Veterans Day haikutoday 11nov10

The first poem is personal, a families loss and honor shared.
The second haiku commemorates the Battle of Antietam during the Civil War. On Sept 17, 1862, 23,000 Americans, Red and Grey died that day. This single day of combat produced more casualties than any other in American History.

snow, on Arlington...

child's drawing, withered bouquet

... warm a warriors grave

                                                                               (familiar form)

Antietam Creek

23,000 dying bled; not blue, not gray

bled red

                                                                               (modern form)