My Poem

My poem “Marsh Graveyard” is inspired by Symbolist poetry and is my attempt at the movement. Several images are evoked in my poem and death is a prevalent symbol, which was common of many Symbolist poems. I create some rhymes, but the poem is not forced into a rigid structure. The scene of a marsh and Native American burial site inspired this poem. I have tried to bring out some of the feelings within this scene.