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Who Picks Dead Flowers?
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Who Picks Dead Flowers?

our jogging path is morbid,
yet quiet in the morning fog.

each tombstone thrusts
its lost hours
into dreamy mist.

our footfalls echo against death,
our quiet talk about life
ends, our breath visible
in floating smoke.

we pass the famous
dead, their plots large
and kept with yellow mums.

someone placed fresh flowers
for these lonesome friends,
but mums turn brown
and bend to ground.

we turn toward exits now,
leaving ghosts behind,
the murmurs not our own,
those chronic coughs
barking at us
like sad dogs
chained to concrete posts.

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 Reviews of "Who Picks Dead Flowers?"
Reviewed by Tinka Boukes
Reviewed on October 28, 2004
The imagery is excellent Larry!!

Love Tinka

Reviewed by jude forese
Reviewed on October 27, 2004
unique concept ... excellent images ...

Reviewed by Dawn Richerson
Reviewed on October 27, 2004
< <our footfalls echo against death>> and your last stanza - awesome imagery here. great write.

Reviewed by Sue Hess
Reviewed on October 27, 2004
this is truly a wonderful poem, i can almost see the foggy cemetery and two solitary runners, their breath showing in the cold air

Reviewed by Lori Moore
Reviewed on October 27, 2004
Cool write. I love the overall theme. The final stanza borders perfection.


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