My Graveyard Musings

by NightFlyer   Jan 2, 2010


This spectral world, where few have tread
As Summer days to Autumn pass
In somber shade, reside the dead
The cooling winds, their Requiem Mass.

The names and dates of lifetimes' past
On these stone graves that climb the hill
In cold, damp earth, their bodies cast
As long years pass, in evening's chill.

They calmly sleep in mottled shade
In quiet plots, bereft of joy
Though deep within the ground, they're laid
These chiseled words, time can't destroy.

As night time comes, I'm homeward bound
And slowly pass the granite stones
I hear the night bird's haunting sound
And cold wind's melancholy moans.

Their silent ranks, I'll join someday
Invokes in me a nervous laugh
To think that some may pass this way
And ponder my worn epitaph.

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  • 13 years ago

    by Anthony M

    I liked the theme of this poem and the overall feel with some good word choice. However it did feel a little bit forced in a couple of places in order to fit the rhyme scheme.

    I think that you could improve the flow and readability of this write by going with a one rhyme per stanza scheme or even a free verse form.

    You're good at imagery and I'd like to see what you can do when the rhyming isn't so prominent in a poems construction.

    Don't get me wrong, I did enjoy your write here, especially the last stanza. I just think that you've got even more talent to show us :)

  • 14 years ago

    by NightFlyer

    Hi folks. Thank you for your kind comments, This is a poem I started when I was living in my hometown near Boston earlier this year. Not having much to do (without a car)I took lots of long walks. I spent an afternoon ny myself in a cemetary with lots of 200 year old graves, and the desolateness of the place inspired this write.

  • 14 years ago

    by Cindy

    Randy
    I'm so glad you are posting again. I love reading your verses and this one didn't disappoint. Your words transfer the reader right to the place you are writing about.
    Excellent job!
    ~hugs~
    Cindy

  • 14 years ago

    by Sylvia

    Randy, words that make the reader wonder is anyone will wander through the cemetary and read their epitah and what they will think of it and you. Well done.

  • 14 years ago

    by Courageous Dreamer

    This was so so so good, really gives me chills. Kind of makes me wonder what life is truly life after death. Really nicely done.

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