THE MACABRE ~ ACCUSTOMED, CEREMONIOUS ~ "Beauty in the Macabre" Thanks to my friend Steven for sharing this winsome cartoon. Also: The Danse Macabre ~ QK ~ A Fun Example And thanks to Gerry's Auntie Jan for sending these two poems by Ted Hughes: Sorrows of Autumn The first sorrow of autumn is the slow good-bye of the garden that stands so long in the evening—a brown poppy