“We mourned with you then in brotherhood,And I'll weep with you now for those whose namesBurn on your monuments like altar flames.”Donald Davidson Late Answer: A Civil War Seminar
“I want the word that burns into my heartLike God's coal alive on the Prophet's tongue.I would listen now while memory is ablazeTo seal your testament within my soul.”Donald Davidson Soldier and Son
“Why did my father write? I know he sawHistory clutched as a wraith out of blowing mistWhere tongues are loud, and a glut of little soulsLaps at the too much blood and the burning house.”Donald Davidson Lee in the Mountains