Notes About The Poem
Written on May 7th, 2025 for Oliver's Mckeithan Memorial Day Poetry Contest.
As an American Memorial Day was big in our family as my great grandfather served and fought in WW2. I'm now an expat but it's still an important holiday for me.
memorial day
blitzed blackened skies
hail of bullets ricochet ~
crimson fills trenches
screams of the fallen
reverberate through scorched earth ~
laid waste to ruin
dog tags dot stained sand
identities reduced to ~
scraps of twisted tin
empty caskets draped
in red, white, and blue blankets ~
return to home shores
heroes are buried
a day for remembrance born ~
respect for the slain
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