Epitaph - 3/17/1993

Isabella Pollock

1917-1986

Beautiful Dreamer

A simple proclamation

cut in square brass

amidst the dark earth

and the wet verdancy

does more to transcend

than all marbled words

and this humble epitaph

of life and of the living

melts sorrow with the dew

which runs on the flower

and the beauty

and the beauty