The Honey LocustGettysburg, PA For three long days,the bloody battle raged.By the thousands,I watched them fall—mustached soldierswith pointed beards,and young menwith barely a whiskeron their boyish faces. Weather-wornin blue and gray,with rifl… Read on blog or Reader The Rising Phoenix Review Read on blog or Reader The Honey Locust By Ann E. Burg The Rising Phoenix Review April 3 The Honey Locust Gettysburg, PA For three long days, the bloody battle raged. By the thousands, I watched them fall— mustached soldiers with pointed beards, and young men with barely a whisker on their boyish faces. Weather-worn in blue and gray, with rifled muskets in their hands, I heard them shout and watched them stumble. On the fourth day, rain poured in benediction for the confluence of blood, and contorted, shapeless heaps that would break a mother's heart. By Ann E. Burg Biography: Ann E. Burg has been writing since early childhood and though she's not published any poems since POMES, her first construction paper bound book, Scholastic Press has published a number of her middle grade verse novels. FORCE OF NATURE, a Novel of Rachel Carson will be released next March. Comment

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