{"seoTitle":"Three Fell — A Poem About Silent Witnesses and Forgotten Names","seoDescription":"A short elegy by Pemba Umoja for three unnamed men who fell by rocky crags — remembered by oak trees, a poem, and a painting on the walls of Fort Henry James.","keywords":"elegy poem, poem about memory, forgotten names poem, oak trees poem, Fort Henry James, contemplative poetry, Pemba Umoja poems","line1":"The silence of three dead","line2":"turned oak trees","line3":"with thousands of palm-sized hands","line4":"","line5":"bark thicker than the mysteries of time","line6":"by rocky crags.","line7":"","line8":"Three men fell","line9":"pierced by bullets or arrows","line10":"","line11":"Supposedly their blood ran into the salty waters","line12":"","line13":"Of them nothing remains","line14":"not their names","line15":"their dates of birth","line16":"their origins","line17":"","line18":"Only a poem","line19":"a painting","line20":"of the impressions of their existence","line21":"","line22":"upon the walls","line23":"of Fort Henry James."}