Moultonborough Historical Society

First Place Poem 2005

By Madelyn Maroun

These are not regular rocks

These are not rocks for skipping or throwing or for kicking

If you listen these rocks tell something more

At all different times for three different wars

Young men left their homes

In Moultonborough

They were brothers, fathers, uncles, neighbors, husbands, sons, and friends

They left their wives, daughters, nieces, sisters

To put their life on the line for our country

Read those names while you read

You might see stars by some names

Those people laid down there lives for our country

Now reach down inside you, go and see those rocks

Touch those raised names

You will feel pride in your heart

One rock whispers �Greater love hath no man than this,

That A man lay down his life for his friends.�

These are not regular rocks

The Moultonborough Historical Society

P.O. Box 659

Moultonborough, NH 03254