To Be Frank, Private
written by: Stephen Kingsnorth
Here’s canvas stretcher; type for art
if studio – or battle field,
where medic’s bear as their first aid.
A hoop spread cross, rough risen ground –
dust, where buried life, to dust,
not engraved pristine bleached stone mark,
serried parade of gravestone ranks
laid Commonwealth Commission grass.
The irony, this private site
misspells surname of the deceased,
whilst names as worth his sacrifice,
Frank, soldier Kingsnorth, far off land.
Stephen Kingsnorth, retired to Wales, UK from ministry in the Methodist Church with Parkinson’s Disease, has had some 300 pieces published by on-line poetry sites, printed journals and anthologies.
Latest posts by Stephen Kingsnorth (see all)
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- Past Death - March 19, 2025
- Composed - December 26, 2024
