DEAR MR KILMER

Chapter 10
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• Richard remained motionless until with great compassion, the

Schermer`s gestured him to enter the house. Mr Schermer
showed him the article about how he was shot in the head
early in the morning. Richard could not hold his tears any
longer so he rushed out of the house and ran to his favourite
hiding spot, an oak tree overlooking the train tracks.
• He broke down in tears when there was no one in sight and
clutched the unsent letter to his chest for no one could
answer his question and that he has lost someone that
understood him. Richard swore he would no longer write
poetry but through the tears, a poem was made.
• Hannah and her parents felt that he should publish it in the
newspaper to pay tribute to Mr. Kilmer. The poem was
published and Pa saw the poem. He questioned Richard on
how he knew the phrase “A world is gone. A world is dead and
gone.” Those were the same phrase Pa used when his brother
died in the Battle of El Carney in July 1st.
• Finally the war ended in mid-November. They were relieved
and laughed when they thought about Gus who went for
training without seeing war.
• After that, Richard`s poetry became a regular feature in the
Turtle Lake Weekly. He busied himself with school and farm
work but he also made time for The Schermer`s and Hannah
and most importantly, he never stopped writing poetry.
• Richard after that always shared his poetry with Pa and
usually received feedback on how to make his poetry better
since his poems were more to farm. Some days, Pa would
listen to Richard`s poems in silent peace.