Eclipsing the Grave
far from home
the old granite had brown spots
at the crumbling cemetery
her dates on a small square stone
sacred sainted mother
still their shining light
but the grave gives no comfort
merely marks the death date
her daughter looks away
clear sky overhead
Bedell Phillips, a graduate from the University of Pennsylvania, also holds a master’s degree. Her poetry can be found in Gravel (of the University of Arkansas), The Lit Fuse, and Tower Journal. Thrums and Tapestries, her third book, launched October 2016. Bedell lives in Exeter, New Hampshire and Jupiter, Florida.