Mount Auburn

Mount Auburn

teenagers laughing

by somebody's tomb

Located on the Watertown/Cambridge line in eastern Massachusetts, Mount Auburn is the oldest landscaped cemetery in the US. It draws over 200, 000 visitors a year. Considering the prestige of many of those buried there, it is highly likely that the inhabitant of the tomb in the poem was indeed a Somebody.

Easter vigil

Easter vigil

candle flames tremble

at our breath

Posted as a comment at Gillena's blog

journey

night journey . . .

I miss the exit

to my childhood

Posted, in a slightly different version, as a comment at Magyar's blog

power

power walk

I step around

a dead mouse

masquerade

masquerade

pretending

I don't know her

Posted as a comment at Gillena's blog

passing through

A variation on the theme of "used to be," posted March 23.

just passing through . . .

a parking lot where I saw

Gone with the Wind

Both, by the way, are factually accurate