Tag: poetry about innocence lost

Still Life with EraserOn the news againthere is a still image—a little girl,standing outside the schoolshe will never enteragain.She is wearinga yellow dressprinted with childrenrunning through a field of lavender—one boy, in particular,has paused mid-playto gift his crusha five-thorn rose.I’ve written beforeabout other childrenwith her same sad end:ones who attendedother schoolsand never came homeon the…