Northampton Cemetery

Delicate limbs

fractured stone

Hunts and Stoddards

planted their bones

dead, gone

Waning moon

morning sky

Be ye also ready

to crackle and fly

Leaves rise

wind comes on

comes home

© 2009 Susan Stinson

Listen to Susan Stinson's reading of "Northampton Cemetery"

Susan Stinson is the author of the novels "Fat Girl Dances with Rocks," "Martha Moody" and "Venus of Chalk." She recently completed "Spider in a Tree," a novel about the 18th century theologian Jonathan Edwards. She lives in Northampton.

"Hear a Poet, There a Poet" features poetry by local authors chosen by Northampton's Poet Laureate Lesléa Newman. It runs on Wednesday's book page every other week. Poems for this column have been pre-selected. Please do not send poetry submissions or requests to the Gazette.