Tanka: Graveyard Poem by Roy Blokker

Tanka: Graveyard



The graveyard shudders.
Ungrateful dead prepare for
A long dreamless night.
Waiting for their living guests
To remember and forget.

Roy Blokker
Sunday, October 12, 2014
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Loving the form, where I feel I can be more playful than serious, I wrote this one thinking about the Halloween season.
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