Throw Roses, by Carl Sandburg

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Throw roses on the sea where the dead went down.
             The roses speak to the sea,
              And the sea to the dead.
Throw roses, O lovers-
              Let the leaves wash on the salt in the sun.

Comments

[day-on-fire.livejournal.com]

Love Sandburg. Short and beautiful.

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I got a book of his collected poems for Christmas, and am thoroughly enjoying it.