Tom Barlow
Elegy
Jews place stones on graves
instead of flowers
knowing the Earth will outlast
the beauty that clings to it.
I have wronged my father
with daffodils.
Bio
Tom Barlow is an Ohio writer of novels, short stories and poetry whose work has appeared in many journals including Ekphrastic Review, Voicemail Poetry, New York Quarterly, Modern Poetry Quarterly, and many more. See tombarlowauthor.com.