Tag Archives: grave

Nov17

 
 
 

autumn pilgrimage—
 
a prayer, a sigh, a blossom
 
on an unmarked grave

May26

 
 
 

Memorial Day—
 
at a fallen soldier’s grave
 
someone leaves a doll.

Mar24

 
 
 

On his daughter’s grave
 
a man lays white daffodils
 
and her small sweater.

May25

 
 
 

Greeting an old friend–
 
Memorial Day weekend
 
finds me at his grave.

Aug15

 
 

Midsummer journey—
 
if my father had a grave,
 
I’d bring one red rose.

May30

 
 

Memorial Day—
 
we hike to the hillside grave
 
to say hi to Dad.

Nov1

 
 
 

Autumn pilgrimage—
 
I visit my grandmother
 
in her weedy grave.

May31

 
 
 

Memorial Day—
 
the master sergeant’s widow
 
weeps beside his grave.

 

Feb10

 
 
 

With help from the wind,
 
snowflakes rearrange themselves
 
on my father’s grave.

Sep20

 
 
 

summer solitude—
 
fading bouquets of roses
 
on a soldier’s grave