Little Girl Buried In Rum Keg by Rick Doble

 LITTLE GIRL BURIED IN RUM KEG 

(Inscription on a headstone, Old Burying Ground, Beaufort, NC -- buried about 1750)
(Text and photographs by Rick Doble)


 His daughter 
 dead at sea 
 he preserved her
 in a keg of rum 
 so he could bring her 
 home 

 Now
 two hundred years later 
 children
 bring her gifts - 
 elephants
 angels 
 toy phones
 and teddy bears 

To read my thoughts about Haiku-like poetry 
please go to this page:
http://haiku--like.blogspot.com/2015/09/about-haiku-like-poetry-by-rick-doble.html