May All the Pens Rise to Meet
This was the favorite pen of my late beloved brother-in-law. I believe my sister still has a rubberbanded bundle of empty ones that he kept as evidence of college note taking and ink spilling.
they gather as memory
collect evidence
whats written
how much
and whence ink flowed
to page
to eye
to ear
and history
pressed lines
impressed in dignity
This was the favorite pen of my late beloved brother-in-law. I believe my sister still has a rubberbanded bundle of empty ones that he kept as evidence of college note taking and ink spilling.
they gather as memory
collect evidence
whats written
how much
and whence ink flowed
to page
to eye
to ear
and history
pressed lines
impressed in dignity