Remembering

Why do we need two holy days to remember our dearly departed? One day for All Saints not being enough, we have All Souls Day 24 hours later. Or is Nov. 2 meant to be a catch-up, as in a day for the late So and So... At any rate, let me share some beau- tiful lines, one an anonymous poem found in the belongings of a dead British soldier (this was during the war), and passages from two poems by W.H. Auden and Alfred Tennyson.

- JULLIE Y. DAZA

I am not there (Anon) Do not stand at my grave and weep: I am not there, I do not sleep. I am a thousand winds that blow, I am the diamond glints on snow. When you waken in the morning’s hush, I am the soft uplifting rush Of quiet birds in circled flight. I am the soft stars that shine at night. Do not stand at my grave and cry