thoughts about memorial day

by Paul Cech / May 28th, 2017

as i turned the compost i thought about “john brown a molderin’ in the mud”
i thought about the soldiers and marines and sailors who would never smell the sweet soil of spring

i thought about countless civilian casualties
an endless number spread across centuries

i thought about a billion tear stained pillows now lost to time

and

i thought about the absurdity of a mattress sale on a day to remember the fallen

Paul Cech has been writing poetry since 1970. Several of his poems have been published as Saturday Poems in the Pittsburgh- Post Gazette and the Thomas Merton Center of Pittsburgh has published several of his poems in NewPeople. Read other articles by Paul.

This article was posted on Sunday, May 28th, 2017 at 8:02am and is filed under Poetry.