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Memorial Day
This is a poem I wrote many years ago after a visit to Arlington National Cemetery. It’s one I like to post on Memorial Day. Let us all take a moment to remember the fallen. The tour bus rumbles pastthe … Continue reading
21 Guns
This is a poem I wrote many years ago after a visit to Arlington National Cemetery. It’s one I like to post on Memorial Day. Let us all take a moment to remember the fallen. The tour bus rumbles pastthe … Continue reading
Arlington
In this pandemic world we seem to be increasingly focusing inward – the risk to us, the inconvenience, the job losses, and annoying rules. It’s a strange time as the world adopts new habits – new ways of thinking. The … Continue reading
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Memorial Day Poem – Twenty-one Guns
Twenty-one Guns The tour bus rumbles past the quiet monuments to the fallen. Shutters click as the tour guide speaks the litany of the shrine, that once was the Lee estate. Now it is that hallowed ground where solders come … Continue reading