Showing posts with label by: Emily Dickinson. Show all posts
Showing posts with label by: Emily Dickinson. Show all posts

Saturday, May 23

HAPPY MEMORIAL DAY

WITH FLOWERS

South winds jostle them,
Bumblebees come,
Hover, hesitate,
Drink, and are gone.

Butterflies pause
On their passage Cashmere;
I, softly plucking them,
Present them here!

Does anyone remember, years ago, when the veterans in the American Legion, would sell the poppies to raise funds for their organization? I can remember as a young adult on Memorial Day weekend, when the veterans would come door-to-door and sell the poppies. I often wonder... why did they stop doing that?