Shamelessly resharing "Spring Grove," a short essay I was lucky enough to publish last month at the excellent ELSEWHERE: A JOURNAL OF PLACE. A little narrative, a little imagistic, but at heart a reflection on nature, memory, and the repetitive experience of walking a large American historical-cemetery through the seasons. #writing #prose #CreativeNonfiction
Spring Grove — Elsewhere: A Journal of Place
By Eugene Navakas : Winter : Three mute swans live in this cemetery. We hear one before we see it. It flings itself forward against a stiff, stubborn sheet of surface ice, so fiercely, so indefatigably, that we wonder whether we should help. This is common winter behavior, our phones
