There is a place,
in timeless space,
where the dead do reign -
held captive by ethereal chain.
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This is incredibly well-crafted, smooth rhymes, strong images, and more than a little spooky. Very strong writing.
walt - Very forboding with ominous overtones. It's too bad though we can rectify our sins of the past in this world, instead of the next. You might enjoy reading Willie James Kings 'Old Cahawba'. Great write - Cheryl
As a writer of a scribble called the Hanging Tree (uprooted and in for repairs beyond my rehab skills) , the title caught my imagination, and I was gripped much more by the atmosphere you generate - one befitting the monstrous theme. A powerful and brave work which merits further attention. jim
a wonderful comparative reflection of some past culture of punishment and of what would happen on judgment day..so deeply expressed and extraordinarily rich in substance..great work.
dark and a hint of gothic to it, hmm gotta love it