Speaking for Myself

March 11, 2018 by Jan Herman

Death comes in all sizes / — sequoia, oak, and elm / maple, birch, fir, and pine, / elephants and whales / bumble bees and snails, / the Jews in the ovens, /
Armenians slaughtered, / all the genocides before / and since. I am also dead . . .

Portrait by Gerard Bellaart, 2017 (35x25cm) CLICK FOR MORE DEFORMED SONNETS

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Gary Lee-Nova says

March 23, 2018 at 9:28 pm

A fine poem, Sir!