Yes, the strange dates didn't add up, and it had me perplexed for quite a while, strolling round the church grounds.
My second time round I just got really up and close to the gravestone and was astonished that a single petal had created a new date, as if the death date was in the future.
July 21st, 2011 at 12:41 pm
Very interesting, Alan…
July 21st, 2011 at 12:55 pm
The whole as delicate as the rain in question…..lovely, Alan.
July 21st, 2011 at 1:11 pm
A typo on a gravestone how we all wish for this at times
and the thought of petals as a form of consolation
however temporary. Just great, Alan.
July 21st, 2011 at 1:28 pm
Evocative! To me, it plays with our attachment to time/death/eternity.
July 21st, 2011 at 2:55 pm
she always said
she was ten years younger
July 21st, 2011 at 11:57 pm
A masterpiece! Thank you, Alan!
July 24th, 2011 at 10:16 am
Thanks for the comments everyone!
Yes, the strange dates didn't add up, and it had me perplexed for quite a while, strolling round the church grounds.
My second time round I just got really up and close to the gravestone and was astonished that a single petal had created a new date, as if the death date was in the future.
all my best,
Alan
August 2nd, 2011 at 3:59 am
asphalt stink
the cricket’s chirr quickens
August 3rd, 2011 at 8:14 am
Wonderful haiku Alan. // Peter.
September 1st, 2011 at 7:33 pm
I love this. How you have created a lightness to a normally sad or somber subject.
September 24th, 2011 at 1:13 pm
corrigendum
newspaper apologies
about gravestone dates
September 26th, 2011 at 2:27 am
a court decision
about changes
of grave stone dates
Allan i hope you will not be summoned by the court