Sandra Haight Poet Sonnet

Notes About The Poem

Written, May 27, 2025
For The Contest, “Cemetery”
Sponsor, Constance La France--First Place

The Couplet Sonnet is, as its name implies, a Sonnet made up 
of couplets. It is also referred to as The Clare Sonnet 
after John Clare, English Poet, 1793-1864

 

2025 Poetry Marathon Mile 9 Poetry Contest 
Sponsor, Mark Toney 
Entered, August 20, 2025 ~ NA

Visiting The Old Cemetery

"Etched in stone- names of honored souls-
                    remembering their roles and goals."
                                                 _by Poet

Oh, cemetery- at your rusted gate,
I stand before it for a while and wait
to gather thoughts of those I know are here- 
both family and friends, to me, so dear

beneath the velvet blanket of spring grass,
embraced forever from their earthly pass;
with monuments above etched with a name
and span of life on Earth, we can acclaim.

The cemetery grants me space to think
of my connections- how they interlink
with kin and classmates resting here right now-
and hope they feel I'm missing them somehow.

I walk in slowly, shut the gate behind-
to visit those where I feel love enshrined.

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