autumn graveyard -- one tree holds its leaves for no one in particular
Fall in the Cemetery [Haiku]
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DAILY PHOTO: Westview Abbey
Graveyard Winter [Haiku]
DAILY PHOTO: Mausoleum, Oakland Cemetery
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DAILY PHOTO: Oakland Cemetery
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DAILY PHOTO: Westview Cemetery
Graveyard [Haiku]
POEM: Unfortunate Resting Place
Spanish moss drapes the live oaks,
nightly fog creeps from the sea,
ghosting graves of ancient folk.
The fateful dead, who speak to me:
“We didn’t choose this place to rest our bones.
“Were we free, you’d elsewhere find our stones.
“Visit us, you must, in this eerie home,
“Just please don’t leave us here alone.”
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DAILY PHOTO: Kohima War Cemetery
Taken in May of 2017 in Kohima, Nagaland
If you are wondering why it looks likes there’s an outline of a tennis court in the middle of this cemetery and war memorial, it’s because that’s what was there when the Japanese were assaulting British – Indian forces back during the Second World War.
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DAILY PHOTO: Imphal War Cemetery
Taken on May 5, 2017 in Imphal
Japan reached the end of line in its advance to the west in Northeastern India. Both Kohima in Nagaland and Imphal in Manipur have substantial war cemeteries. This is the one in Imphal. The graves are largely English names with crosses or Indian names with Hindi writing, but there are a few others of note. There are several unknown soldier graves, and a fair number of Muslim graves. There are also laborers who got only one name put on their grave, and–in the case below–the grave of a Chinese soldier.
It was a confusing time because many Indians were serving with the British to fight the Japanese, but other Indians were fighting Britain and trying to ally with Japan.
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