Forgotten

Always have and will have a fascination with graveyards. Was watching an episode of Hollywood Graveyards and they visited an old forgotten cemetery which gave me the idea for this.

                                                                           FORGOTTEN

Gentle breeze and chirping birds

Leaves lie on the ground

Rows of stones stand silently

Only disturbed by natures sound

Crypts covered with tendrils of ivy

Markers covered in moss

Words long weathered away by wind and hail

Nature showing who's the boss

Gates secured years ago

Lock a block of rust

Once well walked paths now overgrown

Residents long since turned to dust

No one comes to visit

Or tend this place of eternal rest

To speak to departed loved ones

Who long ago were blessed

No one even remembers

Or knows that they are there

Forgotten and all alone

Sleeping without a care

There you go..not my best work but like I always say...you cannot complain you're getting it for nowt

Reviews

[Onlyme]

Sad, reminders of people who ones lived a full life alive. Nature takes its course. And a grave is covered with testimonies of time passing. And all you are left with are reminders of who they were. And the tokens of gifts left at the graveside. You did the justice, George. Once we are gone we are sadly gone. But our memories live on. As long a headstone or a tribute is always there to remind. As family members come and go. Along the line of time.

[George David Hope]

Thanks for your kind words...when I used to work in a cemetery I used to see all those headstones all neglected, trees and weeds growing out of them..it was a real pity that nobody tended them. Glad you liked it

[Onlyme]

I can understand that and relate to that. The graveyard my mum and dad where cremated in was like that. Unkept and rully and I felt so sad for the poor souls who where buried their. Over the many moons that has passed. And wondered why no one cared.

[barleygirl]

I've never visited a graveyard & the idea isn't intriguing to me, but your poem makes it seem more intriguing and I'm reading a book -- the author digs up remnants of ancestors, graves, etc. In short, this is a widespread intrigue, even if it isn't mine & you put a face to it, helping me see why the intrigue (((HUGS))) Fondly, Margie

my favorite line: "Nature showing who's the boss"
(love this aspect of looking at old ruins, how nature gnaws!)

[S J K]

I love the descriptive writing.
I could imagine the scenes :)

[George David Hope]

Thanks for the kind words. Glad you enjoyed it S J K

[Jade]

This is so sad, wonderfully expressed emotions

[George David Hope]

Thank you for your kind words. Glad you liked it.

[Ranger Kessel]

I like the cut of your jib. For reals. You sound like I do sometimes.

That is my tongue in cheek high praise. I enjoyed reading this. Thank you for sharing.

[George David Hope]

Thank you for your kind words and glad you enjoyed it. I used to work in a cemetery so overgrown graves were pretty common.

[S.zaynab.kamoonpury]

You deserve big points for it.

[S.zaynab.kamoonpury]

Wow this is too awesome, enviable in well rhymed flow on forgotten tombstones and how you describe the imagery overgrown on it so poetically with aptly superb word choice and remember the forgotten dead. So your poem thinks of them at least. Kudos for the great poetry.

Soo nice to read from your inking again, pleez do comment/add your thoughts/ review my newest poem too. I like saying hi to poets and poetry.

[George David Hope]

Thank you for your very kind words and glad you enjoyed reading it.

[Stella Armour]

The house i grew up in was at the side of an old cemetery, and even as a child i was fascinated by the atmosphere and oldness of the place.
I rather hope now that i am forgiven for all the lovely coloured stones i stole and perhaps even the odd daffodil or two; it wasn't done in badness... honestly it wasn't :(

[George David Hope]

Thank you for your kind words and glad you enjoyed it....as for pinching the stones and daffs...I'm an ex park keeper so I'm used to seeing it happen.

[Chris Shaw]

I have a fascination for graveyards too George. You have certainly created the atmosphere of a forgotten cemetery with these lines. Overgrown with nature reclaiming what was once hers. A very visual write. Nicely composed and descriptive

Chris

[George David Hope]

Glad you liked it and thanks for the kind words. Always liked graveyards....if we ever had a day trip I used to drag my mother to a cemetery if there was one near by.

[Chris Shaw]

I too like wandering and pondering on the long dead :)

[Tamara Beryl Latham]

Yes, George, it's a sad commentary on the emphasis people place on a human life. The Holocaust will always be remembered, but unfortunately the moss covered markers will not. Thanks for posting.

[George David Hope]

Glad you enjoyed it and thanks for your kind words. The sight of neglected headstones just to make me feel so sad.....the people who were buried there had had a life, cried, loved, had a family and at the end of the day that's all they ended up as..a block of stone covered in ivy or brambles