM Thank you very much Connie, Not 100% familiar with Poe although I know he wrote deep and dark poems and that's the image I was aiming for. Tom

Jenish Somadas February 19, 2020 at 10:05 AM Black ravens watching..You create a wonderful imagery dear Poet.. Good luck in the contest.. Tom Cunningham February 19, 2020 at 10:38 AM Thank you Jenish they certainly create that gloomy image. Tom

Sandra Adams February 19, 2020 at 9:57 AM ravens and death go well together...I have to google poe's poetry, haven't read him since high school.... good contender for the contest I think... hugs Sandra Adams February 19, 2020 at 11:36 AM I have had a couple pieces referred to as poe like before...never knew much about his writing either...I am seeing he wrote a lot of dark so I can see me being similar in dark thoughts... Tom Cunningham February 19, 2020 at 10:34 AM Thank you Sandra, I had to Google him too, although I'd heard of him I didn't know much about the man. Had quite a turbulent life. Tom

Robert L. Hinshaw February 19, 2020 at 9:32 AM Funerals are sad occasions and gloomy weather adds to the gloom. Great write Tom and certainly a candidate for high honors in the contest. Glad you enjoyed Cletus O'Toole's latest misadventure and thanks for your continued support and encouragement - Bob Tom Cunningham February 19, 2020 at 10:16 AM Thank you very much Bob, I'm happy you liked it. Hope you're well. Tom

Sanjay Karmakar February 19, 2020 at 5:46 AM Depiction of funeral is accurately painted along with revens on skeletal branches of tree. Great. Wishing all the best, dear poet. Tom Cunningham February 19, 2020 at 5:53 AM Thank you very much Sanjay. Regards. Tom

Panagiota Romios February 19, 2020 at 3:20 AM Really reminds me of the grimness of funerals I attended. Chicago was big on them.... Those caskets! Great versr, Tom PRxx Tom Cunningham February 19, 2020 at 4:05 AM Thanks Panagiota, glad you saw the grimness in it, that's what I was trying to do. Tom

Line Gauthier February 18, 2020 at 8:42 PM Wow, heavy and awesome. Fabulous response to the Poe challenge. Tom Cunningham February 19, 2020 at 3:01 AM Thank you Line, hope its what he's looking for. Tom

Gary Smith February 18, 2020 at 6:56 PM Excellent imagery Tom, best of luck. :) Tom Cunningham February 19, 2020 at 3:00 AM Thanks very much Gary. Tom

Joseph May February 18, 2020 at 4:51 PM A somber scene described well Tom, GL in the contest.. Tom Cunningham February 18, 2020 at 6:45 PM Thank you very much Joseph. Tom

Vijay Pandit February 18, 2020 at 3:14 PM You painted the environment grey..apt for a funeral--bell tolling..black ravens. So well done, Tom--your poem evokes the final sights and sounds! All the best. Tom Cunningham February 18, 2020 at 3:25 PM Thank you very much Vijay, could have done with more lines, found it a struggle trying to fit the scene Into four lines. Tom

Jan Allison February 18, 2020 at 2:25 PM so descriptive Tom... am hoping i don't have to attend any funerals as I went through a bad time at the end of 2019 with 4 in 4 weeks:-( hugs Jan xx Tom Cunningham February 18, 2020 at 2:37 PM Thanks Jan, when we're younger it's weddings and christenings but as we get older it's funerals galore. Tom

Timothy Mcguire February 18, 2020 at 1:56 PM Well written Tom, it always seems the weather is terrible during funerals Tom Cunningham February 18, 2020 at 2:00 PM Thanks Timothy, so very true. Tom

Anne-Lise Andresen February 18, 2020 at 1:33 PM - A gray to gloomy funeral, Tom - Best wishes in the contest :) - hugs // Anne-Lise :) Tom Cunningham February 18, 2020 at 1:59 PM Thanks Anne, we always have that gloomy image of funerals. Tom