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Missing
I miss you at home you’re not there I miss you sitting in your favourite chair I miss you the way you used to care I miss you each night before I go to sleep I miss you in dreams I awake and weep I miss you when the hurt becomes too deep I miss you with your happy...
IF.
If you had seen what we have seen, upon the field of battle, If you had watched as comrades fell, and heard machine guns rattle. If you had heard the scream of shells as they hurtled overhead, If you had wondered deep inside if you may end up dead. If you had heard...
FIGURE AT THE GATE
Who is that standing at the gate? Why is he out so very late? He’s staring into my bedroom A solemn figure in the gloom Why does he wear that hooded robe? Hiding from the streetlamp’s globe? His presence fills my soul with fear What is the reason he is here? Then all...
CHRISTMAS EVE
Brave were the few Who ventured that night Away from the warmth Of their fireside bright Cold was the wind That scattered the snow Hither and yon Above and below Nothing was left Untouched by the storm Beasts in the field Stood close to be warm Then snow upon snow...
A Poem of Remembrance
Poppies grow in fields in memory of loved ones. Family cry in thought of their loss. Men and women fight for their lives. Have faith and to keep going never give up. Poppies rise and get worn with pride. The wind blows, your face glows, when you wear your poppy...
Telesales
I woke up this morning As the telephone was ringing. I picked it up beside my bed And someone with an accent said, “We hear you had an accident In the last two years.” I said, “That was no accident Because it was deliberate. I’d nearly killed the bugger.” He told me...