On the Death of One Too Young to Die
It’s been some years now but the month is still
_Entire given to her memory:
In August born and August died, she will
_No writ of clemency
Bestow on those of us who loved her well
And still too deeply mark the tolling bell.
Jeffrey Essmann is an essayist and poet living in New York. His poetry has appeared in numerous magazines and literary journals, among them Agape Review, America Magazine, Dappled Things, the St. Austin Review, U.S. Catholic, Grand Little Things, Heart of Flesh Literary Journal, and various venues of the Benedictine monastery with which he is an oblate. He is editor of the Catholic Poetry Room page on the Integrated Catholic Life website.
