grandpa’s plum tree
in its shade his grandson
savours the sweetness

Vanessa Proctor

soft drumbeats
as the service ends
a boy’s glance upward

Jo McInerney

reading the ode—
a rising sun glitters
on his slouch hat

Colleen Keating

luminous skies . . .
the wilting wildflowers
on a soldier’s grave

Samantha Sirimanne Hyde