Best Unheralded Poems

Upwards you gazed, poignantly painting me
like no one had before, nor has done since.
Concentric white and yellow circles. Free
of any common bearing or pretense.

I'd seen idyllic villages before -
The steepled church in sacred echo of
the cypress, looking down in fond rapport,
as olive trees embrace the...

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UNHERALDED HEROES


Sirens wailing in the night
The scene of the wreck a grisly sight
Wreckage and bodies litter the ground
A small child's toy has just been found

EMTs, their compassion showing
Check each victim, immediately knowing
Not all will make it, they fearfully dread
Some already have been pronounced dead

They continue...

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