1. Confederate Dead behind a Stone Wall at Fredericksburg, Virginia
Where the glass negative broke:
A silky, liquid black,
Like spilled scrivener’s ink,
Pools in the print’s margin.
: :
Mouth gone slack, eyes upward
Every year, at the end of May, we celebrate Memorial Day, originally called Decoration Day, a time for remembering the people who have died while serving in America’s armed forces. Browse poems about soldiers who have given their lives in service below, and for more poems about war, loss, or America, browse those terms in the themes menu.