by Don Holmes | Jan 12, 2016 | Poetry
Be gone, be gone, you snow-swept storm And bring back days serene and warm I do not like the Winter, bleak And cloudy breath each time I speak The freezing wind that numbs my toes And chills my cheeks and runny nose Though children revel in the snow I’m more like...
by Don Holmes | Jan 2, 2016 | Poetry
I tell her that I love her Every single day She doesn’t seem to notice And turns her head away I hold her close and kiss her She doesn’t seem to care I miss the woman she once was And cry into her hair We share this world no longer It’s now a bleaker place Her...
by Don Holmes | Dec 3, 2015 | Poetry
Just another Friday night A boisterous crowd look for a fight Loud curses at the taxi rank As in the alley winos drank Revellers could not presume That death was waiting in the gloom A hacking cough an angry word The first signs of what now occurred The wino stumbled...
by Don Holmes | Dec 2, 2015 | Poetry
Christmas time approaches fast And thoughts soon turn to snow Children sliding down the street With faces all a glow Happy squeals as snowballs fly Loud laughter fills the air As someone falls into the snow With not a single care Covered white and soaking wet The...
by Don Holmes | Oct 10, 2015 | Poetry
You’d never guess to see me now That I was once a soldier Not stooped and walking with a cane They came when I grew older You’d never guess that these frail hands Were capable of killing Did things that I did not expect To earn the Monarch’s shilling You’d never guess...
