Robert Welch Poet Rhyme

Arlington National Cemetery

ARLINGTON NATIONAL CEMETERY
by
Robert E. Welch, Sr.
May 18, 2016

The Honor Guard goes slowly by
As another’s laid to rest.
The bugle’s call hangs in the sky
Farewell to America’s best.

Look upon this solemn sight
Beneath the clear blue sky.
Markers of the purest white,
In silent rows they lie.
 
A gentle breeze goes drifting by,
Cause flags to wave anew.
And as the warming sun grows high,
It dries the morning dew. 

The stillness falls upon the ear
With reverence sad and deep.
We walk among them, far and near,
Those in eternal sleep.

The changing of the guard goes on,
In weather foul and fair.
To honor those that are unknown 
And respect those lying there.

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Mahtab Bangalee January 15, 2023 at 9:35 PM nice to read and congrats for being POD of the week the poem is

James Inman February 19, 2021 at 11:43 AM A very respectful and well-written poem, Robert. I have very mixed feelings about Arlington cemetery. I have visited and was impressed and humbled, but the history behind it leaves me unsettled.

Nicholas Windle February 19, 2021 at 6:56 AM you have captured the essence in this poem very well a wonderful set of verse a pleasure to read many thanks for sharing my friend

Line Gauthier February 15, 2021 at 11:13 AM A pleasure to find your awesome tribute published in the 2020 PS Anthology, Robert~

Ovidiu Bocsa May 19, 2016 at 9:16 AM Arlington National Cemetery is a sober poem. To honor those that are unknown And respect those lying there. All my respect and Sive terra levis. I also know an other kind of unique fairytale (Life without death and youth without old age) land having a...Merry Cemetery in which the sleeping other kind of heroes won the death. a few joyous verses.