by Jan Hedger | Sep 6, 2007 | Poetry
Alone on the bench she sat watching Calico, on a shimmering sea drifting, drifting sailing the breeze lazily billowing catching the air harnessing its power quite naturally In quiet contemplation she dreams, of being Calico adrift and free amidst the dancing sunlight...
by Jan Hedger | Sep 6, 2007 | Poetry
Men of the city of London Eat Marks and Spencer sandwiches Visit the local sushi bar And drink cool chardonnay Under a striped parasol Of a trendy street café The homeless boys of London Eat scraps from litter bins A crust and half a sausage roll A can of cheap cider,...
by Jan Hedger | Sep 6, 2007 | Poetry
The mirror showed a reflection of a woman in her prime thirty years behind her knowledge in her eyes She’d seen the world travelled far and wide had cried with joy celebrated life Mourned lost friends cried with grief known love and hate been a rock Sun bleached hair...
by Jan Hedger | Sep 6, 2007 | Poetry
Barbed wire on the beaches Shrapnel in the streets Blackout curtains at the windows Keeping in the light Down the air raid shelter Huddled under the stairs Hiding like rats in a cellar A candle for a light A screaming sound then silence The bomb exerts its force...
