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Saturday, March 23, 2013

One Single Impression: Moment

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We Lived

Lived for the moment
Rabbits keep paths by our graves
Who will remember?



Some historians have marked
Famous or infamous we

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© 2013 Jimmiehov
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Jim (me) furnished us with this week's prompt, moment
Find more poems using the "Clandestine" prompt word at One Single Impression.
Also shared and listed with Real Toads Open Link Monday

 
Note:  The above marker at St John's Church Cemetery is "to the grave
 of John Sell Cotman" (16 May 1782 – 24 July 1842), British Artist (link)

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21 comments:

  1. I really love the beauty you have found in this old graveyard
    Blessings

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  2. Beautifully described ... moments should be lived !!!

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  3. Isn't this the truth. I doubt there will be a rabbit path by my resting place. I have battled so to keep them out of my garden they will not care a mote to pass by when I am gone.

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  4. this is lovely Jim. great tanka!

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  5. Hopefully, if we've lived a good life, there will be a few who will remember and walk by our graves - apart from the rabbits of course :)

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  6. your haiku brings life to the graveyard scenes


    much love...

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  7. Short but powerful, a good reminder of what life is about - the moments.

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  8. I like the idea of rabbits more than historians, Jim. A very good write.
    K

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  9. What a fitting tribute to those who have passed away Jim. Beautiful use of nature as well.

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  10. P.S., thanks for the inspiration for this week's prompt Jim!

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  11. I am particularly drawn to your image and your brief and powerful poem. I recently spent an afternoon wandering and photographing in a rural West Virginia cemetery with markers dating back several centuries. I conjured so many stories in my mind!

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  12. I was photographing a cemetery once and a dog was ... marking and "remembering" in his own way an old grave. I didn't take the photograph as I thought it disrespectful... but it gave me plenty of food for thought. Somehow, I prefer the image of little bunnies hopping over my grave :)

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  13. One never knows what surprises a graveyard offers! Nicely Dr Jim!

    Hank

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  14. maybe will remember not only the rabbits. :-)

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