☛ We are inviting submission in the field of literature and literary theory in the form of article, book review, poem, short story, travelogue and interview for our regular April issue (Vol. 6, No. 2). The last date for submission is 31 March, 2025.

TOO MANY

 


TOO MANY

 

-         Mike Jenkins (U.K.)

 

Too many journeys down the long drive

 

Too many bearers carrying like a large cross 

 

Too many tears and favourite songs

 

Too many pictures of kind faces on screens 

 

Too many priests & celebrants trying hard to realise 

 

Too many well-known hymns

 

Too many flowers placed on coffins

 

Too many curtains and goodbyes

 

Too many cwtshes in lines

 

Too many final toasts & past tenses

 

Too many coils of rising smoke

 

Too many dreams of touching close.

 

Note - cwtshes - cuddles

 

 

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