linhughes@juno.com wrote: > > I know that most of you have read the Tombstone Poem, but I thought neat > idea of the way it is used was neat to pass on.... > > Linda > > ------fwd. message---- > This poem came to me from the St Louis list...I thought it was nice and > thought you would all enjoy it too. > > Bobbi zidsel@earthlink.net > Gravestone Research Poem via Nora Borts Subject: Cemetery Hint rec'd 2/17/99 I received the following little "poem" from a friend who types this on a 3x5 card then puts her name, relationship, snail-mail address and e-mail address on the back, then laminates it, punches a hole in it and ties it to a single stem artificial flower and puts it on her ancestor's graves when she is visiting cemeteries whether those close by or in different states. That way the next person who might be researching may get in touch with her. I think this is a great idea. Phoebe Dear Ancestor: Your tombstone stands among the rest; Neglected and alone The name and date are chiseled out On polished, marbled stone. It reaches out to all who care It is too late to mourn. You did not know that I exist You died and I was born. Yet each of us are cells of you In flesh, in blood, in bone. Our blood contracts and beats a pulse Entirely not our own. Dear Ancestor, the place you filled So many years ago Spreads out among the ones you left Who would have loved you so. I wonder if you lived and loved, I wonder if you knew That someday I would find this spot, And come to visit you. I thought this was a neat idea, no matter if you use the poem or just note who you are.