Remembrance Day is coming up. I’m sure anyone whose relations, whether close or distant, died in a World War has memories and questions as I do about my father…
RETURN
would the wind bring back
the father who strides the sky
pipe in one hand
does he want to know the son
who died ten years ago
the daughter who loves snowdrops
would he want to walk
round the lake with us
watch eagles and chickadees
note Canada geese
on their flight south
understand that I have forgiven
him for going to war
and dying so long ago
Sketch by Evelyn Ethel Houghton
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Great post 😁
Many thanks!
Many thanks indeed.
Beautiful, as your whole book is, and very sad; Lots of Love from us to you !
Many thanks, Francine.
I really enjoyed this poem, and I’ve never seen this sketch of your father before. You’re quite like him. Jenny.