by Don Holmes | Oct 17, 2013 | Poetry
Where Woodborough Road And Spring Lane meet Across the stile There lies a treat A field of green That leads you to A magic place A tranquil view Rolling hills Of modest size Are there to please The traveller’s eyes At every turn A meadow green Where you might watch A...
by Don Holmes | Oct 15, 2013 | Poetry
I knew straight away that it wasn’t my day When out of the house her voice shouted “Ray” “Those thorn bushes at the end of the grass Are now out of hand so please move your ass Get them all tidied and don’t you dare moan I know you were hiding in the...
by Don Holmes | Sep 19, 2013 | Poetry
The blue boat bobbed on briny bay As whistling winds whisked it away Past the point where the petrels nest And seals were sat in silent rest But surely she could not go far With sails still stowed on shiny spar The current soon conveyed the craft On to the open ocean...
by Don Holmes | Aug 1, 2013 | Poetry
The holidays are here once more And crowds head off for sea and shore Spades and buckets filled with sand Or starfish, crabs, all caught by hand Your children squealing with delight When someone starts a water fight Then running up and down the beach Just making sure...
by Don Holmes | Jul 27, 2013 | Poetry
How strange the twists and turns of time When your star falls and others climb How every road seems rough and hard And every door is locked and barred Where once the path was easy trod You never once sought help from God Invincible you onwards sped A leader who was...
