by Don Holmes | May 7, 2015 | Poetry
Just a-top of green Hall’s Hill We walked in single file Where sunny days gave us a view For mile after mile Through a gate, a stone wall lay Dividing wheat from corn And trees demanding to be climbed Where trousers soon were torn Soft skin was scraped against the...
by Don Holmes | May 7, 2015 | Poetry
Last night I had the dream of dreams Amid the lights and audience screams Had they all come to hear ME sing? Oh no! I stood next to the King Then Elvis smiled that crooked smile And sang “Suspicion” for a while Then “wowed” them with “Heartbreak Hotel” Savouring each...
by Don Holmes | May 5, 2015 | Poetry
As we walked down that country lane I felt I would not be the same The two of us were hand in hand Both unaware what fate had planned How innocence had led the way To be together on that day We marvelled at the azure sky As butterflies and birds flew by Our senses...
by Don Holmes | Mar 2, 2015 | Poetry
Little bird on snow-topped fence Hoping that the snow relents To let him find a worm or crumb Perhaps some cheese, to fill his tum How cruel the winter’s biting chill Preventing him to get his fill Of tasty morsels, hidden ‘neath, The frozen ground on hill and heath...
by Don Holmes | Jan 15, 2015 | Poetry
Praise be to God I murdered yesterday All those non-believers Who dared get in my way In His glorious name Those people that I kill Really do not matter It is my Master’s will God He is so good He gives me strength to slay To spread His word of love It is the only way...
