Tuesday, November 11, 2014

In the Rain, in that Place – v5

I remember one Veteran’s Day
(twenty-two years ago now)
the stillness, the tears
the overwhelming consequence
in the rain, in that place

Ten years after
the scar cut into the land
the men coming home
recognized, with honors,
to this hallowed ground

Tears of strong men
who answered their countries
falling in the rain in this place
shattered, overwhelmed
on this holy ground


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edited November 11, 2014
In the Rain, in that Place – v5

(editing original)
Veteran’s Day
edited November 11, 2014
In the Rain, in that Place – v4
Veteran’s Day
edited May 27, 2014
“In the Rain, in that Place – v3
edited May 26, 2014
“In the Rain, in that Place – v2”
Memorial Day
November 11, 2010
“In the Rain, in that Place”
Veteran’s Day 2010
and remembering being
at the Vietnam Memorial
Vietnam Veterans Memorial Fund
during the 10th anniversary
Veteran’s Day 1992
&
edited May 27, 2014
Left at the Wall – v3
Edited May 26, 2014
Left at the Wall – v2
Memorial Day
August 5, 2006 18:05
Left at the Wall
&
All of my Veteran’s Day poems
&
All of my Memorial Day poems

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