Photo credit: M. Ciavardini
At Westhampton Cemetery, at Station Road and Montauk Highway in Westhampton, N.Y., I am struck by the contrast of artistic embellishments on old gravemarkers: corporeal skulls suggesting, to me, the deceased’s present existence, or smiling angels with wings, indicating the gone one’s aspiration.
An image of a skull at Westhampton Cemetery on Long Island, N.Y.
Photo credit: M. Ciavardini
The place, these stones, the occupants continue to inspire. Consider, for instance, Philip Appleman’s poem, “Westhampton Cemetery founded 1795.” Here, we can remember when Westhampton was something more than a summer playground.
—Lori Tripoli
An angel on a grave marker at Westhampton Cemetery
Photo credit: M. Ciavardini