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Graveyard Stroll

A stretch of land, where bodies rest A gentleman pays his respects With a heavy heart and much to confess A golden pin upon his breast The wicked winter is fading, fast The blanket of snow, now a sheet of slush He loses his breath from a chill of the past A thick and heavy hush He cups his hands atop his mouth Thawing them with his breath He hears desperate cries out loud But surrounds him, is only death He has so many stories to tell And knows more than he should But until he joins them all, in Hell He'll speak of only good

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Date: 12/30/2017 9:56:00 PM
that last stanza belies the fact that "dead men tell no tales"...An interesting shift at the end....nicely done Anna
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Date: 12/25/2017 4:59:00 PM
This is exquisite, Anna, and touches on many levels ... my first true love (in prep school) showed me what a peaceful refuge a graveyard can, as she would often do homework there or read, and I picked the habit up as well. Over the years I have seen many such fascinating moments - moments that made my mind spin, trying to guess the stories behind what I observed - but only recently started writing about them. This is a beautiful, with superb phrasing and rhyme ... thank you for sharing.
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