Robert Francis Hide-and-Seek Here where the dead lie hidden Too well ever to speak, Three children unforbidden Are playing hide-and-seek. What if for such a hiding These stones were not designed? The dead are far from chiding; The living need not mind. Too soon the stones that hid them Anonymously in play Will learn their names and bid them Come back to hide and stay. Robert Francis, Robert Francis: Collected Poems, 1936-1976, University of Massachusetts Press, 1985. Whole Wide World An Anthology of Poems Long As You're Living: Collected Poems (pdf)
Hide-and-Seek
Here where the dead lie hidden Too well ever to speak, Three children unforbidden Are playing hide-and-seek. What if for such a hiding These stones were not designed? The dead are far from chiding; The living need not mind. Too soon the stones that hid them Anonymously in play Will learn their names and bid them Come back to hide and stay.
Robert Francis, Robert Francis: Collected Poems, 1936-1976, University of Massachusetts Press, 1985.