Names

Names Never

names never
on the absentee list
forever absent

names never
written with laboring
stubby sticky fingers

names never
called to come in
from the cold for supper

names forever
inscribed in our hearts
never absent


Charlotte Bacon, 6
Daniel Barden, 7
Olivia Engel, 6
Josephine Gay, 7
Ana Marquez-Greene, 6
Dylan Hockley, 6
Madeleine Hsu, 6
Catherine Hubbard, 6
Chase Kowalski, 7
Jesse Lewis, 6
James Mattioli, 6
Grace McDonnell, 7
Emilie Parker, 6
Jack Pinto, 6
Noah Pozner, 6
Caroline Previdi, 6
Jessica Rekos, 6
Avielle Richman, 6
Benjamin Wheeler, 6
Allison N. Wyatt, 6
Rachel Davino, 29
Teacher
Dawn Hochsprung, 47
School principal
Nancy Lanza, 52
Mother of gunman
Anne Marie Murphy, 52
Teacher
Lauren Rousseau, 30
Teacher
Mary Sherlach, 56
School psychologist
Victoria Soto, 27
Teacher

For the Record,
This day came in cold and gray.