TODAY, HAIKU HOTEL'S THEME WAS MEMORIAL DAY

So these were my attempts for better or worse:

Old standard bearer —
the flag droops lower
as the years go by.

These old soldiers
tramping by — if only
war grew old and died.

These old soldiers
passing in review — their march
has lost the drummer.

The living and the
dead — elms in this graveyard
are deeply rooted.

The scent of lilies
drifts from Mother's to
Memorial Day.

Ravens in the willow
above the quiet stones
crow about their day.