by Steve Tanham
St Peter’s Church, Heysham, is simply beautiful. I’ve written about it, before. But there’s a rumour that something unusual is hidden on one of the gravestones.
Equipped with the knowledge that its existence is real, we go looking…
Past the flower gardens with the hidden benches. Down the slope towards the sea, but stop…
Beside the grave that seems to be visited more than others. And peer at the lettering around the base.
Where it says, quite clearly, and written by his wife…
Poet, Philosopher and … Failure.
©Stephen Tanham 2023
Stephen Tanham is a Director of the Silent Eye, a journey through the forest of personality to the dawn of Being.
http://www.thesilenteye.co.uk and http://www.suningemini.blog
Sun in Gemini 
That’s intriguing, Steve. I hope you’ll reveal more. Beautiful photography by the way. I’m off to Google, see what I can uncover. 🙂
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We were unable to uncover the mystery, Michael, so if you do please let me know 😊
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Hi Steve, you’ve probably already seen this link. Here it is anyway: https://www.lancasterguardian.co.uk/heritage-and-retro/retro/poet-philosopher-failure-3270133
All the best.
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Wonderful, Michael. Some answers! Curious that they don’t know if he’s actually buried there… But what a life! 😊
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Yes, what a life! So many achievements to his name, yet I’m left wondering if all he really wanted was to be a poet. The enigma endures.
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Yes. Perhaps it was his own wistful expression…
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Cool, they have my gravestone already prepared…
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You’ll settle for the same!
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