To celebrate National Poetry Month, The Poetry Box is sharing a Poem-of-the-Day, selected from various anthologies and individual poet collections that we have published over the years.
Please enjoy today’s selection: “Requiem” by Pam Crow, which appears in Of Course, I’m a Feminist!
Requiem
~ for Nikki Elias
He kicked the door in.
let her name be blessed
There was a restraining order.
let her name be praised
There was a stalking order.
let her name be glorified
There was extra security at the school.
let her name be lifted up
Her two girls there watching.
let her name be graced in beauty
He shot her with an arrow and a gun.
let her name ascend in joy
She was buried under a freezing rain.
let her name ascend in joy
He shot her with an arrow and a gun.
let her name be graced in beauty
Her two girls there watching.
let her name be lifted up
There was extra security at the school.
let her name be glorified
There was a stalking order.
let her name be praised
There was a restraining order.
let her name be blessed
He kicked the door in.
