by Robert Carson | Aug 22, 2012 | Poetry
Free from all pain and sorrow now The willows in your honour bow. We choose a path, we onward go And what awaits us who can know? At peace, now, in eternal sleep Of glory poets will ever speak… The breath of Autumn warms the air That gift of life, you too, once...
by Robert Carson | Jul 20, 2012 | Poetry
Oh Lucy, poor Lucy, your family’s dead Of fumes from the ashheap that lay overhead. And you, but a suckling at your mother’s breast Were found with your brothers and sisters in bed. Yet you lived, and you prospered, to sail o’er the sea And your children grew strong...
by Robert Carson | Jun 23, 2012 | Poetry
The dreams of youth foredoomed to die The tears upon your cheeks would dry. The fruited-thorn your flesh had torn And, now, your only son was gone. Watch how the liveried flunkies bow- He’d fight for king and country now. Though born to work the hard, cruel earth He’d...
by Robert Carson | Jun 16, 2012 | Poetry
When our spirits weaken with despair The Angels’ Share drifts in the air. Each thoughtful deed or kindly word Enlightens time upon the earth. And some would bow their heads and pray While others search for words to say That would bring meaning to their lives A myriad...
by Robert Carson | Jun 7, 2012 | Poetry
Though, now, no longer flesh and bone a man was laid beneath rough stone. What were his dreams and passions we may, now, never know Life changes with its seasons the years must onward go. Brown eyes once lit with laughter his blood once stirred with pride And O, he...
