The Value of Shadows
The remains of the night’s rain lay
soggy upon
the waterlogged branches of limp,
bowed trees,
appearing as the hunched, angled,
stooped
backs of many old men walking here.
I caught a shape in the mist that
reminded me of you, or
perhaps I was just imagining
you and your soldiers returning
to the spot you had fought so hard to
hold.
As the sun peeked through,
I remembered these were only trees,
although I gratefully recall it was
here,
sixty years ago,
that your battalion won the day.
Linda Imbler
Linda Imbler is the author of the published poetry collections “Big Questions, Little Sleep,” “Lost and Found,” and “The Sea’s Secret Song.” She is a Kansas-based Pushcart Prize Nominee. Her work has been published in numerous national and international journals. Linda’s creative process and a listing of publications can be found at lindaspoetryblog.blogspot.com. You can find her latest book "The Sea's Secret Song (Consonance or Dissonance)" at Soma Publishing. http://www.somapublishing.com/2018/03/the-seas-secret-song.html?m=1
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