Poems for Memorial Day

robin
atop a soldier's gravestone~
mower works nearby
~~
springtime comforts
even as it embitters~
a fallen soldier
[and]
"memory knows
long after knowledge
has forgotten"
(from an editorial May 8, 2004 in the AR Democrat Gazette on the death of Chief Warrant Officer Patrick Wm Kordsmeir)
~~
at the computer
on Memorial Day
finishing my speech
~~
sometimes, a florist
the only connection
with their dead loved ones
(from Jay Grelen article, ADG 5.26.'05)
~~
unknown faces
of the 21 riflers~
first war casualty
(Johnny Michael "Mike" Spann)
[and]
a sea of death
where "all gave some, some gave all":
Arlington
(from a newspaper article, 12.14.'01)
~~
ten cannons
scheduled to take part
in the reenactment
(at Chalk Bluff, AR, 5.3.'03)
~~
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