Comment from w.j.debi

Excellent

You capture the feeling of visiting a graveyard well. A solitary person wanders through the grey gravestones and grey mist looking for a specific one. What prompts the visit? We may never know.

 Comment Written 29-Nov-2023

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reply by the author on 29-Nov-2023

Thank you so much for the nice review. I would assume the hurt hasn't healing and he wasn't to be there to remember and grieve.
Beth

Comment from jmdg1954

Excellent

My wife's grandparents are in an older cemetery. It's amazingly beautiful seeing the stone in so many shapes and sizes and creating a story of sorts based on what you see. I hope that didn't sound creepy?

I enjoyed your poem.
Best of luck in the contest,
John

 Comment Written 29-Nov-2023

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reply by the author on 29-Nov-2023

Thanks John, Not creapy at all. I enjoy visiting old cemeterys too. There are some amazing monuments and tombstones to see.
Beth

Comment from Wendyanne

Excellent

What is our fascination for cemeteries? I often used to have a wander around and I would see the graves of people I once knew. I guess it will one day be our resting place. Good luck.

 Comment Written 29-Nov-2023

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reply by the author on 29-Nov-2023

Thank you Wendyanne. I liked to wander around in cemeteries too but I could never get my husband to go with me.
Beth

Comment from Karen Cherry Threadgill

Excellent

An amazingly appropriate picture you found. The grey matting made the poem sufficiently sad and gloomy. Type color showed us the dismal nature of the occasion. Good work. Karen

 Comment Written 29-Nov-2023

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reply by the author on 29-Nov-2023

Thank you Karen. I appreciate the excellent review and comments.

reply by Karen Cherry Threadgill on 29-Nov-2023

:-)

reply by Karen Cherry Threadgill on 29-Nov-2023

:-)

Comment from royowen

Excellent

I love cemeteries, although it's not a psychological need, but more an insight into what was once the lives of those departed souls, a lot of suffering and misery quite often, beautifully written, blessings Roy

 Comment Written 28-Nov-2023

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reply by the author on 28-Nov-2023

I enjoy cemeteries too, Especially the older ones with the interesting tombstones. Thanks for the review.
Beth

reply by royowen on 28-Nov-2023

Bless you

Comment from Spitfire

Excellent

Well done, Beth, with a reference to the ache of approaching death in each line: faltering, lonely, aging. Nice alliteration in line one. Internal rhyme with lone(ly) and stones. Good luck in the contest.

 Comment Written 28-Nov-2023

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reply by the author on 28-Nov-2023

Thank you so much for the excellent review. I'm appreciate your comments.
Beth

Comment from Daylily

Excellent

It may sound strange but I have always liked visiting cemeteries, especially the older ones. I like seeing the artwork on the stones and thinking about several members of the same family line resting close together. It would definitely be very lonely if you were the last one left alive to visit the departed and recall lifelong memories. This is an excellent posting, my friend.

 Comment Written 28-Nov-2023

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reply by the author on 28-Nov-2023

Thank you so much. It doesn't sound strange to me. I love old cemeteries, too. The ones in New Orleans were awesome. The water table is high the people have to be buried in large structure above the ground and some of the graves go back several hundred years. I also found interesting ones in Nashville and Salelm, Mass.

Comment from Ginda Simpson

Exceptional

Your simple, evocative words go straight to the heart and portray how it feels to visit a cemetery on a lonely day. We feel what it is like to be without the person who has gone before us. A terrific entry for the contest. Best of luck.

 Comment Written 28-Nov-2023

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reply by the author on 28-Nov-2023

Thank you so much Ginda. I so glad you feel my convey emotion and loneless. I really appreciate the six stars.
Beth

Comment from barbara.wilkey

Excellent

Saying goodbye to our loved ones is extremely hard. Your contest entry does a great job describing this emotion. Thank you for sharing it with us. I enjoyed reading and wish you the best of luck with the contest.

 Comment Written 28-Nov-2023

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reply by the author on 28-Nov-2023

Thank you Barbara, I'm glad you found some emotional pull there.
Beth

Comment from BermyBye50

Exceptional

Beth,

This is an exceptional entry in the 3 Line Poetry Contest. in just three little lines you've captured the scene of solemnity of a lonely cemetery visit to a loved one's grave. Brilliantly done. This is the winning entry in my opinion.

All the best in the contest,

Eugene

 Comment Written 28-Nov-2023

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reply by the author on 28-Nov-2023

Thank you so much, Eugene. That means a lot coming from you because I really awe of your writing. I appreciate the six stars.
Beth