Poetry About D-Day

Landing craft rise and fall in iron water. Young men check the same straps once more. The coast waits behind smoke and gunfire. Farmhouses wake beneath a sky of engines. History records beaches, hours, divisions. Memory must also keep each frightened name.

Evening changes the weight of the scene. The coast waits behind smoke and gunfire. A smaller detail comes forward. History records beaches, hours, divisions. Meaning gathers without raising its voice. Memory must also keep each frightened name.

Landing craft rise and fall in iron water. Hours pass, but the image does not leave. The coast waits behind smoke and gunfire. It returns us to Normandy, invasion, soldiers, civilians, sacrifice, memory, and the human cost of war. History records beaches, hours, divisions. The day continues with a more attentive heart.