Where Saints Have Gone

<p><em>Where Saints Have Gone</em> by Wesley D. Sims is a chapbook of poetry reflecting on memory mortality and the legacy of those who have passed. The poems are centered on a rural cemetery and the people-family friends and community members-who are buried there. These stories and images are based on a small rural church and graveyard that has been a cornerstone of his family for five generations. Themes of faith history loss and remembrance weave through the collection honoring the lives of saints who lived with kindness resilience and devotion. The poems explore the impermanence of life the weight of history and the deep emotional ties between the living and the dead. Many pieces depict vivid scenes of gravesites funerals and ancestral bonds while others contemplate the afterlife and the enduring presence of those who have passed. Through rich imagery and poignant storytelling Sims crafts a meditation on love grief and spiritual reflection.</p>