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Tag: cemetery

“Rows” by Stephen Kingsnorth
Poetry

“Rows” by Stephen Kingsnorth

November 22, 2021November 21, 20211

A strange condition for a rowamongst the headstone rows that flankthe hill side cemetery,that hangs and flows,marble chips and chips off marble, chip paper,scree of …

“Untitled” by Simon Perchik
Poetry

“Untitled” by Simon Perchik

December 28, 2020December 21, 20200

Even without a caress its petals wait, try more red than usual then sweets, sent along with the scent from the latest hillside till one …

“The Next One Who Dies Had Better Be Living” by John Grey
Poetry

“The Next One Who Dies Had Better Be Living” by John Grey

April 6, 2020September 2, 20200

Kill the funeral please.Mow down the mourners.Assassinate the coffin. Hey. pallbearers,hands up. don’t move.And preacher man…none of your phony speeches…heaven’s what I say it is. …

“The Outcast Dead” by Ken Allan Dronsfield
Poetry

“The Outcast Dead” by Ken Allan Dronsfield

October 21, 2019September 2, 20200

“In the dead and dark of night,/
upon a haunted gorge they rise.” #metaworkermonday

“Ash Lee” by Robin Wyatt Dunn
Fiction

“Ash Lee” by Robin Wyatt Dunn

October 29, 2018February 13, 20221

Come with me, it won’t be far; we have all night, and the seasons with it, in your heart:  I’m dying. I’ll tell you about …

“The Watcher” by Jenna Crosier
Fiction

“The Watcher” by Jenna Crosier

May 1, 2017March 23, 20240

Every year, from the first I was assigned to the graveyard, I would watch the headstones from my place upon the highest pine tree. My …

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