Al Hillah

The young woman is smiling in my photograph.
She points to a picture of her father.
He is smiling, but he was murdered.

The young woman is smiling in my photograph.
She points to a picture of her brother.
He is smiling, but he was murdered.

The young woman is smiling in my photograph.
She points to a picture of her grandfather.
He is smiling, but he was murdered.

Graham Buchan graduated in Chemical Engineering but worked as a freelance filmmaker. Two books with the tall lighthouse and individual poems in the Express, Morning Star, Rialto, Dream Catcher, International Times. He has read in New York, Austin and Iraq.