Grave Goods
Museum replica of Viking burial inside a ship as coffin
Found in their graves
From ancient times old,
All they possessed
In silver and gold.
Their weapons and tools
And their finest clothes
Would somehow transcend
To follow their souls.
This marks us as human –
Where our bodies lie
The pollen of flowers
Bloomed over goodbyes.
What will you take
With you when you die?
To a hole in the earth
That leads to the sky?
By Kate Rauner
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There are so many archeological studies of burials it’s hard to pick one, but a recent article inspired this poem. Read about a Neanderthal flower burial – maybe – at wikipedia.org
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