The Dawn

The Dawn July twenty seventh two thousand and nine A mammogram check, well worth the time I wait in the car so I don’t have to pay Then Debs made that call on her mobile to say I might have the cancer, (I heard her voice shake) The seconds took minutes, please let me...

To Comrades at Christmas

It’s Christmas again; it’s wet and cold. A season of giving of history old. When most of us stay so warm and so dry, and memories fleeting of those who have died. Remembrance Day is far from us now. For most, it’s forgotten, vanished somehow. But veterans stand and...

Raymond Lee

Respected by his brothers another Spartan falls another gone too early to answer Sparta’s call Another friend and brother a warrior at arms no finer man you’ll find to keep us all from harm You were loved so dearly so many of us wept but memories last forever loved...

Listen between the words

“Read between the lines” is the one we mostly know but we must change our thinking to help our losses slow. It isn’t yet enough to say it’s ok to share your woes because regardless of intentions they won’t put truth on show. So if the signs have made you call and...

Listen between the words

“Read between the lines” Is the one we mostly know But we must change our thinking To help our losses slow. It isn’t yet enough to say It’s ok to share your woes Because regardless of intentions They won’t put truth on show. So if the signs have made you Call and...