The Graveness of Death
Guest Post The graveness of death by Susan Stephen Susan Stephen is a creative storyteller with a deep interest in cinema, visual narratives, and interactive storytelling. She enjoys exploring the intersection of culture, folklore, and contemporary creative expression. With a passion for bringing imaginative ideas to life through film and game development, she is driven by curiosity, experimentation, and the desire to tell stories that leave a lasting impression. A former student of mine, Susan has appeared in this space earlier too. That was two years ago with a short story: A Warm Winter Day . I'm glad to present one of her poems here now. This poem takes a familiar emotional premise, the weight of death, and flips it on its head to explore the paradoxical nature of hatred as a driving force. One may say: it is heavy to lose the one they love. But what about those they hate? Hatred maketh a man (or a woman, I say). Hatred fills our lives with reasons. R...
