Just two hours ago, while I was sorting and filing cuttings and poetry magazines, a police helicopter was directly overhead. Then I saw this photo on an issue of Poetry News:-
THE PEOPLE YOU LOVE
BECOME GHOSTS INSIDE
OF YOU AND LIKE THIS
YOU KEEP THEM ALIVE
The photo is of a light installation by Robert Montgomery. It was going to be shown at National Poetry Day Live, 2015.
I really like this – the idea of people you love becoming ghosts inside that you keep alive – it’s very comforting. I can relate to this, and I often think about the spirits of late friends / family living on inside of me.
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