In the spring of 1910 a new life was
Born in Sisseton South Dakota,
Just in time to be counted in
The Census taken April fifteen.
Roberts County gains another boy
And I, yet unknown, a future father.
A good man who would love nature,
Poetry, and baseball, a man
I would meet on a summer day in June
1944, when he came home from the war
To spend his time teaching a girl
How to hit home runs, name trees
By their leaves, track animals in
The woods, but not how to forget him.
Sonnet (Un-Rhymed)
In memory of my Dad, Erling Claremont Cliff, (4-4-10—1-1-85)
#NaPoWriMo 2019 Day 4 Prompt: sad, Sonnet
Leonas Lines--Poetry Plus 