Ashes, ashes, we all fall down

by Gary Jurechka   Oct 24, 2005


Trampled in the dirt
a maroon stained ring
around the mulberry tree
left behind when growing up,

----another mark of
lost childhood blood
spilt upon the land
of yesterday.

circa 1994-1998(?)

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  • 18 years ago

    by Gary Jurechka

    Actually the whole point of the title is to tie in with the line about ring around the mulbery bush.The contrast of the loss of childhood/blood on the land image versus the innocence of the childhood rhyme is what makes the poem.Thus the title plays an important role by being familiar and as a connection to a later line.I appreciate the comment, but you need to understand the reasonings behind using something familiar and realize how it all fits together in the big picture

  • 18 years ago

    by Larry

    Be more creative and give your work original titles