Next year’s calendar came today
From the museum shop,
Impressionist landscapes,
Colors not just right,
Still, a gesture of hope.
I fill in dates carried forward
From the past.
Each day I drive by the memorial park,
Ordered rows of artificial plants.
We refuse to make plans,
A gesture of defiance.
Still, it crosses your mind.
Those flowers will not return to dust.
November 2008
About Me
- Robert Demaree
- Robert Demaree is the author of three book-length collections of poems, Fathers and Teachers (2007), Mileposts (2009) and After Labor Day (2014), all published by Beech River Books of Center Ossipee, N.H.. He has had 700 poems published by over 150 periodicals; he does readings and teaches poetry classes and workshops at various venues in N.C. and N.H.