When Poets Gather on Día de los Muertos
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Copal smoke rises, joins candlelit warmth
to wrap marigolds, pan de muerto,
and fading photos of loved ones passed
in holiness and welcome.
We settle ourselves around a mahogany table,
draped bright with embroidery and sugar skulls,
to write poems channeling ancestors’ voices,
inviting them to sit among us, introduce themselves
to gathered friends still living.
We inhale the ancients’ incense-sweet presence,
and listen with hopeful hearts
as generations of long-gone souls return
to bask with us inside the blesséd ephemeral light.
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- The Last Stop – An Afterlife Halloween Short Story
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Jean Hackett
Jean Hackett is primarily an eco poet who splits her time between San Antonio and the Texas Hill Country. Her writing has appeared in numerous journals. “Masked Unmuted,” her chapbook, was published in 2022.
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