Please have a thoughtful and grateful Memorial Day:
old tombstone
losing its name
faint first star
from The Heron’s Nest
missing in action
she dusts off his guitar,
returns it to the shelf
from WHR Vintage Haiku
strewn driftwood
a boy asking
about his father
paul m.
from A New Resonance 2
war footage
on this plump green olive
a thin, brittle stem
from Haiku Sun
Memorial Day-
overwintered in the sandbox
toy soldiers
their gravestones
hers newer and taller
than his
fireworks
I close my eyes
for a second look
John Stevenson from TAO
vietman
memorial —
the protestor’s reflection
dagosan [May 30, 2005]
potluck
The Fool in the Forest remembers the Civil War dead and
presents an Emily Dickinson poem that begins:
It feels a shame to be Alive —
When Men so brave — are dead —
One envies the Distinguished Dust —
Permitted — such a Head —