Photo Credit: J.R. Munoz-McNally – Sunday, January 13, 2008
The white-gloved, dressed-blue Sentinels walk
twenty-one steps from end to end
so to honor those Unknown
who answered duty’s call
Anonymously
known but to God
their motives
ever
pure
now
entombed
eternally
atop a hill…
no widow’s goodbye
nor mother’s mournful cry
yet guarded hour to hour
a nation solemnly declares
none who die for freedom die in vain.
~kat 12 November 2015
This verse was prompted by Jane Dougherty’s Poetry Challenge #5…the Nonet with the theme being “war in any of its forms, taken from any angle.”. A Nonet is 9 line verses with syllables: 9-8-7-6-5-4-3-2-1. As suggested I added a reverse Nonet as well. If you’d like to read more Nonets or participate in this challenge click HERE.
like mercury colliding... 
November 12th, 2015 at 10:38 am
This theme really has the power to move. Good poem, Kat.
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November 12th, 2015 at 10:39 am
Yes it does. Thanks for the opportunity to write it. 🙂
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November 12th, 2015 at 10:56 am
Beautiful, so touching.
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November 12th, 2015 at 11:00 am
Thank you. I had the honor of visiting the tomb earlier this year. It is a sight one never forgets to witness the changing of the guard. 🙂
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November 12th, 2015 at 3:32 pm
Yes there is always something so poignant about these things.
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November 17th, 2015 at 4:01 am
[…] Tomb of the unknown […]
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