Friday, July 29, 2016

Tombstones Are Greedy Comments

Rating: 4.7

I didn't know that
tombstones are greedy.
I came to talk to you,
and they all looked at me,
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Sarah Mkhonza
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Laurie Van Der Hart 27 March 2017

Hello Sarah! I just stumbled upon a comment you once made on a poem of mine. So I read this one of yours - very novel idea idea about tomstones being greedy. Good one! Yes, the grave is insatiable. Funny, I just wrote a poem on a similar theme: Sitting on the wall between life and death.

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Chinedu Dike 09 January 2017

An insightful piece of poetry that portrays the uneasiness around cemeteries, well articulated and elegantly penned with conviction. Thanks for sharing.

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Geetha Jayakumar 19 December 2016

Interesting write. Concluded with beautiful lines. Many lay in graveyard with unfulfilled dreams may be the time was less or didn't give priority to their dreams. Loved it.

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Mj Lemon 06 December 2016

That last stanza is amazing....the image of those gone, perhaps following the living, seeking that fulfillment they have been without...

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Spock The Vegan 03 December 2016

What an interesting poem about a visit to the graveyard. I hope you didn't go at night.

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Saint Cynosure 13 November 2016

I've been Reding you tonight and have been very pleased by your work... I love this one.

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Zwelethu Siwaphiwe Shweni 19 October 2016

Oh my God! I noted the last 4 lines of the first stanza - I am frightened. Thanks for sharing Mam.

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Dev Anand 03 August 2016

they lived and died unfulfilled......... let my life be not like that......... that was my thought after reading my poem,

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