Monday, December 28, 2020

Mummy of the Flower

Read "Mummy of the Flower" at The Eldritch Dark:

http://www.eldritchdark.com/writings/poetry/356/mummy-of-the-flower

This is a beautiful short poem from Clark Ashton Smith (CAS) celebrating a memento of a past romance.  The use of the past tense nouns "Coffined" and "mummified" adds a gothic edge to the the speaker's reminiscence.

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