Challenge
Poetry contest. Twenty word minimum. First place will be decided based on the poem, of course, though the number of comments posted by others will be factored in (critiques or praise, no one word or three word quickies) and those who comment should "like" it to keep the judges looking for updated reads. Write a poem about anything. Aim for the gut. Winner gets $100.
CEMETERY
An eye for an eye
Teeth for teeth
Past the gates
Home for the dead
Bodies lay beneath
Headstones, flowers and written names
Never forgotten in mind
Young ones, old ones
The grace of the good
The mystery of the not so kind
Black is the colour
Clear are the tears
Peaceful not a sound
Except for the whistling birds in the sky
That fly around the town
Long black cars drive in with the boxes
Some ready to burn
Bodies lowered to be buried
The living waiting for their turn
Justin Ashford
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