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Meet Virginia’s Poets Special from The Poetry Society of Virginia Edward W. Lull of Williamsburg grew up in New York and did his first career as a Navy submariner. He began writing poetry at age 65 and currently serves as an Executive Director of The Poetry Society of Virginia, having previously served four terms as its president. The poem below was published in his book, Where Giants Walked. The Final Honor Moist fresh-mown grass disturbed by naked earth contrasts the beauty where fall flowers bloomed. No standard headstone yet to mark the berth where loyal teenage soldier is entombed. The scene of caisson towed by ambling horse on winding paths within this honored place repeats itself too often in the course of honoring these lives too soon erased. These are not aged veterans who, at last, are shown respect long due for sacrifice. They are our proud young soldiers who were cast in drama where they paid war’s highest price. When leaders lose their way to make war cease, God’s wisdom shows the road to lasting peace. For information about The Poetry Society of Virginia, go to www.poetrysocietyofvirginia.org, or write to: Poetry Society of Virginia, c/o Stuart Nottingham, 913 DeWolfe Dr., Alexandria, Virginia 22308. _______________________________________________ |
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