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JerryPat2 Member Laureate
since 2011-02-06
Posts 16975South Louisiana 
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 There is an old graveyard about a block from where I live. One day I was walking around its perimeter and spotted an very old grave marker. They bury folks on top of the ground in mausoleums, but this one grave was in the ground in this part of the south. The tombstone had her name and I could barely make out the dates but finally did. She died in 1864. The grave so fascinated me I just had to write about it, and this is the result . . . Sun-dappled grave stone stands alone, Grass does not grow around that stone. It's kept apart from other graves. One lone marker. Wait! Is that a moan? Some say the fever took the lass, And other's point to her disgrace, And some make the sign when they pass, The young girl's restless, resting place. Secrets are kept about this one, Spanish moss, mint juleps of old, Family mystery, the girl was shunned, Rumors persist and stories told. Midnight hush-hush in the old south, The girl's drunkard kin; will he tell? Cotton plantations, hush yo mouf, What has she done; this southern belle? ~*~ What does a clock do when it's hungry? It goes back four seconds. ~*~ [This message has been edited by JerryPat2 (06-08-2013 09:49 PM).] |
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katahdin Senior Member
since 2010-07-01
Posts 1196ME. In the Shadow of the Mt. |
Wonderful story poem. Did you find out any real history about the woman? Kat >^..^< |
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Margherita Member Seraphic
since 2003-02-08
Posts 22236Eternity |
It's nice that you "got in touch" with Nancy and by so doing honored her memory, Jerry. It's true we wonder about those stories of long ago that hide in the fog of decades and centuries. Beautifully done. Margherita "Love is the One who masters all things; |
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Lady Goodman Member
since 2012-10-04
Posts 193 |
Loved, loved, loved this one. |
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JerryPat2 Member Laureate
since 2011-02-06
Posts 16975South Louisiana |
No, I didn't find out any history about her, Kat, I talk to the minister, priest or whatever they call themselves (Episcopalian), but he couldn't shed any light on it. Thanks for your interest. ~*~ What does a clock do when it's hungry? It goes back four seconds. ~*~ |
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JerryPat2 Member Laureate
since 2011-02-06
Posts 16975South Louisiana |
Appreciate your thoughts about Nancy, Margherita, and I agree with you I feel I at least made her out to be something special. ~*~ What does a clock do when it's hungry? It goes back four seconds. ~*~ |
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JerryPat2 Member Laureate
since 2011-02-06
Posts 16975South Louisiana |
Thanks, Lady Goodman, I'm happy you approved of the poem. ~*~ What does a clock do when it's hungry? It goes back four seconds. ~*~ |
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Lori Grosser Rhoden Member Patricius
since 2009-10-10
Posts 10202Fair to middlin' of nowhere |
You start out like you are taking us on a ghost adventure and end up pulling on our heart strings... I like the way one never really knows where they'll end up with your poems. Lori : ) |
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JerryPat2 Member Laureate
since 2011-02-06
Posts 16975South Louisiana |
Ah . . . Lori, and you know just exactly what to say when you comment on my poems . . . Always . . . ~*~ What does a clock do when it's hungry? It goes back four seconds. ~*~ |
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JamesMichael Member Empyrean
since 1999-11-16
Posts 33336Kapolei, Hawaii, USA |
Fine writing...reminded me of some old gravestone me and my brothers as young boys came upon in the woods deep behind our house in Florida grown over with trees and brush and barely visable...James |
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JerryPat2 Member Laureate
since 2011-02-06
Posts 16975South Louisiana |
Yeah, there is something about the old graves, weather-beaten and hardly discernible. Thanks James for stopping by. ~*~ What does a clock do when it's hungry? It goes back four seconds. ~*~ |
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Gale Senior Member
since 2013-06-10
Posts 578Russia |
An interesting story! Did you read when she was born? I'm curious about her age. |
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JerryPat2 Member Laureate
since 2011-02-06
Posts 16975South Louisiana |
No, Gale, when he was born wasn't on her marker, just when she died. Thanks for your interest. ~*~ If they give you lined paper, write sideways. ~*~ |
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