Poetic Asides Activity

 Memorial Day

(Anacreontic verse)

 

Flags waving

Parades and picnics

Long weekend

Memories

Bloody battles

Lost loved ones

Price for freedom

Uncle Bill

My Dad’s brother

And best friend

Many stories

Skipping school

To hunt together

World War II picture

Big ears, big grin

Freckles

Sad letter from Dad

From the Philippines

When Bill died in France

Called Grandma brave

A brave soldier

At home

With her boys at war

Purple Heart

I treasure

One request

I have of God

When I die

For Uncle Bill

To meet me

At the gate.