Tag Archives: History
Death in the Victorian Era
Modern society calls death prohibited, unmentionable…taboo.Society has not always considered death to be a forbidden subject. Please bear in mind that the Victorians took death in the highest regard. Most families would rather go to the poorhouse than have a parish funeral for a deceased relative. The cemetery (Side note: graveyards must be within church […]
Witch Hunt
A witch! A witch! the people cry with glee Puritans clad in black sought out the guilty party A witch! A witch! a murmur goes through the crowd soft and slow cold and low yet so very strangely loud Within the dimly-lit courtroom a trial is being held a woman is suspected for […]
Opium Den
drip drip drip the bottle of opium has tipped atop the cracked countertop in the smoke-filled den ladies came here, as did men to vapourize any worries dumb imported from China, their one true love was this drug that made them numb opium den, opium den step right up, ladies and gents opium […]
Silent Highwayman
Death’s silent highway on which he rows his boat is the river Thames upon which bodies float Death’s noiseless oars paddle swiftly through the water he spares no living being no mother, father, or daughter