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Photographer: Bernard Fisher
Taken: November 3, 2009
Caption:
Nearby African American Monument (front) | Additional Description:
Hear, Voices
journey
of
tumbleing
water
laps rocks
bald.
falls
of the James and sand
soft enough
to leave easy memory
spills
history
filtered
ghosts step forward
from fragments
among the ruins
pieced
into archeological significance.
historians ponder, chin in palm:
“What is history made of?”
bricks and bones
tales entombed
unearthed
recently
will become
long ago
women’s white teeth
stare
from faces
colors of earth
or autumn;
Submitted: November 13, 2009, by Bernard Fisher of Richmond, Virginia.
Database Locator Identification Number: p85496
File Size: 1.068 Megabytes
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