by Don Holmes | Dec 19, 2014 | Poetry
How brave do you have to be To murder children at school? Does Allah really approve? Does death make you look cool? ”Those children were really to blame It was so important to kill They were taught in the ways of the west You know that was not Allah’s will” ”Spray...
by Don Holmes | Dec 6, 2014 | Poetry
She nursed him through that night Watched his lips twitch Heard the obscenities Saw the fear in his restless eyes She was there with him As he re-lived the horrors Of battle and death Witnessed his pain As he felt the bomb-blast Over and over again She held his...
by Don Holmes | Dec 6, 2014 | Poetry
So here it is Merry Christmas The season to be jolly Sleigh bells ringing down the lane Halls all decked with holly A frosty snowman on the green Wears scarf and battered trilby He looks like he could dance around If not just now – he will be A star shines...
by Don Holmes | Dec 6, 2014 | Poetry
Christmas eve And lights are flashing All around are people dashing Home from work Through falling snow To settle down By firelight’s glow Later on Some of them mingle With their kids At church Christingle Children then Will go to bed Waiting for The man in red With...
by Don Holmes | Dec 6, 2014 | Poetry
The rain had stopped. Its incessant drumming Now a dull memory As the low winter sun Cut through the dark grey clouds And lit the lingering mist It wasn’t warm. A cooling wind still blew Moving the piles of leaves First this way and then, that Yet still I blessed the...
