Graveyard Verse Verities (2)


I.

The raven, yew and cypress, each
Reminded Man of death s long reach,
Two hundred years ago: a page
Of wood-cuts from the Gothic age.

II.

Today, the poets sense of gloom
Is fear of life, not of the tomb;
And shrouds of existential dread
Enshadow Man s dank crypt: his head.
04-14-83

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