by Don Holmes | Jul 14, 2011 | Poetry
Holiday time is with us once more Time to visit some foreign shore Join the rush to pack up and go Away from all of the friends that you know Sit at the airport anxious to hear Departure of your flight is quite near But wait a minute what did they say? “Sorry to tell...
by Don Holmes | Jul 14, 2011 | Poetry
Build me a sandcastle granddad With turrets and flagpoles on top No you can’t eat your dinner We’ll be too busy to stop It needs a big moat all round it So dig it as deep as can be It’s got to big to be able To stop the in-coming sea Dig a bit faster please granddad...
by Don Holmes | Jul 14, 2011 | Poetry
How much of human life Is lost in waiting,waiting For bus or train or ‘plane Waiting, always waiting Waiting for that moment To speak and let her know How long you have been waiting To say you love her so Or waiting for a new sign Of hope,when someone’s ill Waiting...
by Don Holmes | Jul 14, 2011 | Poetry
Call me Dave was fearless His manifesto plain He would not stand for nonsense In Parliament again On crime he would be stronger The public he won’t fail He’d catch up with the villains And lock them up in jail And as for all the old folk “Rely on me to see Their...
by Don Holmes | Jul 14, 2011 | Poetry
Last week I was in Grantham Looking after someone’s cat It wasn’t such a hard job So what was wrong with that? The situation changed me My conversation grew Every day this cat and I Chatted word and mew Meow meow this cat would say And then I would reply I don’t know...
