Happy Hunting Poem by Roy Blokker

Happy Hunting



I've already caught one,
Though today's search just began:
I feel like a recruiter
At an ROTC camp:
Toss a feather, watch it land
On a man with other plans.
My list grows exponentially,
Born of curiosity -
Soldiers, sailors, shooters
Join my list of tramps
And poets from the First World War
Mostly killed by what they saw.
And now a Scotsman by the name of Horne
The Dead Poet's Society adorns,
And then Ratcliffe joins the ranks;
The ghosts of others offer thanks.
And if I am remembered for one thing,
Let it be my remembering.

Thursday, August 28, 2014
Topic(s) of this poem: writing
POET'S NOTES ABOUT THE POEM
This poem comes from my book, 'Charles Sorely's Ghost.' When I first encountered the vast number of soldier poets from World War One, Sorley was a dominant symbol of tragic loss to me, but the list kept growing and growing. This poem comes from that seemingly unending journey of discovery - the discovery of ghosts and corpses.
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Roy Blokker

Roy Blokker

Hilversum, the Netherlands
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