Winter 07

I used to visit colleges in my work,
Button-down cordovans sharply pressed.
Instead of insurance, I had students to offer them.
Later I took my child on her college trip
And loved the places she loved
But did not know why at the time.

So now there are days to fill with travel
And we drive through campuses again, her mother and I.
I stood outside the chapel in the rain
And thought I heard Caroline singing.
At my father’s school we checked the files,
Thumbed through archived cards:
We did not find his name.

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	Campus Visits By Robert Demaree

	I used to visit colleges in my work, Button-down cordovans sharply pressed. Instead of insurance, I had students to offer them. Later I took my child on her college trip And loved the places she loved But did not know why at the time. So now there are days to fill with travel And we drive through campuses again, her mother and I. I stood outside the chapel in the rain And thought I heard Caroline singing. At my father’s school we checked the files, Thumbed through archived cards: We did not find his name. >>>More

	Robert Demaree is a retired school administrator with ties to North Carolina, Pennsylvania, and New Hampshire. The author of a history of Greensboro Day School and a collection of poems called New Hampshire Pond, he has had over 200 poems published or accepted by 70 periodicals, including Aethlon, Cold Mountain Review, Louisville Review, Mobius, Offerings, and Paris/Atlantic.